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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Battle in India in 1068}}<br />
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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
|conflict=Battle of Vijayawada<br />
|partof=[[Chalukya–Chola wars]]<br />
|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|date=1068<br />
|place=[[Vijayawada]]<br />
|result=<br />
* Chola victory<br />
* Coronation of [[Vijayaditya VII]] as [[Eastern Chalukya]] ruler<br />
|combatant1=[[Western Chalukyas]]<br />
|combatant2=[[Chola Empire]]<br />
|commander1=[[Vikramaditya VI]], Jananatha, Rajamayan<br />
|commander2 = [[Virarajendra Chola]]<br />
|strength1=Unknown<br />
|strength2 = Unknown<br />
|casualties1=<br />
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}}<br />
The '''Battle of Vijayawada''' was fought in 1068 between the [[Chola army]] under [[Virarajendra Chola]] and the [[Western Chalukya]] army commanded by [[Vikramaditya VI]] near the present-day city of [[Vijayawada]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. The war resulted in the recovery of [[Vengi]] Andhra by the Cholas and coronation of Vijayaditya VII as [[Eastern Chalukyas|Eastern Chalukya]] ruler by Virarajendra Chola.<br />
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== Causes ==<br />
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In 1066, during the reign of the [[Western Chalukya]] king [[Someshvara I]], [[Vikramaditya VI]] had invaded the Chola Empire penetrating as far as the capital [[Gangaikonda Cholapuram]] and threatening the city before being repulsed.<ref name="brilliant">Sen, 1999, p. 384</ref><ref name="puppet">Someshvara I supported the cause of Shaktivarman II, son of Vijayaditya II while the Cholas preferred Rajendra, son of the previous king Rajaraja Narendra (Kamath, 2001, p. 103)</ref><ref name="puppet1">Sastri, 1955, p. 169</ref> The Chola Emperor [[Virarajendra Chola]] reacted by leading a huge force into the Western Chalukya kingdom. Virarajendra proposed a showdown at [[Kudal-Sangamam]] at the junction of the Krishna and the Tungabhadra, but when Someshvara I {{Clarify span|failed to turn up|date=November 2025}}, Virarajendra ravaged the country and defeated the [[Nolamba]], [[Kadava]] and [[Vaidumba]] feudatories of Someshvara I and besieged the city of [[Vengi]] which the Cholas had earlier lost to the Western Chalukyas.<ref name="sastrip268">[[#Sastri|Sastri]], p 268</ref><br />
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== Events ==<br />
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The Western Chalukya garrison led by Jananatha and Rajamayan fought a decisive battle with the Cholas but facing the prospect of imminent defeat, fled into the jungles of the north with the Chola army in hot pursuit.<ref name="sastrip270">[[#Sastri|Sastri]], p 270</ref> Virarajendra pursued the fleeing Western Chalukya forces beyond the [[Godavari River]].<ref name="sastrip270" /> After conquering [[Kalinga (historical kingdom)|Kalinga]] and [[History of Kalahandi#Chakrakota Mandala|Sakkarakkottam]], Virarajendra crowned [[Vijayaditya VII]] as the king of Vengi and returned home.<ref name="sastrip270" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/CholasI |title=Cholas I}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{cite book | first= K. A. Nilakanta| last=Sastri| author-link=K. A. Nilakanta Sastri | orig-year= 1935| year= 2000| title= The Cōlas| publisher= [[University of Madras]] | location= Madras|ref=Sastri}}<br />
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[[Category:11th century in India]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Chola Empire|Vijayawada]]<br />
[[Category:1068 in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Western Chalukya Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Vijayawada]]<br />
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