Vikramaditya VI was a king of the Kalyani Chalukya clan. The Chalukya Dynasty was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between 550 and 750 from Badami in Bagalkot district, Karnataka state, and again between 973 and 1190 from Manyakheta initially and later from Kalyana in Bidar district. ...

He married a Chola princess while he was governer of the Gangavadi province (south Karnataka) during the rule of Someshwara II. It was not uncommon for warring kingdoms to accept intermarraige between kings as a truce. Normally, the kingdom at a disadvantage offered its princess in marriage as a mark of respect. This truce soon became a liability for Vikramaditya VI who had placed Adhirajendra on the Chola throne.

Vikramaditya disposed his elder brother Someshwara II and took control of the Chalukya throne. In this attempt the Seunas, the Hoysalas and the Kadambas of Hangala helped him in 1076 AD. He marked his accession to the throne by founding the new era called Chalukya Vikram Era. The Hoysala Empire ruled part of southern India from 1000 to 1346. ... Kadambas was an ancient royal dynasty of Karnataka, who ruled from their capital of Banavasi from (345-525AD) later branched into Goa, Hanagal and Chandavar. ...

Vikramaditya invaded Malava repeatedly and conquered the territories to the south of the Narmada. In 1085 AD Vikramaditya seized Kanchi from the Cholas and in 1088 AD he conquered major pats of the Vengi Kingdom but was able to secure his victory only much later in 1118 AD. This victory essentially crushed the Chola power in the south. Losing Vengi meant the loss of the fertile river valleys of Krishna and Godavari rivers and all Chola teritories in the lower Gangetic plains. Kanchipuram, Kanchi, or Kancheepuram (also sometimes Conjeevaram) is the name of a temple town and the headquarters of Kanchipuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. ... Areas under direct control of the Chola Empire, 1030 CE. The Chola Empire rose to power in the 9th century in the Tamil speaking districts of Southern India. ...

Perhaps no other king in Indian history has left behind as many inscriptions, all in Kannada langauge, as Vikramaditya VI did. It is believed that he followed a ritual of giving away land to the needy on a daily basis. The rule of Vikramaditya, though marred by repeated battles for supremacy in the south, was a glorious era in Kannada literary history.

References

• The Chalukyas of Kalyani