It was after the death of Pulakeshin II that the Eastern Chalukyas became an independent kingdom. They established themselves in the eastern Deccan and started ruling from Vengi. Pulakeshin II, who conquered the eastern Deccan in AD 616 had appointed his brother Kubja Vishnuvardhana as the governor of the new territory.
Territorial disputes flared up between the Rashtrakutas, the new rulers of the western Deccan, and the Eastern Chalukyas after the decline of the Badami Chalukya Empire. This was followed by the subjugation of the Eastern Chalukyas by the Rashtrakutas for much of the next two centuries.
The Eastern Chalukyas were notorious for causing many wars between the Cholas and the Western Chalukyas; both the kingdoms fought over the control of the strategic Vengi region.
Telugu culture, literature, poetry and art flourished during the latter half of the rule of the Eastern Chalukyas.
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