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| name = Bhillama II<br />
| title = Mahasamanta<br />
| succession = Yadava ruler<br />
| reign = c. 985–1005 CE<br />
| dynasty = [[Seuna (Yadava) dynasty|Seuna (Yadava)]]<br />
| predecessor = Dhadiyasa<br />
| successor = Vesugi<br />
| father = Karna<br />
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'''Bhillama II''' (r. c. 985–1005 CE) was a ruler of the [[Seuna (Yadava) dynasty]] of [[Deccan]] region in India. He was a vassal of the [[Chalukyas of Kalyani|Kalyani Chalukya]] ruler [[Tailapa II]], and played an important role in Tailapa's victory against the [[Paramara]] king [[Vakpati Munja|Munja]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Bhillama was a son and successor of the Yadava chief Dhadiyasa, who was a [[Rashtrakuta]] feudatory.{{sfn|A. S. Altekar|1960|p=517}} He married the Rashtrakuta princess Lakshmi.{{sfn|T. V. Mahalingam |1957|p=138}} When the [[Chalukyas of Kalyani|Kalyani Chalukya]] chief [[Tailapa II]] overthrew the Rashtrakutas, Bhillama transferred his allegiance to Chalukyas.{{sfn|A. S. Altekar|1960|p=517}}<br />
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An inscription of the contemporary [[Shilahara]] ruler [[Aparajita]] states that he granted protection to a king named Bhillama. It is possible that this is a reference to some sort of alliance between Aparajita and Bhillama when they were both Rashtrakuta vassals.{{sfn|A. S. Altekar|1960|p=517}}<br />
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== Military career ==<br />
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Bhillama appears to have played an important role in [[Chalukyas of Kalyani|Chalukya]]-[[Paramara]] war, which resulted in the defeat and death of the Paramara king [[Vakpati Munja|Munja]]. His 1000 [[Sangamner]] inscription poetically boasts that he thrashed the goddess of prosperity [[Lakshmi]] on the battlefield because she had sided with Munja, and forced her to become an obedient housewife in the palace of the Chalukya king Tailapa.{{sfn|K. A. Nilakanta Sastri|1960|p=322}}<br />
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The Chalukya king rewarded Bhillama by adding the present-day [[Ahmednagar district|Ahmednagar]] area to his hereditary fief.{{sfn|A. S. Altekar|1960|p=517}} The Sangamner inscription describes Bhillama as a ''[[Samanta|Maha-samanta]]'' ("great feudatory"), and mentions his epithets ''Pancha-maha-shabada'', ''Aratini-sudana'', ''Kandukacharya'', ''Sellavidega'', and ''Vijayabharana''.{{sfn|T. V. Mahalingam |1957|p=138}}<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
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Bhillama erected the Vijayabharneshvara temple at Sangamner.{{sfn|A. S. Altekar|1960|p=517}} He was succeeded by Vesugi, who married Nayilladevi, the daughter of a Chalukya feudatory of Gujarat.{{sfn|A. S. Altekar|1960|p=518}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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=== Bibliography ===<br />
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* {{cite book |author=A. S. Altekar |author-link=Anant Sadashiv Altekar |editor=Ghulam Yazdani |title=The Early History of the Deccan Parts |volume=VIII: Yādavas of Seuṇadeśa |year=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=14DvAQAACAAJ5 |oclc=59001459 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
* {{cite book |author=K. A. Nilakanta Sastri |author-link=K. A. Nilakanta Sastri |chapter=The Chāḷukyas of Kalyāṇi and the Kalachuris of Kalyāṇi |editor=Ghulam Yazdani |title=The Early History of the Deccan Parts |volume=1 (Parts I-IV) |year=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lllDAAAAYAAJ |oclc=59001459 |pages=315–468 }}<br />
* {{cite book |author=T. V. Mahalingam |author-link=T. V. Mahalingam |chapter=The Seunas of Devagiri |editor=R. S. Sharma |title=A Comprehensive history of India: A.D. 985-1206 |volume=4 (Part 1) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ahFuAAAAMAAJ |year=1957 |publisher=Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House | isbn=978-81-7007-121-1 }}<br />
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