17 Facts About Vikramaditya VI

Vikramaditya VI was the greatest of the Western Chalukya kings and had the longest reign in the dynasty.

Vikramaditya VI earned the title Permadideva and Tribhuvanamalla.

Vikramaditya VI had several queens who ably assisted him in administration.

Vikramaditya VI is noted for his patronage of art and letters.

Vikramaditya VI's court was adorned with famous Kannada and Sanskrit poets.

Sen estimates at his peak Vikramaditya VI controlled a vast empire stretching from the Tumkur district and Cuddapah in the south to the Narmada River in the north, and up to the Khammam district and the Godavari district in the east and south-east.

Vikramaditya VI displayed his military ambitions even as a prince, prior to 1068, during the rule of his father Someshvara I when he led successful military campaigns as far east as modern Bihar and Bengal.

Vikramaditya VI achieved his ends with skillful opportunism and diplomacy: by making use of the Chola invasion of Gutti and Kampili and striking diplomatic relations with Virarajendra Chola, gaining the support his younger brother Jayasimha and of the Chalukya feudatories, the Pandyas of Ucchangi, the Seuna, the Hoysalas of Malnad, the Kadambas of Konkan and Hangal.

Vikramaditya VI married one of Virarajendra Chola's daughters bringing an age-old feud between the two kingdoms to a temporary end.

Vikramaditya VI proceeded via Kanchi where he quelled a rebellion and installed his younger brother-in-law Athirajendra Chola on the throne at Gangaikonda Cholapuram.

Vikramaditya VI then crowned himself the Chalukya monarch and began a new era, the Vikrama Varsha.

Vikramaditya VI had the support of the Pandya ruler of Ucchangi and Kadamba king Jayakesi II of Goa.

Vikramaditya VI invaded and captured Kanchi in 1085 and held it for a few years.

Vikramaditya VI managed to conquer parts of Vengi in 1088.

Vikramaditya VI held the Kollipakei-7000 province of Vengi for many years.

Vikramaditya VI invaded Lata, plundered and burnt the royal capital of the Gurjara Chalukya King Karna, and stopped the advances of Kalachuri king Jajjaladeva of Ratnapur.

Vikramaditya VI dealt firmly with the revolting Kadamba feudatory of Goa but gave his daughter Maila Devi in marriage to King Jayakeshi II.