The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t69: Vaidumba Chiefs
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t69
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Vaidumba Chiefs
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These rulers at one time governed parts of Arcot, Cuddapah, Nellore and the country south of the Krishna river—the ‘Rēnāṇḍu 7,000’ village tract. They were a Telugu family claiming descent from the early Western Gangas. In the 9th century A.D. they fought against the then ruling Gangas.
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Irigaya-Vaidumba lived in the 9th century (V.R. i, Chittoor, 148, 162; 439 of 1914; 295 of 1905).
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Ganda-Triṇētra, who may be the same as Manuja-Triṇētra (298 of 1905), in alliance with the Bāṇa chief fought and defeated at the battle of Soremati the allies Mahēndra I of the Noḷamba-Pallavas and the Western Ganga king Rāchamalla II about the year A.D. 878 (V.R. i. Chittoor, 167, 168, 170; 295, 296 of 1905; 533 of 1906; E.R. 1907, pp. 78-79).
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In the next century three generations are known— Sandaiyan-Tiruvayan I (‘Vikramāditya.’ Md. Suttira, A.D. 931, 958.)
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Samkara-dēva
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Sōmanātha 1014
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Sandaiyan-Tiruvayan II alias Śrīkaṇṭha. 962.
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Chandraśēkhara.
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Sandaiyan I was conquered about A.D. 915 by Parāntaka Chōḷa I. He acknowledged as his overlord at one time the Noḷamba-Pallava chief Irivi-Nuḷipaya II who was also called Dilipayya, and ruled from 942 to 966, or perhaps Irivi I—Nolipayya). (E.C. x. Bp. 4.)
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The Chōḷa king Ariñjaya, c. 965, married a Vaidumba princess.
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One of the Sandaiyans is mentioned in records of 21st, 24th, and 25th years of the Rāshṭrakūṭa king Krishna III,—probably the son, as he is called ‘Śrīkaṇṭha,’ A.D. 958, 960, 961 (E. I. v, 142; E.R. 1905, p 57; V.R. i, S. Arcot 668, 567; 267 of 1902; 743 of 1905). Śrīkaṇṭha was chief between at least 960-1 and 968 (16 of 1905; S.I.I iii, pp. 53, 107).
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A Vaidumba Rāja with title ‘Bhuvana Triṇētra’ was crowned in 972/3 (V.R. i, Cuddapah, 583; 325 of 1905).
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An inscription of 992-3 mentions the Vaidumba chief ‘Vishṇudēva, alias Durai-araiśan’.
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In A.D. 1004-5 lived a Vaidumba chief Tukkarai, who had a son Nannama and ruled over the Ingaḷūr-nāḍu (V.R. i, N. Arcot, 362; 14 of 1890).
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Vaidumba Sōmanātha, son of Samkara, lived in 1014-15 (V.R. i. N. Arcot, 336; 92 of 1889).
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Vaidumba Rājēndra-Choḷa Mummadi in A.D. 1251-2, the second year of Vijaya-Gaṇḍa-Gōpāla of the Telugu-Choḍas (V.R. ii, Nellore 633; B. and V. C. 1314).
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See also V.R. i, Anantapur, 122, bis: 86 of 1913 and note the Government Epigraphist’s remarks in E. R. 1923, pp. 98-101.