The Colas c23.44

c23.44

The history of the Telugu-Cōḍas of this period presents some difficult problems of chronology and genealogy, and though there is no lack of evidence, epigraphical and literary, attesting their power and importance, all attempts to evolve a consistent history of the dynasties that comprise this group of kings have met only with limited success.⁸¹ All these rulers called themselves Cōḍas and their sway extended over a considerable portion of the Telugu country; all of them claimed to be descended from Karikāla and to come of the solar race and *Kaśyapa gōtra*. The presence of members of these dynasties as feudatories of Kulōttunga I and his successors in different parts of the Telugu country is attested by the inscriptions of each reign. We have now to trace in some detail the relations between the Nellore branch of the Telugu-Cōḍas and Kulōttunga III in order to explain the necessity for Kulōttunga's recovery of Kāñcīpuram.