9 1 . ▁ ▁Military ▁career ▁ ▁Vict ory ▁over ▁the ▁K ak ati y as ▁▁ ▁During ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁his ▁father ▁Bh ill ama , ▁J ait ug i ▁participated ▁in ▁his ▁father ' s ▁wars ▁against ▁the ▁Ho ys ala ▁king ▁Ball ala ▁II , ▁resist ing ▁the ▁enemy ' s ▁attempts ▁to ▁capture ▁Kal y ani ▁and ▁Dev ag iri . ▁Bh ill ama ▁ultimately ▁suffered ▁a ▁defeat ▁against ▁the ▁Ho ys al as . ▁T aking ▁advantage ▁of ▁weak ened ▁Y ad ava ▁power , ▁the ▁K ak ati y as ▁had ▁inv aded ▁the ▁eastern ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Y ad ava ▁kingdom . ▁The ▁K ak ati ya ▁general ▁Mah ade va ▁reached ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁the ▁Y ad ava ▁capital ▁Dev ag iri , ▁as ▁att ested ▁by ▁the ▁Gar av ap ada ▁ins cription . ▁All ▁three ▁dynast ies ▁- ▁the ▁Y ad avas , ▁the ▁Ho ys al as ▁and ▁the ▁K ak ati y as ▁- ▁were ▁former ▁fe ud ator ies ▁of ▁the ▁Chal uky as ▁of ▁Kal y ani . ▁The ▁Y ad avas ▁considered ▁themselves ▁as ▁true ▁success ors ▁of ▁the ▁Chal uky as , ▁and ▁therefore , ▁expected ▁the ▁K ak ati y as ▁to ▁recognize ▁their ▁su zer ain ty . ▁ ▁Once ▁the ▁Y ad ava - H o ys ala ▁conflict ▁subs ided , ▁and ▁the ▁Y ad ava ▁power ▁stabil ized , ▁J ait ug i ▁launched ▁a ▁campaign ▁against ▁the ▁K ak ati y