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No. 21] MACHUPALLE INSCRIPTION OF THE TIME OF SOMIDEVA-MAHARAJA 117 the argument in favour of his identification as a scion of that family which seems, however, otherwise well established considering not only the occurrence of the other birudas which are common to most records of these chiefs but also the provenance of the present record of Sõmidēva near Siddhavattam, the god of which place was the family deity of some of the members of the family. Further, the language and script of the Machupalle inscription in Tamil, a feature characterising some other inscriptions of the family, vi:., the Rāyachöţi inscription of Rivadlova-Maharaja and the Nandalur record of Āhavamalla. Thus the locality of his rule, his name and some of the titles held by him which are common to other members of the family of the Kalukadapura chiefs anel finally his proximity in point of date to Sõmidēra-Mahārāja of that family figuring in the Puslipagiri inscription, would all render it tenable that our Sõmidēva- Maharaja of the Machupalle inscription was a scion of the Kalukadapura rulers and identical with Sönidov'it of the Pushpagiri record.
From the foregoing analysis of the epigraphs of the lords of Kalukulapura, it would appear that the earliest member of the stock so far known was Attiraja of the lunar race. He might have flourished about A.D. 1100 since he was the fourth ascendant from Udayāditya of A.D. 1199 figuring in the Tāļpatri inscription cited above. The history of the family before Attirāja is not definitely ascertainable but some clues in this regard are however available from their prasasti and titles, For instance, the prasasti commencing with the words, Aneka-samaru, etc, which the chiefs of Kalukadapura adopted was also the characteristic preamble of the Vaidumba family, who ruled over parts of Cuddapah and the adjacent territory from the 9th to the 11th century A. D. Then again the title Bhuvanatriyètra held by the chiefs of Kalakalapura was a well-known Vaidumba name and title. Further, it is not unlikely that the epithet Audumhurūbharaya of the Kalukada chiefs is a corruption of Vaidlumbībharaya which was assumed by the Vaidumba chief BhimaMahārāja of the Palagiri record, dated Saka 978 (i.e., A.D. 1058). This chief further claims a lunar origin like Attiräja, the earliest known ancestor of the Kalukadapura chiefs, as noticed above. Another significant datum which may be taken to establish that the lords of Kalukadapura were either lineally descended from the Vaidumba rulers of Rēnādu or were their political successors who appropriated their titles, dominions, etc., is traceable in the very title of Lord of Kalukadapura' itself. For, Kalukadapura is identical with the modern Kalkada in the Vayalpad taluk of the Chittoor District and at this very place were found two inscriptions of the Vaidumbas referrable to the 9-10th century A. D. indicating that the region of Kalkada was their principality. One of them belongs to Gandatriņētra Vaidumba-Mahārājaand the other was issued by Bhuvanatriņotra Irumgeya-Mahārāja on the occasion of his coronation. The latest date for the Vaidumbu chiofs so far known is Saka 978 (i.e., A. D. 1056) which is furnished by the Palagiri record of Kaligatriņētra Bhima-Mahārāja, son of Ma[du]ka-Mahārāja cited above. It has to be noted, however, that between this date (A. D. 1056) of the last known member of the earlier Vaidumba family and that of Attirāja (c. 1100) the earliest known progenitor of the later stock there is a gap of about 50 years during which the history of these rulers is unknown. Nevertheless, it is certain that the Vaidumbas must have continued to flourish in parts of Rēnādu side by side with the Telugu Chödas with whom it is well-known that they often came into conflict. It would appear that like the Telugu Chödas they came under the suzerainty of the Western Chalukyas of Kalvins. This event might have taken place in the time of Chalukya king Trailok yamalla Abuvumalla Sõmēsvara I since we find some of the titles like Truilökyamalla and dihavamalla being adopted by the Kalukadapura chiefs thus indicating their subordination to that Chalukya emperor.
No. 323 of 1935-36 of the Mad. Ep. Coll. Seo An. Rep. S. 1. 2., 1935-36, pp. 66-7. * No. 445 of 1940-41 of the Mad. Ep. Coll. .No. 443 of 1940-41 of the Mad. Ep. Coll.
