War in Ancient India c10.98

c10.98

Likewise the Chālukyas had a strong navy. The Nilguṇḍa Plates of Vikramāditya VI say that king Maṅgaliśa of the early Western Chālukyas fitted out a naval expedition against the island of Revati and captured it.⁶⁴ The Aihole inscription credits Pulakeśin II with the reduction of Pūri with a fleet of 100 vessels,⁶⁵ while the Keṇḍūr plates of Kīrtivarman II state that Vinayāditya, the grandson of Pulakeśin II, subjugated Ceylon with war boats.⁶⁶