The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c13.s3.1

v2.c13.s3.1

ON the state of government and society under the Eastern Chālukyas we learn little from our sources, either epigraphical or literary. We may assume that at its foundation the Eastern Chālukya court was more or less a replica of that of Bādāmi, and that as generations passed, local factors gained in strength and the monarchy of Vengi developed features of its own; still, external influences must have also continued to flow in from the Rāshṭrakūṭas, the Chōḷas, and the Chālukyas of Kalyāṇī, with all of whom the Vengi kingdom had had long and intimate contact, now friendly, now hostile. In the early stages some Pallava colouring also must have been present, particularly in the southern marches of the kingdom.