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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA was that brother whom subsequently Vikramāditya VI set up to rule over Vēṅgī. It is quite likely that this prince was set up to rule over Vēṅgī during the last days of Vikramāditya VI, presumably to continue the hold of the Western Chālukya ruler over the area permanently and to prevent the return of the country to the Imperial Chōḷas. Thus at the time of Vikrama-chōḷa’s accession to the throne, the Chōḷa empire had lost Gaṅgavāḍi in the west and Vēṅgī in the north. Probably such cession of territory to the Chālukya was the price which Vikrama-chōḷa had agreed to pay for the help rendered to him by Vishṇuvardhana and Vikramāditya VI in securing the Chōḷa throne. It is true that evidences are not quite clear and that some of the foregoing statements may not be capable of individual proof at present ; but there is nothing implausible in the surmises made, the correctness of which will have to be confirmed by further discoveries. Our thanks are due to Dr. N. V. Venkataramanayya who helped us by drawing our attention to the Telugu records referred to in the discussion above.
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1 Svasti-Śrī [||*]Pūmaṅgai vaḷara Puvimaṅgai punara
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[1] From the ink-impression.
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