He was the most famous of the southern Kalachuri kings who ruled initially as a vassal of Chalukya Vikramaditya VI.

He ruled as the Mahamandalesvara (chief or governor) over Karhada-4000 and Tardavadi-1000 provinces, designations given to territories within the larger Western Chalukya kingdom.

He revolted against the Western Chalukya Empire, assumed imperial titles in 1157, and ruled along with his successors, the Deccan Plateau for a quarter of a century.

[1] After the death of Vikramaditya VI, seeing the weakening empire, Bijjala II declared independence.

By the time of Chalukya Taila III, Bijjala's attempts towards independence seems to have spread to other feudatories as well.