Chandrappa, C.2019-09-252019-09-252013-12-312012-07http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/198601The Western Chalukyas ruled most of the ,Western Deccan, South India between the 10th and 12th centuries. This dynasty is sometimes called the Kalyana Chalukya after its regal capital at Kalyana, today's Basavakalyan in Bidar district of Karnataka and alternatively the Later Chalukya from its theoretical relationship to the sixth century Chalukya dynasty of Badami. The dynasty is called Western Chalukyas to differentiate from the contemporaneous Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi , a separate dynasty. Prior to the rise of these Chalukyas, the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta controlled most of Deccan and central India for over two centuries.In 973, seeing confusion in the Rashtrakuta empire after a successful invasion of their capital by the Paramara a feudatory of the Rashtrakuta ruling from region defeated his overlords and made Manyakheta his capital. western Deccan South IndiaengCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)SocietyEconomyGovernancePolitical ethicsEthics of political systemsGovernance and ethicsDevelopment ethicsEconomic ethicsCultural ethicsCultural/intercultural ethicsMethods of ethicsGeneral and historicalCommunity ethicsLifestyle ethicsArticle