Later Cālukya dynasty

century, the Chalukya, Rastrakuta, Later Chalukya, Hoysala, and Yadava families successively established regional kingdoms in the Deccan, but they were continually in conflict with neighbouring states and recalcitrant feudatories. The later kingdoms also were subject to looting raids by the Muslim Delhi sultanate, which eventually gained control of the…

…come to be called the Later Chalukya dynasty. The kingdom included much of Karnataka, Konkan, and the territory as far north as the Godavari River. By the end of the 10th century, the Later Chalukyas clashed with the ambitious Cholas. The Chalukyas’ capital was subsequently moved north to Kalyani (near…