Alliance With Chalukya Vikramaditya
At the death of Somesvara I, his son Somesvara II came to the Chalukyan throne in April 1068 CE. Soon after a dispute broke out between him and his younger brother Vikramaditya and a civil war ensued in the Western Chalukya country. Vikramaditya-VI, who knew that Virarajendra could not be taken on the battlefield, pleaded help from Virarajendra to be nominated heir to the Chalukya throne instead of Somesvara-II. Virarajendra relented on the defeated prince and made him heir to the Chaukya throne and arranged for payment of tributes by Vikramaditya-VI. Virarajendra Chola thus took pity and aligned himself with Vikramaditya giving his daughter in marriage to him.
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