The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c15.s2.t3.102.2

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How and when these were reduced to subjection by Gaṇapati is not definitely known, but the former appear to have come under the Kākatīya power soon after the overthrow of the Velanāḍus. As Chōḍa Tikka, who took part in Gaṇapati's last war with Pṛithvīśvara, is said to have conquered the *manniya* chiefs of Ēruva in the early years of that king's reign, it is not unlikely that Tikka may have in fact undertaken the conquest of the district at the instance of his ally. However that may be, it seems certain that this conquest was effected before Gaṇapati's invasion of Kaliṅga in A.D. 1212; for Ēruva Bhīma, who must have entered into the service of the Kākatīya monarch after the subjugation of his territory, took an active part in it, as we have mentioned above. The Telugu Chōḷas of Pottapi appear to have come under the Kākatīya rule about the same time or a little later; and Ōpili Siddhi of this family, at the instance of his master Gaṇapatidēva, defeated Mallidēva, the Telugu Chōḷa of Koṇidena, conquered Kamma-nāḍu, and was granted possession of the Six-Thousand Country as a reward for his services.¹ The Chakranārāyaṇa princes of Addaṅki were probably forced to submit about the same time. Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Mādhavā Mahārāja of this family, who was apparently ruling as an independent chief in A.D. 1208–9, is said in an inscription of his son Śārṅgadharadēva, dated A.D.