[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v2.c31.3 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.3 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.3) ¹ This is supposed by some scholars to be "a Sanskritised form, through an earlier form Cāḷukya, of the old names Calkya, Cailkya, Cirikya...made to harmonise with the Purānik-looking story that the founder of the dynasty sprang from the \*Culuka\* of Brahmā. The popular variant of the word seems to have been Solaki or Solaṅki." See \*BG\*, Vol. I, Part I, p. 156. The eponymous founder of the family is named Culukya, because born in the \*Culuka\* of the Creator: \*EI\*, Vol. I, p. 294. Compare also the forms Śulikas and Śūlkis, \*EI\*, XIV, pp. 117 and 120. See also \*DHNI\*, Vol. I, pp. 348 ff. and fn. 2 on p. 438. To Dr. Barnett however 'the connection of Caulukya and Cāḷukya seems rather dubious.' - [Previous: v2.c31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.2) - [Next: v2.c31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.4) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.3) · Pramāṇa