The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t61: Sāḷuva Family Chiefs
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t61
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Sāḷuva Family Chiefs
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Their distinctive family titles were ‘Kaṭhāri-Śāḷuva’, ‘Mēdinimisaragaṇḍa’ and ‘Dharaṇīvarāha.’ See J. Rāmayya’s article on the Dēvulapalli plates (*E. I. vii.* 74). For Pedigree see *A. R. 1908-9, p. 168.*
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| | | | Vanki-dēva | | | |
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| | | | Gunda I | | | |
| | | | (*Md. Kamalā. Lived at Kalyāṇapura.*) | | | |
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| Gunda II, or Bomma | | Mādirāja | Gautayya I | Virahōbala | Sāvitri-mangi | Śāḷuv Mangu 1362. Assisted Kampana II of Vijayanagar in his Southern Campaign. |
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| | | Gautaya II | | Narasimha ¹ 1354 | | (*Four other sons*) |
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| | | Gunda III Md. Mallāmbikā | | Śāḷuva | Boppa | Tippa Md. Sister of king Dēvarāya II of Vijayanagar. 1441-8 |
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| | | *Tirumallayya* or Timma, 1450. 1455, 1463. | *Narasimha-Rāya* Minister and General to Virūpāksha III king of Vijayanagar, whose throne he usurped 1485-6. Died 1492. | *Parvalayya* or Parvata-Rāya February 22, 1468. | Gopa-Rāja 1430-1 | Tippa 1442 |
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| | | (*A son*) Killed according to Nuniz, ‘by a page.’ | *Immadi-Narasimha* or Tammaya, or Tamma-dēva, king of Vijayanagar, 1492-3 to 1505. Assassinated. His Minister Narasa usurped the throne. | | Tirumallayya or Timma-Rāja | Tippa or Tripurāntaka |
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| | | | (*?*) Dēvappa or Dēpanna | | | |
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¹ *V.R. i, Anantapur, 49; 92 of 1912.*
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NOTES. Pedigrees of the family are given in *V.R. ii, Nellore 606, 620; B. and V.C. iii, 1184, 1203; and in E.I. vii. 76.*
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An inscription in Simhāchalam in Vizagapatam District gives the following names, saying that Śambu-rāya came from Kannaḍa-dēśa (293 of 1899); (V. R. ii, Guntur, 128).
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A Śaluva Malla lived in A.D. 1441-2 (V. R. i, Cuddappah, 659). A Śaluva Yerra Kampa lived in 1405-6 (ibid., 662). For Parvatayya's place in the pedigree see V. R. ii, Kurnool 469. Śaluva Pedda Mallapa ‘son of Yaram (? Yerra) Kampa’ is mentioned, August 25, 1485 (V. R. ii, Kurnool 462; 26 of 1915).
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The principal minister of Krishnadēva Rāya of Vijayanagar, throughout his reign Śaluva Timma; atis Appāji, Śaluva Gōvinda was also prominent during the reign.¹ In 1589 Śaluva Narasimha; ‘Singa-Bhūpāla’, who was related to Bāhubalēndra, was ruling some tracts—Rajahmundry, and part of Kalinga, The Rajas of Karvetinagar in Chittoor District belonged to the Śaluva family: in 1622-3 Tirumaia; ‘son of Śrīranga Raja and grandson of Kathāri-Śaluva-Mahārāja,’ was chief of that tract (V. R. i, Chittoor, 267, 268; 376; 377 of 1911).
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¹ The Śaluva Brothers Timma and Govinda were Brahmans, and could have had no connections with these families. Śaluva in these cases must be regarded as a mere title that it actually was in its origin—Editor.