The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t10: Bāṇa Chiefs
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t10
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Bāṇa Chiefs
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The Bāṇas were a very ancient family in the Chittoor and N. Arcot Districts. About A.D. 450 the then paramount Pallava king Simhavarman consecrated the first Ganga king for the express purpose of crushing the Bāṇas who had become unruly. The chronology of the Bāṇas is obscure and confusing. For comparison of the pedigrees put forward by different writers see Dr. Hultzsch's paper (E. I. xvii., p. 3.).¹ The following seems reasonable.
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¹ See also E. I. iii., 74 ; S.I.I., iii., 92 ; E. R. 1907, §. 45.
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A. D. 719-20. Vikramāditya-Bali-Indra, a vassal of the W. Chāḷukya king Vijayāditya (696-733). (E. R. 1921, p. 87.)
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A. D. 739. Vikramāditya governed the country 'West of the Telugu Road,' as vassal of the Pallava king Nandivarman II (717-779). (E. R. 1903-04, pp. 6, 12 ; S.I.I., iii. 43.)
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1. Nandivarman { or Jaya-Nandivarman. Ruled } { the land west of the Āndhra country. }
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2. Vijayāditya I
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3. Malladēva 'Jagadēkamalla'
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4. Vikramāditya I 'Jayamēru,' 'Bāṇavidyādhara,' Md. Kundavvai, dau. of the Ganga King Prithivipati I; and Mārikanimma. C. 872-890.
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5. Vijayāditya II. 'Vira Chuḷāmaṇi,' 'Prabhumēru.' Ruling in A.D. 898-99, 905-06, 909-10.²
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² E. I. iv., 224 ; S.I.I., ii., 389.
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6. Vikramāditya II. Heir apparent in A.D. 898.³
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³ See the Guḍimallam plates.
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7. Vijayāditya II 'Pugaḷvippavargaṇḍa.'
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8. Vikramāditya III. 'Vijaya-Bāhu.' 'Dear friend of Krishna Rāja,' i.e. the Rāshṭrakūṭa king Krishna III, or Kannara who reigned 937-38 to 965-66.
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Notes.—Vikramāditya I's accession date is derived from an inscription which mentions the year 'Vijaya' (A.D. 873-74) as being in the second year of Bāṇavidyādhara. He was ruling the country 'west of the Telugu Road' in the 24th year of Pallava Nripatunga, c. 878. Also in the 23rd year of Pallava Nandivarman III, i.e. in 852, when he may have ruled as Yuva-Rāja. About 870 he fought (as Yuva-Rāja) against the Rāshṭrakūṭa king Amōghavarsha I. About 878 he fought against Varaguṇa Pāṇḍya II. About 878 occurred the raid into the Puliṇāḍu, a Bāṇa tract, by the Noḷamba chief Mahēndra I who captured Koyatūr and burned the town of Permāvi. He was defeated by Vijayāditya II. About the same time was fought the battle of Soremati where the allied Bāṇas and Vaidumbas were opposed to the same Mahēndra I and the Ganga-king Rāchamalla. Many Viraklas testify to these events. (e.g. V. R. i. 175, 196, 243, 255 ; 306, 318 of 1912 ; 542, 571 of 1906 ; etc. ; E. C. x, Sp, 5,6.)
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About A. D. 915 the Bāṇas were completely defeated by Parāntaka Chōḷa I, and the country given to the Ganga king Prithivipati II.
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For later Bāṇas we have the following.—
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A. D. 1088-89, Chikkarasa, vassal of the W. Chāḷukya king. (566 of 1915.) A. D. 1123. Chittarasa, vassal of Vikramāditya VI. (356 of 1920.) A. D. 1275. A Mahābali-Bāṇa was vassal ("Piḷḷai") to Māravarman Kulaśēkhara Pāṇḍya I. A. D. 1453. Uraṅgāvillidāsan, ruling Madura. A. D. 1477. Tirumāliruñjōlai. Do. A. D. 1476. Sundarattōḷ-Uḍaiyār Do. A. D. 1499. Muttarasā-Tirumalai-Māvallvāṇa, also ruling Madura. A. D. 1517-18 Mahābali-Bāṇa Nāyakka in Ramnad District. (V. R. ii. Ram : 131 ; 113 of 1903.)
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BANAVĀSI,—SEE KADAMBAS OF
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BARĪD SHĀHI DYNASTY of BĪḌAR, or AHMADĀBĀD.
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1. *Kāsim Barīd I.* A. D. 1492–1504. Minister to the Bāhmanī Sultan Mahmūd II.
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2. *Amīr Barīd.* 1504–1549. Became independent 1527.
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3. *Alī Barīd.* 1549–1562, Lost most of his possessions to Burhān Shāh of Ahmadnagar.
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4. *Ibrāhīm Barīd.* 1562–1569. Amīr Barīd ruled from 1609.
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5. *Kāsim Barīd II* 1569–1572.
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6. *Mīrza alī Barīd.* 1572–1609. Deposed.
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BEDNŪR,—RĀJAS OF. See KEḶADI KINGS.
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BIJAPŪR,—RULES OF. See ĀDIL-SHĀHI,—DYNASTY OF