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Gaṇapati did not remain indifferent to the aggressive activities of the Kaliṅga king. As soon as he had installed Tikka in Kāñchī in A.D. 1228, he recalled his army from the south and concerted measures for the expulsion of the Kaliṅgas from Vēṅgī and for bringing that country under his control. He dispatched an army under Indulūri Sōma Pradhāni, and Eruva Bhīma, Kālapa Nāyaka, and Malyāla Hēmādri Reḍḍi who seem to have accompanied him, rendered him valuable assistance. A study of the find-sites of the Kākatīya inscriptions shows that the process of the conquest began as early as A.D. 1231. An epigraph of Gaṇapati engraved on a pillar in the temple of Pālīśvara at Iragavaram in the West Godavari district and dated A.D. 1231 shows that Kolanu was conquered by him in that year.² Velanāṭi Goṅka, who suffered a defeat at the hands of Malyāla Hēmādri Reḍḍi, took to flight.³ Kulōttuṅga Rājēndra Chōḍa appears to have surrendered at discretion; for Kālapa Nāyaka, who, according to an inscription dated A.D. 1254, was appointed governor of Vēṅgī, claims to have been the saviour of Kulōttuṅga Rājēndra Chōḍa.⁴ What happened after this is not known. The death of Anaṅga Bhīma III during the course of that year, or early in the next, led perhaps to the suspension of hostilities.