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Ramachandra

Type Figure Region Kalyani Time c. 1050–1147 Also known as Ramachandra Chalukya

Ramachandra was king of the Western Chalukyas (Kalyani Chalukyas), reigning 1076–1147 CE, also known as Jagadhekamalla II.

Timeline

  1. 1076–1100Kalyani · KarnatakaSucceeded Someshvara III, established his capital at Kalyani, and early on worked to consolidate territory in the central Deccan and suppress local strongmen, extending control over Karnataka's core region.
  2. c. 1100–1147Kalyani · KarnatakaIn his middle and later reign he faced prolonged confrontation with the rising Hoysala kingdom; in the 1120s he was defeated by Veera Ballala I and forced to pay tribute, and the kingdom's hegemony declined, though he retained nominal rule until his death in 1147.

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