page_title: Jagadhekamalla II
hierarchical_section_title: Jagadhekamalla II
caption_attribution_description: English: This photograph was taken by me at the ASI museum at Bagali (known as Balgali in ancient inscriptions), Davangere district, Karnataka state, India.
context_page_description: Jagadhekamalla II followed Someshvara III to the Western Chalukya throne. His rule saw the slow decline of the Chalukya empire with the loss of Vengi entirely, though he was still able to control the Hoysalas in the south and the Seuna and Paramara in the north. He patronised Kannada grammarian Nagavarma II, who wrote many famous works including Kavyavalokana and Karnataka Bhashabhushana. Jagadhekamalla II himself was a merited scholar and wrote in Sanskrit Sangithachudamani a work on music.
context_section_description: Jagadhekamalla II (r.1138–1151 CE) followed Someshvara III to the Western Chalukya throne. His rule saw the slow decline of the Chalukya empire with the loss of Vengi entirely, though he was still able to control the Hoysalas in the south and the Seuna and Paramara in the north. He patronised Kannada grammarian Nagavarma II, who wrote many famous works including Kavyavalokana and Karnataka Bhashabhushana. Jagadhekamalla II himself was a merited scholar and wrote in Sanskrit Sangithachudamani a work on music.
caption: Old Kannada inscription (c.1148 AD) of Western Chalukya King Jagadekamalla II
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