Reign of Western Chalukya Someshvara I in the 1060s

Name: Reign of Western Chalukya Someshvara I in the 1060s
Start: 1060
End: 1068

Type Event Region India Time 1060–1068

Western Chalukya king Someshvara I (Ahavamalla) fought the Cholas and Eastern Chalukyas throughout the 1060s, holding Karnataka until his death in 10…

Timeline

1060–1064Southern Deccan Plateau · DeccanIn the early 1060s Someshvara I continued to contest strategic places such as the Raichur Doab with the Cholas; after the Battle of Koppam the South Indian situation was turbulent, the two sides repeatedly seesawed, and the Chalukyas tried to check the Cholas' eastward advance.
1065–1068Basavakalyan · IndiaIn the later 1060s Someshvara I maintained the court and administration at Kalyani and patronized Sanskrit and Kannada literature; after his death around 1068, his sons Vikramaditya VI and Someshvara II clashed over the succession, opening an era of Chalukya civil war.

Sources

History of the Chalukyas of Kalyana — R. C. Majumdar
Karnataka Inscriptions, Vol. I