Vikaramaditya V (r. 1008–1015 CE) succeeded
Satyashraya on the
Western Chalukya
The Western Chalukya Empire ( ) ruled most of the western Deccan, South India, between the 10th and 12th centuries. This Kannada dynasty is sometimes called the ''Kalyani Chalukya'' after its regal capital at Kalyani, today's Basavakalyan i ...
throne. Vikramaditya was born to Dashavarman (alias Yashovarman), the younger son of the dynasty's founder
Tailapa II
Tailapa II (r. c. 973-997) also known as Taila II and by his title ''Ahavamalla'', was the founder of the Western Chalukyas, Western Chalukya Empire in peninsular India. Tailapa claimed descent from the earlier imperial Chalukyas of Vatapi (Bad ...
, and his wife Bhagyavati. He was Satyashraya's nephew and had a very uneventful short reign.
Vikramaditya V was followed on the throne by his brother
Jayasimha II in 1015.
References
Bibliography
* Nilakanta Sastri, K. A. (1955). A History of South India, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002).
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1015 deaths
11th-century Indian monarchs
Western Chalukya kings
Year of birth unknown
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