History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c35.s8.2

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The first prince was Kārtavīrya I or Katta I who is mentioned in a stone record of 980 A. D. He was a feudatory of Taila II (Āhavamalla) and fixed the boundary of his principality of Kundi. His sons were Dāvari and Kanna-Kaira whose son Eraga has recorded a Sanskrit inscription dated 1040 A. D., published in I. A. XIX p. 161 in which he declares himself to be a sāmanta of Jayasimha Jagadekamalla. In his birudas, he calls himself Raṭṭavaṁśodbhava, Lattalūrapuravarādhīśvara, Garuda-dhvaja &c. In one epithet he is described as a Vidyādhara in singing. He is mentioned in a Jain grant inscription published by Prof. Pathak in I. A. XIV (p. 23). His brother was Anka (mentioned in an inscription at Saundatti dated 1048 A. D.) and his son was Sena I. His son Kannakaira II has left many inscriptions dating from 1069 to 1087 A. D. He appears to have ruled long with his brother Kārtavirya II and they are described as sāmantas of Vikramāditya VI. His son was Sena II mentioned in records from 1096 to 1121 and his son was Kārtavirya III mentioned in records dated 1143 and 1165; he is also called Katta or Kattama. Taking advantage of the rebellion of the Kalachūris at Kalyan, he appears after 1165 to have declared independence and in one record he calls himself Chakravartin (Bombay J. B. B. R. A. S. X p. 181). This position the Raṭṭas retained though first disputed by Someśvara Chālukya, for three generations viz. his son Lakshmidhara I, his son Kārtavirya IV and his son Lakshmidhara II. He was conquered by Vichana viceroy of Singhaṇa, Yādava king of Devagiri about 1228 A. D.