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Jayasimha II
Jayasimha II, also called Jagadekamalla I, was king of the Western Chalukya Empire from about 1015 to 1042. He fought the Cholas under Rajendra I, who defeated him at Maski around 1020, and the Paramara king Bhoja, against whom he held his northern frontier. His reign saw a flowering of Kannada literature, including Durgasimha's Panchatantra.
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