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Vikramaditya VI

r. 1076–1126 · 12th century

Vikramaditya VI was the most celebrated ruler of the Western Chalukya Empire of Kalyani. During a fifty-year reign he founded the Chalukya Vikrama era, held off the Cholas and patronised scholars, among them the poet Bilhana, who wrote his biography, and the jurist Vijnaneshwara, author of the Mitakshara.

Vikramaditya VI
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Vikramaditya VI. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vikramaditya-vi
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