The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t15: Eastern Chālukya Dynasty
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t15
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Eastern Chālukya Dynasty
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(See *I. A. xx*, 12, 93, 266; *E. I. v*, 118; *vii. App.* 92.)
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1. Kubja-Vishnuvardhana I Brother of early Chalukya king Pulakēśin II ‘Vishama-Siddhi’, ‘Śri Biṭṭa.’ A.D. 615-633.
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2. Jayasimha I. ‘Sarvasiddhi.’ 633-663.
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3. Indra-Bhaṭṭāraka ‘Simha-Vikrama.’ A.D. 663. Reigned 7 days.
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4. Vishnuvardhana II ‘Rājanandana,’ ‘Makaradhvaja’ ‘Vishamasiddhi.’ 663-672.
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5. Mangi-Yuvarāja ‘Sarvalōkāśraya.’ ‘Vijaya-Siddhi.’ 672-696.
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6. Jayasimha II 696-709
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7. Kokkili. Reigned for 6 months 709.
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8. Vishnuvardhana III 709-746
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9. Vijayāditya I ‘Bhaṭṭāraka,’ ‘Saktivarma.’ 746-764.
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10. Vishnuvardhana IV ‘Makaradhvaja.’ 764-799.
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11. Vijayāditya II ‘Narēndra-Mrigarāja,’ ‘Niravadya,’ ‘Chaḷukyārjuna.’ Fought 108 battles in 12½ years against Gangas and Raṭṭas. 799-843.
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Nripa-Rudra.
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EASTERN CHĀḶUKYA DYNASTY—contd.
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12. Kali-Viṣṇuvardhana V 843-844. 13. Guṇāṅka-Vijayāditya III ‘Guṇāṅka,’ ‘Parachakra-Rāma,’ ‘Tribhuvanāṅkuśa.’ 844-888. Vikramāditya I (Yuva-rāja) 14. Chāḷukya-Bhīma II ‘Drohārjuna.’ 888-918. Yuddhamalla I 18. Tārapa, Tādapa, or Tāla I. Reigned 1 month 925. 15. Vijayāditya IV ‘Kollābhi-gaṇḍa,’ ‘Kaṇṭhika-Beta.’ Md. Mēlāmbā. Reigned 6 months in A.D. 918. 19. Vikramāditya II Reigned 11 months 926. 21. Yuddhamalla II 927-934. 16. Amma I ‘Viṣṇuvardhana VI,’ ‘Rājamahēndra.’ 918-925. 22. Chāḷukya-Bhīma III ‘Gaṇḍamahēndra,’ 934-945. Bādapa Tāla II Viṣṇuvardhana.’ 17. Bēta Vijayāditya V ‘Kaṇṭhika.’ Reigned 15 days, 925. 20. Bhīma II Reigned 8 months 926-27. 24. Dānārnava Md. Ārya-Mahādēvi 970-973. 23. Amma II ‘Vijayāditya VI,’ ‘Rāja-mahēndra.’ 945-970. see pedigree of the Pīthāpūr princes of E. Chāḷukya descent. (After an unexplained interval of 27 years.) 25. Śaktivarman 999-1011. 26. Vimalāditya ‘Mummaḍi-Bhīma,’ ‘Bhūpa-mahēndra,’ ‘Birudaṅka-Bhīma.’ Md. Kundavvā, dau. of Rājarāja Chōḷa I. 1011-1022. 27. Rājarāja Narēndra I Md. Ammaṅgā-dēvi, dau. of Rājēndra Chōḷa I. 1022-1063. Dau. Md. a Yādava king. Vijayāditya VII. Viceroy of Vengi under his nephew Kuḷōttuṅga Chōḷa I. 1063-1076. Dau. Kundavvai. 28. Rājēndra II Reigned as Chāḷukya king 1063-1070. United the Chāḷukya and Chōḷa crowns and reigned as Kuḷōttuṅga Chōḷa I, 1070-1118. Md. Madurāntaki, dau. of Rājēndra Chōḷa. He was called ‘Saptama Viṣṇuvardhana,’ etc. . . . [For descendants of Rājēndra II, Kuḷōttuṅga Chōḷa I, see pedigree of Chōḷas.]
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NOTES
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4. Viṣṇuvardhana II’s accession was between February 18, and March 13 A.D. 663. (Kielhorn E. I. vii. App. 93; E. R. 1917, App. A. Nos. 14, 15.)
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21. Yuddhamalla II. For his sons, see E. R. 1921, pp. 90, 91.
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23. Amma Rāja II was crowned on December 5, 945. (Masulipatam C. P. grant, V. R. ii, Kistna 3; Bm. C. P. grant No. 7.)
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23 and 24. It seems uncertain whether 24 Dānārnava or 23 Amma II was the elder son. I follow some other pedigrees, but certainly it would naturally be supposed that Amma II was the elder.
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26. Vimalāditya was crowned on May 10, 1011 (Raṇastipūṇḍi grant, E. I. vi, 347).
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27. Rājarāja Narēndra I was crowned on August 16, 1022. (I. A. xix, 129).
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28. Rājēndra II was by blood three-quarters Chōḷa. He fought his Chōḷa cousins, and being completely successful, was crowned a second time as Chōḷa king in 1070. His other birudas were ‘Karikāla Chōḷa,’ ‘Abhaya,’ Jayadhara,’ ‘Virudarāja-Bhayaṃkara.’