Arikesari II

[1] A verse in the Vikramarjuna Vijayam, composed by the Chalukya court poet Pampa, states that Arikesari had Indra's shoulder as his cradle.

[2] According to the Parbhani copper plate inscription, Arikesari II married two Rashtrakuta princesses - Revakanirmadi (the daughter of Indra III) and Lokambika.

[4] Govinda dispatched an army led by his general Rajamayya against Mudugonda, forcing its Chalukya ruler Vijayaditya (alias Bijja) to flee.

[5] The records of Arikesari's family state that he gave shelter to Vijayaditya, and protected him from Govinda-raja (that is, Govinda IV).

[6] The Vengi Chalukyas, led by Bhima II, ultimately expelled the Rashtrakuta invaders, killing Rajamayya in the process.

[8] Arikesari's Vemulavada inscription and his court poet Pampa's Vikramarjuna Vijayam state that he defeated a large army headed by the maha-samanta ("great feudatory") sent by the emperor Gojjiga (identified with Govinda IV).

[9] Arikesari formed an alliance with Govinda's paternal uncle Baddega-deva (later Amoghavarsha III), a rival claimant to the Rashtrakuta throne.

[16] The inscription states that Arikesari bore the titles Pambarankusham, Ammana-gandhavaranam, Gandhebha-Vidyadharam, Arudha-Sarvajnan, Udatta-narayanan, Nodutti-gevlon, Guna-nidhi, Gunarnava, Sharanagata-vajrapanjara, Priyagalla, Tribhuvana-malla, and Samanta-Chudamani.

[20] Another undated inscription from Arikesari's reign was found at the Kurikyala (or Kurkyala) village in Karimnagar district.

It records the construction of a Jain shrine (basadi) by Jinavallabha, the younger brother of Arikesari's court poet Pampa.