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The Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi

Era: Eastern Chalukyas & the Deccan powers

The Eastern Chalukyas of VengiGodavariKrishnaEastern Chalukya kingdom (approximate)Vengi (Pedavegi)Vengi (Pedavegi)RajahmundryRajahmundryVijayawada (Bezwada)Vijayawada (Bezwada)MachilipatnamMachilipatnamPithapuramPithapuramSamalkot and Chalukya-BhimavaramSamalkot and Chalukya-BhimavaramDraksharamaDraksharamaBiccavoluBiccavoluChellurChellurTekiTekiPolamuruPolamuruEderu (Edara)Ederu (Edara)Chipurupalle (Cheepurupalli)Chipurupalle (Cheepurupalli)N0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Approximate extent

Places of the Eastern Chalukya kingdom of Vengi (7th–11th centuries): the capitals Vengipura (Pedavegi near Eluru) and Rajahmundry; the findspots of the dynasty's copper-plate charters, from Chipurupalle in the north to Ederu, Bezwada (Vijayawada) and Masulipatam in the south; Pithapuram, whose temple pillar carries the inscription of 1202 with the fullest list of the kings; and the temples that later sources attribute to Eastern Chalukya kings at Draksharama, Chalukya-Bhimavaram (Samalkot) and Biccavolu. The shaded area is a rough sketch of the kingdom as the Imperial Gazetteer (1908) and M. Rama Rao (1964) describe it.

Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).

Sources

  1. Government of India, Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series: Madras, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1908, pp. 193, 196, 271. [Public domain]
  2. M. Rama Rao (ed. Mohd. Abdul Waheed Khan), Eastern Chalukyan Temples of Andhra Desa (Andhra Pradesh Government Archaeological Series No. 19) (opens in a new tab), Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, 1964, pp. 1. Public domain in India; paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
  3. F. R. Hemingway, Madras District Gazetteers: Godavari, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1907, pp. 19, 21. [Public domain]
  4. F. Kielhorn (articles); E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IV (1896–97) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1897, pp. 84, 226–227. E. Hultzsch, Pithapuram pillar inscriptions. [Public domain]
  5. R. C. Temple (ed.); article by J. F. Fleet, Indian Antiquary, Vol. XX (1891), incl. J. F. Fleet, 'The Chronology of the Eastern Chalukya Kings' (opens in a new tab), Education Society's Press, Bombay, 1891, pp. 15. J. F. Fleet, Chipurupalle plates of Vishnuvardhana I. [Public domain]
  6. E. Hultzsch and Sten Konow (eds.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IX (1907–08) (opens in a new tab), Government of India, Calcutta, 1908, pp. 317. E. Hultzsch, Timmapuram plates of Vishnuvardhana I. [Public domain]
  7. E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. V (1898–99) (opens in a new tab), Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta (scan of the 1959 Government of India Press facsimile reprint), 1899, pp. 118, 127. F. Kielhorn, Ederu and Bezvada plates. [Public domain]
  8. E. Hultzsch, South-Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I: Tamil and Sanskrit Inscriptions (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1890, pp. 49–50. E. Hultzsch, Chellur plates of Vira-Choda. [Public domain]
  9. E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VI (1900–01) (opens in a new tab), Government of India, Calcutta, 1901, pp. 334. E. Hultzsch, Teki plates of Rajaraja-Chodaganga. [Public domain]
  10. N. P. Chakravarti (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXIV (1937–38) (opens in a new tab), Manager of Publications, Delhi, 1938, pp. 268. B. V. Krishna Rao, Masulipatam plates of Ammaraja II. [Public domain in India]