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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{Multiple issues|<br /> {{refimprove|date=September 2015}}<br /> {{no footnotes|date=December 2015}}<br /> }}<br /> {{Chalukyas|Vatapi}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Kirtivarman II&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Rahappa&#039;&#039;&#039; (reigned 746 – 753 CE) was the last ruler in the Badami [[Chalukya dynasty]]. He succeeded his father [[Vikramaditya II]]. His reign was continuously troubled by the growing power of the [[Rashtrakutas]] and [[Pandyas]] and finally succumbed to them.<br /> <br /> ==Conflict with the Pandyas==<br /> <br /> Kirtivarman and his [[Gangas|Ganga]] feudatory [[Sripurusha]] came into conflict with the [[Pandya]] ruler Maravarman Rajasimha I who was extending the Pandya empire on to the Kongu country which was adjacent to the Ganga kingdom. Rajasimha crossed the [[Kaveri]] and engaged Kirtivarman and Sripurusha in a big battle at Venbai on the banks of the river Kaveri. The Chalukya king was defeated.<br /> <br /> ==Diminishing power==<br /> <br /> Kirtivarman was steadily undermined by the activities of [[Rashtrakuta]] [[Dantidurga]] who was establishing the Rashtrakuta Empire. Dantidurga was a feudatory of the Chalukyas and was beginning to establish an independent kingdom around [[Ellora]].<br /> <br /> Dantidurga managed to wrest control of the northern provinces of the Chalukyan kingdom, he also completely surrounded the Chalukya in the east and the south by conquering the Telugu provinces, [[Kalinga (historical region)|Kalinga]] and [[Kosala]] kingdoms. Dantidurga also went into an alliance with the [[Pallava]] [[Nandivarman II]]. Thus isolated, Kirtivarman could not turn to any direction for help.<br /> <br /> The final assault on Kirtivarman came in 752 and completely overwhelmed the Chalukyan kingdom.<br /> <br /> Kirtivarman II was the last king of the [[Badami]] dynasty. There was a period of 220 years in which the western branch of the Chalukyas were in eclipse. [[Tailapa II]] revived the dynasty in 973.<br /> <br /> {{Start box}}<br /> {{Succession box|title=[[Chalukyas]]|before=[[Vikramaditya II]]|after=[[Dantidurga]]&lt;br /&gt;([[Rashtrakuta]]) |years=746 &amp;ndash;753}}<br /> {{end box}}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> * Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1955). A History of South India, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002).<br /> * Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat (2001). Concise History of Karnataka, MCC, Bangalore (Reprinted 2002).<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirtivarman 02}}<br /> [[Category:750s deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Early Chalukyas]]<br /> [[Category:8th-century Indian monarchs]]</div>

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