[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [War in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944) › c10.98 # War in Ancient India c10.98 War in Ancient India c10.98 - **Language:** English ### [c10.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.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 - [Previous: c10.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c10.97) - [Next: c10.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c10.99) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c10.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c10.98) · Pramāṇa