The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c13.s1.4

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The kingdom of Vengi, as it came to be called in the course of time, comprised at its greatest extent the whole area between the Mahendra mountains in Kalinga and the Maṇṇeru river in Nellore;¹ its western boundary ran in general along the foot of the Eastern ghats, though temporary extensions often brought areas farther west under the rulers of Vengi from time to time. Eastern Chāḷukya history is at times largely the record of disputes about the succession in which for some time the Rāṣṭrakūṭas, and the Chāḷukyas of Kalyāṇi from the west, and later the Chōḷas from the south, interfered, not always altogether disinterestedly; the Gangas of Kalinga as well as of Mysore, and the Chāḷukyas of Vemulavāḍa and Mudugoṇḍa, also find a place in the picture from time to time.