Indian Antiquary Vol 38

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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APRIL, 1909.)
ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE NELLORE DISTRICT.
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The earlier part of this article has shown what an important part the Pallavas had played ia the
history of the district. There were evidently some reminiscences Later Pallavas.
of their dominion and a few families claiming connection with them. On the first signs of weakness of the Chola empire in the Teluga country, the Pallavas must also have attempted to regain their dominion. Some of the chiefs belonging to the Pallava family seem to have enjoyed considerable power, though most of them were only feudatories. As early 19 A. D. 1102-3, while Kulôttunga I. was still alive, the Mahamandalesvara NandivarmaMaharaje alias Ammarâja of the family of Kaduvetti was ruling with Podatúra (i. e., Prolduğura in the Caddapah district) as his capital. He was one of the sons of Doraparâju by his queen Duggidēvi. His territory extended apparently into the Udayagiri talaka of the Nellore district (U. 6). He belonged to the Pallava family and to the Bhâra lvája-gôtra and had the khatvanga banner and the laduvdypare dram. H: claims to have beea thu lord of Kaichi and a devotee of the goddess Kémakötyambika (ie, the Kâmákshi temple at Conjeeveran). In A. D. 118278 we have
Pallaya, named Alluntikka, at Gandavaram (N. 16) in the Nellore tâluka and N. 15 mentions Allantirukalti of the Pallava family. At Sônararapadu in the Darsi Division (D. 69) is an inscription dated in A. D. 1218-19 of a descendant of Makkanti-Kaluvetti77 whose name does not appear to have been made out satisfactorily. He also belonged to the Pallava family and to the Bharad vaja-gôtra and was the lord of Kanchi and & devotee of the goddess Kamakotyambika. He claims to have founded 70 agraháras in the country to the east of Sriparvata, i.e. Srisailam in the Kurnool district. The Mahamandalesvara Inama idêva-Mahârâja of the same family (with similar titles) set up an image of Keśava-Peramal at Nagalavaram in the Kanigiri tâluka (KG. 24). He was the soa of a certain Bhimaraja by Sriyadevi. Nallasittarağan of the Pallava family is mentioned in an undated record from Mannemutteri (8.2) in the Salárpet Division, The best known of these chiefs is the Maharajasimba of the Tripurântakam) and Drakshârâ nato inscriptions (perhaps identical with the rebel Köpperoñjinga of Tamil records). The latter reigned from A. D. 1243 to at loast 1278-79,91 When and under what circumstances ho alvanced against the Telaga country and how long he remained there are questions which require to be investigated in fature. Allada-Pemmayadeva-Maharaja (4. D. 1259-60) and Vijaya-Gandagôpála (A.D. 1263-64) of the Tripurûntakam inscriptions were also Pallavas.82 Vijaya-Garagöpäls of the faine family (bearing the Pallava titles mentioned above) was probably governing a portion of the Atmakûr taluka with a "lord of Uraiyur" for his subordinate (A. 25). R:ference has alrealy been made to the Pallava fendatories of the Tulaga-Chodas whose records have been found at Pentrála in the Kandukur tâluka. These do not boast of Pallava titles but claim to be descended from Mukkan i-Kidu vetti.
56 The Mahamandalesvara Chidlapadera-Xahiraja of the Pallava family is mentioned in a rocord of A.D. 118283 from Chintalapattdru in the Cuddapah distriot.
11 Makkan' in the Telugu equivalent of the Sanskrit Trilichana, the name given to the semi-nythioal Pallava king whom the founder of the ChAlukys family Olaimed to have conquered in battle. The same or another Triloobana was contemporary of the Chola king Karikala who is said to have got him as well as the other kings of the earth to build the banks of the Kaver river (annual Report on Epigraphy for 1999-1900, PATA. 45). Mr. Bioe's Ganga insoriptions soom to point to the existence of a place called Klavetti whiol ho identifica with Karretinagar, the headquarters of a Zamindart in the North Aroot district (Mysore Gazetteer, Vol. 1, P. 313). But in the phrase Mukkut-Kad wnetti, the s3oond member must donose other the name of an individual or of a family. Perhaps Kaduvefli is the same as the Tamil Kadaya which is synonymous with Pallava (Ep. Iul. Vol. VIL pp. 23). One of the Nandalar inscriptions gives the Baka date 723 for Mukkapti-Kbduvofti; see my Annual Report on Epigrapby for 1907-6, Part II, paragraph 72. This was evidently later than his namesake who Was & contemporary of the Chola king Karikala.
1 Nallasiddarasa of the Pallava family is mentioned in an inseription from Conjeeveran (No. 39 o! 1893) ; 800 the Annual Report on Epigraphy for 1905-3, Part II, paragraph 5. 15 Ibid., paragraphs 5 and 6.
Ep. Ind., Vol. VII, p. 167. #1 Ibid., p. 135.
Ansual Report on Epigraphy for 1905-06, Part II, paragraph 7.