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commences with Loka I and contains names like Anega I, Aicha, Bijja, etc.1 This genealogy is pushed further to a few more generations by two unpublished insriptions of my private collection hailing from the village Handarki in the Sēḍam taluk. According to one of these records, dated in the Chalukya Vikrama year 43 or A. D. 1118, Choṭṭinaycha had a son named Mutta-Lōka. Next we pass on to the succession of Bacha whose son was Ānega II. This Anega II is described as the lion to the rut-elephahts which were the chiefs of the Tondamandala i. e., the Chōla country. Loka III was the son of Anega II by his wife Mahādēvi. The other record from Handarki belongs to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Sōmēśvara III. The Haihaya chief who figures as the king's subordinate in this epigraph is Bijja III who, most probably, was son of Lōka III. He married a lady of the Chōla extraction named Bachaladēvi, Their son was Lōka IV.
The modern village Aralūru or Allūru in the Sēdam taluk representing the ancient Araluru, the headquarters of the region Aral Three Hundred, appears to have been one of the principal seats of these chiefs of the Haihaya family. The village Handarki, close to Araluru, also seems to have received considerable attention on the part of the members of this family. Handarki contains, besides others, two well-built Siva temples named Anesvara and Lōkōsvara. As Anega and Loka were popular names among the members of this family, it is plain that these temples were built by the chiefs bearing these names or after them. Anega of the Ingalgi record was, most probably, Anega II spoken of before, Besides the temples, the village Handarki possesses a few inscriptions, two of which furnishing much useful information regarding these Haihaya chiefs, have been briefly reviewed above.
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It would be interesting at this juncture to take passing notice of some more branches of the chiefs of the Haihaya stock who had similarly migrated to other parts of South India. A good number of epigraphs discovered in the Telugu districts of the Madras State reveals the existence of Haihaya chiefs who had settled in that region. Like their kinsmen of the Kannada country these also claimed their origin from the Puranic ancestor Haihaya and called themselves 'Lords of the foremost city of Mahishmati' (Mähishmatipuravaradhiśvara). These Haihaya chiefs of the Andhra country are known as the Kōna-Haihayas or the Haihayas of the Kōna-Mandala."
Reference is already made in a foregoing paragraph to a subordinate chief named Bibbarasa figuring in the Hunasi-Hadagali record of A. D. 1098 (No. 2). He bore the characteristic titles Kopanapuravarādhiśvara and Alande
1 Hyd. Arch. Series, No. 8, Inscriptions of Nagai, c. Some of the early members of this family appear to have been patrons, if not followers, of the Jaina religion. The Loka Jinā, laya mentioned in Inscription No. 3 seems to have been constructed at Sedam by Loka I. 2 Ep. Ind., Vol. IV, pp. 89, 91; An. Rep. on S. I, Epigraphy, 1932-33, pp. 57-59.
