183S.3 



Hindu Inscriptions, 



207 



whole collection of inscriptions, 151 have reference to his reign alone. 

 In Saka 1003 (the fifth of his reign), we are told that he "overcame 

 Balavaraja, of the Palavanya or Pala race, and sat on his throne,"* 

 and in Saka 1010, that he " crossed the Nermada river and conquered 

 Kanama and others."t But in general his reign seems to have been 

 one of undisturbed peace. He built and beautified a town called, after 

 his own name, Vikrampur,f where an enormous tank and other works 

 attest its former splendour. Several inscriptions make mention of his 

 numerous wives, as that recording a grant to the temple of Maleswar 

 by Malabi Devi, daughter of the Shanabhog Ravana, of Yelwatti.§ 

 Another makes mention of Savala Devi, daughter of Jogam Ram, of 

 the Surya Vansa, who received from her lord the rich village of Neri- 

 gal for pin-money. II The names of Chandal Devi.^y Bonta Devi, and 

 Letchmi Devi, likewise occur. Towards the end of his reign he was 

 invaded by the Hoisal Belial prince of Dwara Samudra. But Achyugi 

 Deva, governor of the southern provinces, immediately marched from 

 Yerabaragi against him, " pursued the sun-illuminated Poisala, took 

 Goveya, attacked Letchmaji with great bravery, trod down the Pan- 

 dyas and the rebellious Konkan, and reduced it to subjection, by order 

 of Vikram Chakravarti."** 



In Saka 1049, Vikram was succeeded by his son Someswara III., 

 with the title of Bhuloka Malla, or " lord of the universe," and he 

 successively by his two sons, of whom the elder was surnamed Jaga- 

 deka Malla, but his own name does not occur in any of the inscriptionSj 

 and has not been ascertained. The younger, Teilapa II., or Nurmadi 

 Teila, bore the title of Trilokya Malla. 



The Chalukya dynasty, which had reached its zenith under the se- 

 cond Vikram, began now rapidly to decline. A powerful noble 

 named Vijala, of the Kalachuri or Kalabhurya race, had been 



♦ Ins. at Galganath, No. 10 of VIL, p. 185. 



+ Ins. at Yelwatti, No. 18, p. 203. Who Balavarasa and Kanama were, we hare no 

 means of ascertaining. 



X Now Arasu bidi, in the Hungunda Taluka. \ No. 93, p. 338. 



II No. 7, p. 179. Angabhogara, her private allowance, or pin-money, Nerigal, in the 

 Hangal Parganah, is styled an ancient Agraharam. It is one of the richest villages in the 

 country. IT P. 36s. 



** Ins. at Nerigal, in the Dambal Parg., No. 135, p. 395, Yerabaragi is now Yelburga, 

 in the Nizam's territory. Goveya is the old name of Goa. The invader was probably the 

 fourth Bellala, Vishnu-Verddhana, and grandfather of Vir Belial, who afterwards sub- 

 jugated the southern provinces of the Chalukya kingdom. 



