Later Gangas Mandali Thousand

SR No.: 006722
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak
Total Pages: 156
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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the Mandali-Thousand belonging to it, with all rights as regards treasure trove and underground stores, according to the rule of one third. The Cālukya emperor Vikramāditya-VI, shortly after succeeding to throne, personally came all the way and half the way too, to receive his boyhood friend Goggiga Govindara Nanni Sāntara (1076-77). Goggiga gained still greater distinction than even Būtuga-Il from Krişna-III, when the emperor Vikki gave him half the seat on his metal throne, and placed the valiant Sāntara at his side (EC. VIII. Nr. 35. 1077).
It was during the same occasion that the Mandalināờ, adjacent to the Sântaligenād, was officially recognised by the emperor. Thus, Barmmadeva was the first Mandali ruler to possess the imperial title of 'Tribhuvanamalla', after whom his two younger brothers and the son of his youngest brother also had the same title. It was during his time that the senior perggade Nokkayya prospered as a donar and was amply rewarded by the Ganga Permmādideva. He and his younger brother Kali-Gangabhūpati were ruling the Mandalinād together for some years. Tribhuvanamalla-Ganga-Permmādideva granted for the basadi at Tattekere, constructed by the minister and senior Perggade Nokkayya, shop tax and customs dues. Both Nokkayya and Dāmaraja were the ministers of the Tribhuvanamalla Ganga Permmādideva, and of the two, latter was also a poet who composed the text of Shimoga inscription number ten of C.E. 1085 [Sh. 10. 1085). Tribhuvanamalla Ganga Permmādideva Kali-Ganga-11 Rakkasa Ganga Govindara (1079-1103)
The resurrection of the Mandali-Ganga lineage and a regular chronology starts from the period of Kali-Ganga, father of Barmmadeva, Bhujabala Ganga-l. Kali Ganga-Il was the elder brother of Bhujabala Ganga-ll and younger brother of Mārasingadeva and Nanniya Gangadeva-l. In other words KaliGanga-l is the third son of Barmmadeva, a terror to the chiefs. Kali Ganga-ll had Govindara as his first name, reminds us of the similar situation when the famous Ganga king Rakkasa Ganga,