History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c15.s1.12

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The Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudra-gupta records that he conquered three kings viz. Hastivarman of Vengi, Ugrasena of Palakka and Viṣṇugopa of Kāñchī. These two kingdoms Palakka on the Malabar (West) coast and Vengi on the east coast were undoubtedly under Pallava domination and Vengi is usually called Vengi-rāshtra and was thus under the Maratha rule of the Pallavas from the beginning. The king Attivarman is said to be a Pallava also. The Vengi Rāshtra after the Pallavas came under the Chālukyas of Bādāmi and an eastern Chālukya kingdom was founded there by Vishnuvardhana and may be said to be a continuation of the same rule.