Avinita was succeeded by Durvinita (AD 540-AD 600). He was a pupil of Pujyapuda, a Jain grammarian. He was himself a scholar and he commented on a part of Kirartarjuniyam by Bharavi. Bharavi is said to have resided in his court for some time. But it is not accepted on all hands that Durvinita was the author of the commentary.
He has been persistently credited with literary achievements of which we cannot be certain; but we are certain of his military achievements. He extended his dominions in the eastern and southern directions by conquering the Pallavas.
These are bits of information we get from the inscriptions of the Gangas: we can form only a shadowy impression of their activities till the sixth century in the various fields of political activity. Even the chronology is a matter of conjecture till we come to the reign of Sri Purusha.
We know of three rulers who reigned in the seventh century and they are Mushkara, Bhuvikrama and Sivamara I but we have little details of their reigns. They must have had a role to play in the Pallava-Chalukya struggles but what exactly it was one cannot say.