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Chalukya–Hoysala Hegemonic Conflict (1175)

Type Event Region South India Time 1175

Around 1175 the Western Chalukya empire was nominal only as Hoysala, Kalachuri and others contested Karnataka, marking Hoysala's rise as a Deccan pow…

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  1. 1168–1175Basavakalyan (Kalachuri capital) · KarnatakaKalachuri king Bijjala II captured the old Chalukya capital Kalyani around 1168, reducing the Western Chalukya nominal monarchy to a prize contested by rival powers. Hoysala, Yadava and Kalachuri formed a standoff in the northern Deccan, setting the background for the military conflicts around 1175.
  2. 1175–1176Hangal · KarnatakaAfter overthrowing his father Narasimha I in 1173, Vira Ballala II actively expanded northward, clashing with Kalachuri successors and remnant Chalukya forces in the northern vassal regions. Historians record repeated Hoysala–Kalachuri victories and defeats between 1175 and 1183; this year is an early stage of that series of conflicts.

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