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grandson Pulakesin II., who succeeded in 6o8 and proceeded to extend his rule at the expense of his neighbours. In 6og he established as his See also:

VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy in Vengi his See also:

BROTHER

brother Kubja Vishnuvardhana, who in 615 declared his See also:

independence and established the dynasty of Eastern Chalukyas, which lasted till 1070. In 62o Pulakesin defeated See also:

HARSHA, or HARSHAVARDHANA (fl. A.D. 606-648)

Harsha (q.v.), the powerful overlord of See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

India, and established the See also:

NERBUDDA, or NARBADA

Nerbudda as the boundary between the See also:

South and North. He also defeated in turn the Chola, Pandya and See also:

KERALA, or CHERA

Kerala See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, and by 63o was beyond dispute the most powerful See also:

SOVEREIGN

sovereign in the Deccan. In 642, however, his See also:

capital was taken and he himself killed by the Pallava See also:

king Narasimhavarman. In 655 the Chalukya See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power was restored by Pulakesin's son See also:

VIKRAMADITYA

Vikramaditya I.; but the struggle with the Pallavas continued until, in 740, Vikramaditya II. destroyed the Pallava capital. In 750 Vikramaditya's son, Kirtivarman Chalukya, was overthrown by the Rashtrakutas. See also:

CHALYBITE

CHALYBITE In 973, Taila or Tailapa IL (d.

995), a See also:

SCION

scion of the royal Chalukya See also:

RACE

race, succeeded in overthrowing the See also:

RASHTRAKUTA

Rashtrakuta king KakkaII., and in recovering all the See also:

ancient territory of the Chalukyas with the exception of See also:

GUJARAT

Gujarat. He was the founder of the dynasty known as the Chalukyas of Kalyani. About A.U. r000 a formidable invasion by the Chola king Rajaraja the See also:

GREAT

Great was defeated, and in 1052 Somesvara I., or Ahamavalla (d. ro68), the founder of Kalyani, defeated and slew the Chola Rajadhiraja. The reign of Vikramaditya VI., or Vikramanka, which lasted from 1076 to 1126, formed another See also:

period of Chalukya greatness. Vikramanka's exploits against the Hoysala kings and others, celebrated by the poet Bilhana, were held to justify him in establishing a new era dating from his See also:

ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession. With his See also:

DEATH

death, however, the Chalukya power began to decline. In 1156 the See also:

COMMANDER

commander-in-thief Bijjala (or Vijjana) Kalachurya revolted, and he and his sons held the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom till 1183. In this See also:

YEAR

year Somesvara IV. Chalukya recovered See also:

PART

part of his patrimony, only to succumb, about 1190, to the Yadavas of Devagiri and the Hoysalas of Dorasamudra. Henceforth the Chalukya rajas ranked only as See also:

PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty chiefs. See J. F.

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