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The Chalukyas of Badami and the Telugu country

Era: Ikshvakus, Vishnukundins & early kingdoms, Eastern Chalukyas & the Deccan powers

The Chalukyas of Badami and the Telugu countryGodavariKrishnaBadami (Vatapi)Badami (Vatapi)AlampurAlampurGadwalGadwalKopparamKopparamPithapuramPithapuramVengi (Pedavegi)Vengi (Pedavegi)TalamanchiTalamanchiKanchipuramKanchipuramAihole (inscription of Pulakesin II)Kolleru lake (Kunala?)Pangal (camp of Vinayaditya, 682)N0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation

Places in the Telugu country named in the records of the Chalukyas of Badami: Pishtapura (Pithapuram) and the Kolleru lake from Pulakesin II's Aihole inscription, Vengi given to his brother Vishnuvardhana, the findspot of his Kopparam plates, the temples of Alampur and the findspots of Vikramaditya I's grants at Gadwal and Talamanchi, with the capital Badami and the inscription at Aihole to the west and the Pallava capital Kanchipuram to the south.

Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).

Sources

  1. E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VI (1900–01) (opens in a new tab), Government of India, Calcutta, 1901, pp. 1-3, 11. F. Kielhorn, Aihole Inscription of Pulikesin II. [Public domain]
  2. H. Krishna Sastri and Hirananda Sastri (eds.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XVIII (1925–26) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, Calcutta, 1926, pp. 257. E. Hultzsch, Kopparam Plates of Pulakesin II. [Public domain]
  3. E. Hultzsch and Sten Konow (eds.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IX (1907–08) (opens in a new tab), Government of India, Calcutta, 1908, pp. 98-99. E. Hultzsch, Talamanchi Plates of Vikramaditya I. [Public domain]
  4. Sten Konow and V. Venkayya (eds.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. X (1909–10) (opens in a new tab), Government Printing, India, Calcutta, 1910, pp. 100. E. Hultzsch, Gadval Plates of Vikramaditya I. [Public domain]
  5. D. C. Sircar and B. Ch. Chhabra (eds.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXXII (1957–58) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1959, pp. 175. D. C. Sircar, Amudalapadu Plates of Vikramaditya I. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
  6. J. F. Fleet, R. G. Bhandarkar and others (Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency), Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part II: History of the Konkan, Dakhan and Southern Maratha Country (opens in a new tab), Government Central Press, Bombay, 1896, pp. 350, 352. J. F. Fleet, Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts. [Public domain]
  7. Archaeological Department, H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions (G. Yazdani, Director), Annual Report of the Archaeological Department of His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Dominions, 1336 F. (1926-27) (opens in a new tab), H.E.H. the Nizam's Government, 1929, pp. 7. [Public domain]