Acharya Hasti Mala
Cākukya king Vikramāditya III, son of Vikramāditya-II occupied the throne at Bādāmī in 733 AD. He ruled till 744 AD.
Arabs who were ruling Sindha Pradeśa, started making advances and occupying some reasons of Gurjara Pradeśa in 734-735AD. Pulakeśina, representative of Cālukyarāja in Gujarat attacked those Arabs, defeated them and forced them to retreat to Sindha Pradeśa. Pulakeśina was the son of Jasa Siṃha (brother of Vikramāditya I who helped Vikramāditya in setting up his rule in Bādāmī) and was appointed by Vikramāditya as his representative / ruler in southern Gujarat.
Vikramāditya-II was very pleased with the chivalrous services of the ruler of southern Gujarat, Pulakeśina. He gave a royal honour to Pulakeśina by decorating him with the title 'Avanijanāśraya' i.e. the protector of all human beings on the earth. This was the highest honour to be awarded to anyone. Rāśṭrakūṭa king Dantidurga also did exemplary work to push Arabs back towards Sindha. This Dantidurga was the elder adviser of Cālukya Rāja during Vikramāditya-II rule.
After Cālukya Rāja II, his son Cālukya Rāja Kīrtivarmana ascended to his throne in Bādāmī in 744AD. During his rule of six to seven years, the rule of Bādāmī continued to get weaker and weaker. Actually he was the last ruler of Cālukya dynasty.
Sixth king of Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty Dantidurga launched a fierce attack on Bādāmī and defeated Cālukya Rāja Kīrtivarmana during his rule and captured the entire province ruled by Cālukya dynasty.
Rāṣṭrakūṭa king Dantidurga
During V.N. 1257 to 1280; Sixth king of Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty of Mānyakheṭa, Dantidurga (other names being Sāhasa Tuṃga, Khadagāvaloka, Pṛthvī Vallabha, Vaira Bhedya and Dantivarmā) ruled the province. He was a very august ruler. All scholars of history consider him as the provider of a powerful dynasty to Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty. He captured Elora in 742AD, then he attacked, one at a time, rulers of Mālavā, Gurjara, Kauśala, Kaliṃga and Śrīśailama and made them his obedient rulers by defeating them all. Then he moved towards Kāṃchī and married the daughter of the ruler of Kāṃcī Nandivarmana, Pallava Mala.
A year before his death, he attacked Cālukya Rāja Kīrtivarmana and defeated him finally. In this way he declared himself as the powerful and all pervasive ruler of the entre Southern provinces.
Dantidurga used to take very keen interest in his royal duties. He was also a profound devotee of Jainism.
He had no other child except his daughter Rekhā. Therefore after his death, his paternal uncle Kṛṣṇa-I ascended to the throne of Mānyakheṭa.
