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after they were reduced to the position of Chola feudatories. Tiravallam in the North Arcot District seems to have borne the other name Vanapuram, and it is not unlikely that it was one of the important towns, if not the capital, of the Båņa territory. Long after the Baņas ceased to be rulers, members of the family claimed to be lords of Parivipura and Nandagiri. The Båna crest was a ball, and their banner bore the emblem of a black-buck, while their drum was called Praisācha. Mahabali, the progenitor of the Bāņas, is said to have been made door-keeper by the lord of gods and demons, Paramēśvara (Siva) worshipped in all the three worlds.
The Udayëndiram grant of Vikramaditya II, furnisbes the following genealogy of the Båņas for eight generations :
Bali.
Bana.
Banadhiraja.
Jayanandivarman, who ruled the land west of the Audhra country
Vijayaditya.
Malladēva alias Jagadēkamalla.
Bånavidyadhara
Prabhumēradēva.
Vikramaditya I.
Vijayaditya II. Pagalvippavarganda.
Vijayaba hu-Vikramaditya II., "dear friend of Kfishuaraja".
South-Ind. Inscrs. Vol. III, p. 89. See e.g. Madras Epigraphical Report for 1899-1900, paragraph 85.
These are mentioned for the first time in the Udayondiram plates of the Ganga-Bāņa king Prithivipati II. (South-Ind. Insors. Vol. II. p. 388, verse 24.)
• The expression sakala-jagat-tray-abhipandita-sur-sur-adhisa-Paramērpara-pratihari-krita-Mahabali. kniõdoharali translated by Mr. Rice, on the strength of some Kanarese tradition, "born of the family of Mahýbali, who had made Paramiśvara, lord of gods and demons worshipped in all the three worlds, (his) door-keeper;" Ep. Carn. Yol. X. p. ii, noto 5.
Above, Vol. III. p. 74 f.
• The title Pugalvippavarganda wu also borne by a brother-in-law of the Chola prince Räjidity, son of Parabtaks I. (above, Vol. VII. p. 134). This Pagalvippavarganda is called Ilidarija (i.6. chief of Virita or Berar) (Madras Epigraphical Report for 1906-7, Part II, paragraph 65). His son Virs-Chola was contemporary of the Chola king Rajaraja I. and made a gift to the Jaina shrine at Picbapandavamalai in the North Aroot District (above Vol. IV. p. 139).
