[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882) › c8.s12.60 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.60 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.60 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s12.60.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s12.60.1) appellations the origin of which had been forgotten in the lapse of time and events of which no very accurate memory had been preserved, which refers the origin of the Chalukyas to Ayôdhyâ or Oudh, and allots them to the Sômavamśa, or Lunar Race, in the family of the god Brahman, who sprang from the water-lily that grew from Vishnu's navel. Thus, the Kauthêm grant of Vikramâditya V., of A.D. 1009, tells us that fifty-nine kings of the Châlukya¹ lineage reigned at Ayôdhyâ, and, after them, sixteen more over the dakshinapatha or region of the south, i.e. the Dekkan; that then there was a temporary obscuration of their power; and that eventually it was restored by Jayasimha (I.)² An inscription at Balagâmve, in Mysore, of the time of Jayasimha II., dated in A. D. 1019, states, in the same way, that fifty-nine Châlukya kings reigned at Ayôdhyâ, and subsequently in their lineage there was born Satyâśraya, through whom the family of Brahman came to be called the family of Satyâśraya.³ Another record, apparently of the same reign and dated in A. D. 1025-26, at Kalyân in the Dhârwâr District,⁴ says that the mind-born son of the god Brahman was Svayambhuva-Manu; his son was Mânavya, from whom came all those who belonged to the Mânavya gôtra; Mânavya's son was Harita; his son was Pañchaśikhi-Hâriti; and the son of the latter was Châlukya, from whom sprang the race of the Châlukyas. ### [c8.s12.60.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s12.60.2) Two inscriptions of the time of Vikramâditya VI., at Gadag in Dhârwâr and Kâlige in the Nizâm's Dominions, tell us that the Châlukya race arose in the lineage of Sôma, the Moon, who was produced from the eye of Atri, who was the son of Brahman.⁵ And a later inscription of the same reign, at Handarike in the Nizâm's Dominions,⁶ introduces a popular etymology of the family-name, and gives us the following account: in the water-lily that sprang from the navel of Vishnu, there was born Hiranyagarbha-Brahman; his son was Manu; his was Mândavya;⁷ his, Hârita; and his, Hâriti-Pañchaśikha; the Châlukyas were born in the interior of his water-pot (chulka),⁸ when he was pouring out a libation to the gods; then a certain Vishnuvardhana-Vijayâditya (a purely imaginary person) appropriated the territories of his enemies; then there reigned fifty-nine kings, commencing with Satyâśraya, lord of Ayôdhyâ; then Jayasimha (I.) became king; and he was succeeded by sixteen others; after whom, the Rattas, i.e. the Râshtrakûtas, governed the earth.¹ The most full statement, however, is to be found in the records of the eastern branch of the family; and the earliest instance of it occurs in a grant of Vishṇuvardhana-Râjarâja I., of the period A.D. 1022 to 1063. The genealogy there given² commences with the god Brahman, as born from the water-lily that grew from Vishṇu’s navel; it is taken through Sôma, the Moon, Budha, the planet Mercury, Parûravas, Âyu, Âyusha, and so on; ### [c8.s12.60.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s12.60.3) and the last specific name in this portion of it, is that of Satânîka. Then comes the legendary connection of the Chalukyas with the preceding. Without any specification of names, we are told that, including Udayana, fifty-nine emperors sat on the throne at Ayôdhyâ, in unbroken lineal succession.³ Then a member of the family, named Vijayâditya, came to the south, from a desire for conquest, and attacked Trilôchana-Pallava, but lost his life in the attempt. His queen, who was pregnant, escaped with some of her attendants, and, being preserved by a saint named Vishṇubhaṭṭa-Sômayâjin, gave birth to a posthumous son named Vishṇuvardhana. The young prince was nourished; and, having done worship to the goddess Gaurî on the mountain called Chalukyagiri.⁴ he at length assumed all the royal insignia of the family,¹ conquered the Kadamba, Gaṅga, and other kings, and established himself as emperor of all the Dekkan, including seven and a half lâkhs of villages, lying between the Bridge of Râma, i.e. Adam’s Bridge or the ridge of rocks connecting Ceylon with the Coromandel coast, and the Narmadâ.² The historical genealogy is introduced at this point, with the name of Pulikêśin I. It is connected with the preceding, by making him the son of the second Vijayâditya mentioned above. But, in reality, he was the son of Raṇarâga, who was the son of Jayasiṁha I. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s12.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s12.60) · Pramāṇa