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 390 THE KINGDOMS OF THE SOUTH tune and in 642 A. D., at the close of his reign and life, suffered the mortification of seeing his kingdom over- run, and his capital, Vatapi (Badami), taken by the Pallava king, Narasimha-varman I. The Chalukya power then remained in abeyance for some thirteen years, during which the Pallavas governed the kingdom, doubtless through the agency of local rajas. In or about 655 A. D., Vikramaditya I, a son of Pulikesin, retrieved the fortunes of his family, and recovered his father's dominions from Paramesvara- varman, who had succeeded to the Pallava throne. During this war Kanchi was taken and occupied for a time by the Chalukyas. On the other hand, the Pallavas claimed a victory gained at Peruvalanallur. The perennial conflict continued during the succeed- ing reigns, and Kanchi was again taken by Vikrama- ditya n Chalukya, about 740 A. D., in the reign of Nandi- varman Pallava, who may be considered the last of his line to enjoy extensive dominion. When the Rashtrakutas supplanted the Chalukyas in the middle of the eighth century, the traditional hos- tility of the two powers was not abated, and the new rulers took up the old quarrel with the Pallavas. King Dhruva, cousin of Dantidurga, who had overthrown the Chalukya dynasty, inflicted a defeat on the Pallavas about 775 A. D., and his son, Govinda HI, levied tribute from Dantiga, King of Kanchi, in 803 A. D. During the tenth century we hear of wars between the Pallavas and the Ganga Kings of Gangavadi, or Mysore, who are now commonly known as the Western