the records of arikesari's successors state that he conquered the kingdoms of vengi and trikalinga during the reign of his overlord nirupama-deva, who can be identified as the rashtrakuta king dhruva dharavarsha. dhruva had ascended the throne after a war of succession against his brother govinda ii, who had been supported by the vengi chalukya king vishnuvardhana iv. it appears that after consolidating his power, dhruva sent an army led by arikesari to chastise vishnuvardhana, whose territories included vengi and trikalinga. vishnuvardhana later negotiated peace, and married his daughter shila-mahadevi to dhruva.