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1034), the chiefs of Velanânḍu became tributary to the Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya
VI.
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
Two inscriptions of Saka-Samvat 1055 belong to the reign of the 15th king, Gońka II. These are a Draksharama inscription of the Mohámandaléśvara Velanânți-Gonkaya, the son of Gunḍambika (No. 274 of 1893), and an inscription at Nâdendla of Sabbâmbikâ or Sabbama, the queen of the Mahamandaléśvara Velanânți-Gonkaya, who was the son of Chôda. In the first of these two inscriptions, Gonka II. receives the biruda Châlukya-rajya-bhavana-mulastambha,' which shows that, like his predecessors, he was tributary to one of the two branches of the Chalukys dynasty.
The 16th king is represented by an inscription at Palakôl (No. 524 of 1893), which is dated in Saka-Samvat 1058 and belongs to the time of Velananți-Chôda, the son of Gonka and Sabbambika.
The 17th king was a dependent of Kulôttanga-Chôdadêva, by whom we have probably to understand Kulôttungs-Choda II. of the Eastern Chalukya dynasty. The inscriptions of Gonka III. extend from Saku-Samvat 1060 to 1079, as may be seen from the subjoined Table.
Saka date.
Number of copy.
Name of chief.
VelanAnti-Gonka son of Rajendra-Choda
Kulottunga-Choda-Gangêya-Gonkaraja
Kulottunga-Choda-Gonkaraja
Kulottunga-Choda-Gonkaraja
Velanânți-Kulottunga-Choda-Gonkaraja, son of Rajendra-Choda.
Velanânți-Kulottunga-Choda-Gonkaraja
Kulottunga-Choda-Gonkaraja
Kulttungs-Chöja-Gokkja
Kulottunga-Chôda-Gonkaraja
Kulottunga-Choda-Gonkaraja
1060
1060
1061
1062
1065
1072
1073
1075
1077
1079
216 of 1892.
1 No. 344 of 1892 in my Annual Report for 1892-93.
275 of 1893.
227, 265 and 384 of 1893.
223 of 1892.
231 of 1892.
224 of 1892.
264 of 1893.
228 of 1893.
270 of 1893.
268 of 1893.
The inscriptions of Gońka III. are followed by records of a king who calls himself Rajendra-Chôḍaraja, the son of Kulôttunga-Choda-Gonkaraja, and whose queen was Paṇḍambika. Considering the fact that the names of the preceding chiefa of Velanâṇḍu appear under different forms, I do not hesitate to identify this king, whose inscriptions range from Saka-Samvat 1085 to 1102, with Prithvisvara, during whose reign the Pithapuram inscription was engraved. He was a tributary of a king Rajaraja, who ascended the throne in
