The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c13.s5.6

v2.c13.s5.6

The rock inscription and the Parbhaṇi plates trace the descent of the family from the sun; this is in keeping with the tradition that fifty-nine kings of the dynasty ruled in Ayodhyā before it came to settle in the Deccan; but it is well known that other records trace its descent from Brahmā or from the Moon.⁴ The genealogy of the line begins with Vinayāditya Yuddhamalla I in all our sources except the Kollipara plates which carry it back four more generations. The genuineness of the Kollipara plates has been suspected on rather inconclusive grounds. The entire genealogy, including the four early generations found only in the Kollipara plates, may be set out as shown opposite.