The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.99

c8.99

A.D. 500. [Vincent Smith (J. R. A. S. 1914, p. 137) places about this time a Viṣṇukuṇḍin chief, Mādhavavarma, who married the daughter of the Vākāṭaka chief Hariṣēṇa, and by the latter's influence succeeded in getting possession of the Vengi country, south of the Godavari river. Hariṣēṇa claimed to have conquered the Āndhra country and Kaliṅga. It is believed, however, that by the term ‘Āndhra’ may be meant the country that had been ruled by the Śālaṅkāyana chiefs further west than Vengi. Nevertheless Mādhavavarma settled himself at Deṇḍalūr close to Vengi. Since the Pallavas undoubtedly ruled that tract, these Viṣṇukuṇḍins must have been only minor chiefs.]