# Bhillama II

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**Bhillama II** (r. c. 985–1005 CE) was a ruler of the [Seuna (Yadava) dynasty](/source/Seuna_(Yadava)_dynasty) of [Deccan](/source/Deccan) region in India. He was a vassal of the [Kalyani Chalukya](/source/Chalukyas_of_Kalyani) ruler [Tailapa II](/source/Tailapa_II), and played an important role in Tailapa's victory against the [Paramara](/source/Paramara_dynasty) king [Munja](/source/Vakpati_Munja).

## Early life

Bhillama was a son and successor of the Yadava chief Dhadiyasa, who was a [Rashtrakuta](/source/Rashtrakuta) feudatory.[2] He married the Rashtrakuta princess Lakshmi.[3] When the [Kalyani Chalukya](/source/Chalukyas_of_Kalyani) chief [Tailapa II](/source/Tailapa_II) overthrew the Rashtrakutas, Bhillama transferred his allegiance to Chalukyas.[2]

An inscription of the contemporary [Shilahara](/source/Shilahara) ruler [Aparajita](/source/Aparajita) states that he granted protection to a king named Bhillama. It is possible that this is a reference to some sort of alliance between Aparajita and Bhillama when they were both Rashtrakuta vassals.[2]

## Military career

Bhillama appears to have played an important role in [Chalukya](/source/Chalukyas_of_Kalyani)-[Paramara](/source/Paramara_dynasty) war, which resulted in the defeat and death of the Paramara king [Munja](/source/Vakpati_Munja). His 1000 [Sangamner](/source/Sangamner) inscription poetically boasts that he thrashed the goddess of prosperity [Lakshmi](/source/Lakshmi) on the battlefield because she had sided with Munja, and forced her to become an obedient housewife in the palace of the Chalukya king Tailapa.[4]

The Chalukya king rewarded Bhillama by adding the present-day [Ahmednagar](/source/Ahmednagar_district) area to his hereditary fief.[2] The Sangamner inscription describes Bhillama as a *[Maha-samanta](/source/Samanta)* ("great feudatory"), and mentions his epithets *Pancha-maha-shabada*, *Aratini-sudana*, *Kandukacharya*, *Sellavidega*, and *Vijayabharana*.[3]

## Legacy

Bhillama erected the Vijayabharneshvara temple at Sangamner.[2] He was succeeded by Vesugi, who married Nayilladevi, the daughter of a Chalukya feudatory of Gujarat.[5]

## References

1. [*The Seunas (The Yadavas Of Devagiri)*](https://archive.org/details/the-seunas-the-yadavas-of-devagiri). S.Ritti.

1. A. S. Altekar 1960, p. 517.

1. T. V. Mahalingam 1957, p. 138.

1. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri 1960, p. 322.

1. A. S. Altekar 1960, p. 518.

### Bibliography

- A. S. Altekar (1960). [*The Early History of the Deccan Parts*](https://books.google.com/books?id=14DvAQAACAAJ5). Vol. VIII: Yādavas of Seuṇadeśa. Ghulam Yazdani (ed.). Oxford University Press. [OCLC 59001459](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59001459)[dead link]
- K. A. Nilakanta Sastri (1960). ["The Chāḷukyas of Kalyāṇi and the Kalachuris of Kalyāṇi"](https://books.google.com/books?id=lllDAAAAYAAJ). *The Early History of the Deccan Parts*. Vol. 1 (Parts I-IV). Ghulam Yazdani (ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 315–468. [OCLC 59001459](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59001459)
- T. V. Mahalingam (1957). ["The Seunas of Devagiri"](https://books.google.com/books?id=ahFuAAAAMAAJ). *A Comprehensive history of India: A.D. 985-1206*. Vol. 4 (Part 1). R. S. Sharma (ed.). Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7007-121-1.

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