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THE SINDAS: AN OUTLINE
Nādoja Prof. Hampana
The political history of the Sindas is still amorphous and the known line of succession is patchy. The Sindas of Belagutti, RenjeRu, Bāgadage, Kurugodu, Partyaņdaka and Erambarage were its later branches.
The Sindas, styled as Bhogavatī Puravarādhīśvaras, 'the Lords of the town Bhogavatī, belonged to Nāgavamsa, the race of Nāgas. Curiously, the Sendrakas were also of Nāgakula. The Sindas were holding administrative posts from the sixth century, as subordinates of the Calukyas, in the Kadamba - Calukya territory. An inscription from ĀŅūru states that Sindarasa was ruling Pānthipura, the modern Hānagal (Haveri Dt.), as a vassal of Kīrtivarma lì (745-57), the last ruler of Calukyas. A record from Kukkanūr, of the epoch of Vikramāditya II (655-81) mentions the name of Sindarasa as the chief of the region. The Sindas were in-charge of Gangi Pāņdivūru, the modern ĀŅūr. Another inscription dt. 726 CE states that Sindarasa and Devasatti Arasa were vassals of Srīpuruşa, the Ganga king. Siņdarasa figures in an inscription of 567-68 of Kīrtivarma I. Sindarasa ruling Pandipura, requested Mādhavatti Arasa, and along with Doņagāmuṇda, EĻagāmunda and Malleyar, donated to Jinendrabhavana eight mattar of wet land under the tank to the west of Karmagalūr, in the royal scale (rājamāna). The donee was Prabhācandra gurāvar of Paralūrā (mod. Hallūr in Bāgalkoțe Dt.) Cediya (Sk. Caitya).
Srīpāla consecrated the stone inscription in the premises of Jinendra-bhavana built by his grandfather Dharma Gāmuṇda (567-68 CE). The donee was Prabhācandra Gurāvar, chief superintendent of
