The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c16.s1.38

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At one time the Pallavas also invaded the territory of the Chāḷukyas and reduced the capital, Bādāmi. But this state of affairs did not last long, and the Chāḷukyas soon regained their supremacy in the Deccan. In the middle of the eighth century A.D. the Chāḷukyas were, however, routed by another dynasty, the Rāṣṭrakūṭas, and their western territory, the Karnataka-deśa, was permanently lost to them. At Paṭṭadakal there is an inscription of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king, Dhruva, stating that he humbled the pride of the Pallavas also, who, it appears, had taken advantage of the disruption of the Chāḷukyan kingdom to extend their territories within the borders of its former dominions.