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Deccan Continuity under Vikramaditya VI's Legacy
In the 1140s successor Jagadhekamalla II ruled Karnataka under Vikramaditya VI's institutional framework, managing Hoysala vassals and balancing the …
Timeline
- 1141–1144Kalyani · KarnatakaJagadhekamalla II governed on the basis of the central bureaucracy and provincial governor system established by Vikramaditya VI, maintaining Chalukya suzerainty over the Deccan states. Inscriptions show he continued land-tax and temple-donation policies.
- 1144–1147Southern Deccan Plateau · DeccanThe Chalukyas constrained Hoysala expansion through the overlord–vassal relationship while deploying military posts on the Tungabhadra and Malabar frontiers. The border-defense system formed in Vikramaditya's era still functioned, but vassal independence gradually increased.
- 1147–1150Southern Indian border · South IndiaThe Chalukyas and Cholas maintained a fragile balance along the Raichur Doab and Guntur line; occasional border skirmishes broke out but no full-scale war. the southward-strategy legacy established in Vikramaditya's era tended toward the defensive in this period.
Sources
- Chalukya dynasty — Robert J. Del Bonta https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chalukya-dynasty
- The Chalukyas of Kalyani and the Kalachuris — B.R. Gopal (1956)