The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c34: Appendix P. The Principal Dynasties of the Deccan

The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c34

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Appendix P. The Principal Dynasties of the Deccan

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¹ Only the main lines are shown, collateral and local branches being omitted. The lists now given are abstracted from those published by Kielhorn in *Ep. Ind.*, viii, App. ii (1906), and begin with the real founder of each dynasty, not with the semi-mythical names heading the genealogies.

I. The Chalukya Kings of Vātāpi (Bādāmi), A.D. 550–753

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| *Serial No.* | *Name.* | *Approxi-mate date of Acc. A.D.* | *Known epigraphic dates.* |
| **I** | Pulakēśin I (Satyāśraya, Raṇa-vikrama, Vallabha) | 550 | Nil. (The title or epithet *vallabha* is used some-times alone, sometimes in composition with *Śrī*, &c.) |
| **II** | Kīrtivarman I (Vallabha, Ra-ṇaparākrama, &c.) | 566–7 | 578 |
| **III** | Maṅgalēśa (Vallabha, Raṇa-vikrānta, &c.) | 597–8 | 601–2 |
| **IV** | Pulakēśin II (Vallabha, Satyā-śraya, &c.) | 608 | 612, 634 ; crowned 609 |
| | | [Interrup-tion from 642 to 655] | |
| **V** | Vikramāditya I (Vallabha, Satyāśraya, &c.) | 655 | 659 |
| **VI** | Vinayāditya (Satyāśraya, Vallabha, &c.) | 680 | 689, 691, 692, 694 |
| **VII** | Vijayāditya (Satyāśraya, &c.) | 696 | 699, 700, 705, 709 |
| **VIII** | Vikramāditya II (Anivārita, &c.) | 733 | 735 (?) |
| **IX** | Kīrtivarman II (Nṛipasiṃha-rāja, &c.) | 746 | 754, 757. (In 753 the Rāshtrakūta conquest occur-red, and Kīrtivar-man sank to the level of a local Rāja) |

II. The Rāshtrakūṭa Kings of Mānyakheṭa (Mālkheḍ), A.D. 753–973

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A. D.* 753–973.

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| *Serial No.* | *Name.* | *Approxi- mate date of Acc. A.D.* | *Known epigraphic dates.* |
| I | Dantidurga (Khaḍgāvaloka, &c.) | 753 | 753 |
| II | Kṛishṇa I (Akālavarsha, &c.) | 760 | 770 (Govinda *yuva- rāja*) |
| III | Govinda II (Prabhūtavarsha, &c.) | 775 | 779 |
| IV | Dhruva (Nirupama, Śrivalla- bha, borrowed from the Cha- lukyas, &c.) | 780 | 783 (Jain *Hari- vaṁsa*) |
| V | Govinda III (Prabhūtavarsha, &c.) | 793 | 794, 804, 808, 813 |
| VI | Amōghavarsha I (Nṛipatuṅga, &c.) | 815 | 817–77 |
| VII | Kṛishṇa II (Kṛishṇavallabha, &c.) | 880 | 902–11 |
| VIII | Indra III (Nityavarsha, &c.) | 912 | 914, 916 |
| IX | Amōghavarsha II | 916–7 | Nil |
| X | Govinda IV (Gojjiga, Suvar- ṇavarsha, &c.) | 917 | 918–33 |
| XI | Amōghavarsha III (Baddiga, &c.) | 935 | Nil |
| XII | Kṛishṇa III (Kannara, &c.) | 940 | 940–61 |
| XIII | Khoṭṭiga (Nityavarsha, &c.) | 965 | 971 |
| XIV | Kakka II (Kakkalla, &c.) | 972 | 972, 973. (Restora- tion of Chalu- kyas by Taila in 973) |

III. The Chalukya Kings of Kalyāṇi (Kalyāṇa), A.D. 973–1190

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¹ A. Venkatasubbiah in ‘The Chronology of the Western Chalukyas’, (*Ind. Ant.* xlvii, 1918, and xlviii, 1919) gives the following dynastic list : \

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| *Serial No.* | *Name.* | *Approximate date of Acc. A. D.* | *Known epigraphic dates.* |
| **I** | **Taila II (Tailapa, Āhavamalla, &c.)** | **973** | **993–7** |
| **II** | **Satyāśraya (Sattiga, &c.)** | **997** | **1002, 1008** |
| **III** | **Vikramāditya V (Tribhuvanamalla)** | **1009** | **1009** |
| **IV** | **Jayaśiṁha II (Jagadekamalla I)** | **1016** | **1017 (?)–1040** |
| **V** | **Someśvara I (Āhavamalla, &c.)** | **1042** | **1044–68** |
| **VI** | **Someśvara II (Bhuvanaikamalla)** | **1075** | **1071–5** |
| **VII** | **Vikramāditya VI (Vikramārka, &c.)** | **1075–6** | **1077–1125** |
| **VIII** | **Someśvara III (Bhūlokamalla)** | **1125–6** | **1128, 1130** |
| **IX** | **Perma-Jagadekamalla II** | **1138** | **1139, 1149** |
| **X** | **Taila III (Tailapa, Trailokyamalla, &c.)** | **1149** | **1154, 1155** |
| **XI** | **Someśvara IV (Tribhuvanamalla, &c.)** | **1162** | **1184, 1189. (Usurpation of Bijjala Kalachurya in 1156–62; he abdicated in 1167, his descendants continuing until 1183 as rivals of Someśvara IV)** |

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| 1. Taila II | A. D. 973–97 | |
| 2. Satyāśraya | ,, 997–1008 | |
| 3. Vikramāditya V | ,, 1009–14 | |
| 4. Ayyana II | ,, 1014 | |
| 5. Jayaśiṁha II | ,, 1015–42 | |
| 6. Someśvara I | ,, 1042–68 | |
| 7. Someśvara II | ,, 1068–76 | |
| 8. Vikramāditya VI | ,, 1076–1127 (?) | |
| 9. Someśvara III | ,, 1127 (?)–36 (?) | |
| 10. Perma-Jagadekamalla II | ,, 1136 (?)–51 | |
| 11. Taila III | ,, 1151–63 | (Kalachurya usurpation lasted 1156–1183. Taila continued ruling over such part of his kingdom as remained until 1163). |
| 12. Jagadekamalla III | ,, 1163–84 | |
| 13. Someśvara IV | ,, 1184–c.1200 | (he ruled at different times at Annigere, Kalyāṇi and Banavāsi). |

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