According to the historian Ganguli, the Cholas "could not wrest from him any part of his kingdom". According to the historian Sen, Someshvara I's rule was a "brilliant period" in the history of the Western Chalukyas that would reach its zenith under Vikramaditya VI. Historian Tripathi claims the Chalukya influence was felt in far-off Eastern India as well. He shifted his capital from Manyakheta to Kalyani (present day Basavakalyana in modern Bidar district). He patronized the Kannada language scholar Shridharacharya who wrote "Jatakatilaka" (c.1049), the earliest available work on astrology in the language, and the now extinct "Chandraprabhacharite" on Belles-lettres ("kavya kavite").