Abhinavaditya
king of the Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi in southern India
Abhinavaditya (r. c. 645–646 CE) was a king of the Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi in southern India. He appears to have succeeded his father Adityavarman on the weakened Chalukya throne, in the period following the death of his grandfather Pulakeshin II. He appears to have died heirless, and was probably succeeded by his uncle Chandraditya.
Background
Abhinavaditya's father Adityavarman was one of the sons of the powerful Chalukya emperor Pulakeshin II. After Pulakeshin II was defeated and probably killed during a Pallava invasion in 642–643 CE, Adityavarman appears to have held the weakened Chalukya throne, as attested by the Kurnool (Karnul) grant inscription. Abhinavaditya seems to have succeeded his father on the throne, as attested by his Nelkunda grant inscription. He probably died heirless, as the next known person to have held the Chalukya throne was his uncle Chandraditya. The Chalukya power was subsequently restored by Chandraditya's younger brother Vikramaditya I. Another possibility is that Abhinavaditya and Vikramaditya belonged to two different branches of the family, and ruled different parts of the Pulakeshin's former empire simultaneously.
Abhinavaditya's Nelkunda inscription is the only historical source that mentions him. The subsequent Chalukya records presumably omit his name because he was not in direct line of succession of the subsequent rulers such as Vikramaditya I. Historian D. P. Diskhit assumes that he probably ruled between c.
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