The Eastern Chalukyas had first been conquered by the Cholas under Raja Raja Chola I in the early eleventh century and have subsequently become very closely aligned to the Chola empire through marital alliances between the Cholas and the Eastern Chalukyas.

This has insulated the Eastern Chalukyas from the interference of the Western Chalukyas, who seek to subjugate the Eastern Chalukyas.

The Eastern Chalukya dynasty loses its three-cornered war with the Hoysalas, the Yadavas, and the Kakatiyas in 1089.

The Hoysalas take territories in modern Mysore (Karnataka) state, and the Yadavas take over areas south of the Narmada (Narbada) River; the truncated Chalukya kingdom, squeezed between the two and blocked on the east by the Kakatiyas, becomes a minor kingdom, and is is absorbed into the Chola empire during the reign of the Kulothunga Chola I.