[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924) › c34 # 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 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [c34.s1 I. The Chalukya Kings of Vātāpi (Bādāmi), A.D. 550–753](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34.s1) — 1 part - [c34.s2 II. The Rāshtrakūṭa Kings of Mānyakheṭa (Mālkheḍ), A.D. 753–973](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34.s2) — 2 parts - [c34.s3 III. The Chalukya Kings of Kalyāṇi (Kalyāṇa), A.D. 973–1190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34.s3) — 3 parts ### Appendix P. The Principal Dynasties of the Deccan ### [c34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34.2) 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 ### [c34.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34.s1.1) | \*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 ### [c34.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34.s2.1) A. D.\* 753–973. ### [c34.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34.s2.2) | \*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 ### [c34.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34.s3.1) ¹ A. Venkatasubbiah in ‘The Chronology of the Western Chalukyas’, (\*Ind. Ant.\* xlvii, 1918, and xlviii, 1919) gives the following dynastic list : \ ### [c34.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34.s3.2) | \*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)\*\* | ### [c34.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34.s3.3) | 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). | ## Linked texts (1) - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c34) · Pramāṇa