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The Pallavas in the Telugu country

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

The Pallavas in the Telugu countryKrishnaKarmarashtraMundarashtraAmaravati & DharanikotaAmaravati & DharanikotaNagarjunakondaNagarjunakondaMayidavoluMayidavoluManchikalluManchikalluChendalurChendalurDarsiDarsiOngoleOngoleKandukurKandukurVavveruVavveruBhairavakondaBhairavakondaKanchipuramKanchipuramNelatur (Pikira grant)Kopparam (plates of Pulakesin II)Revuru (Reyuru grant)Mallam (inscription of Nandipottarasar)Srisailam (Sriparvata)Penukonda (Ganga plates)Ulchala (inscription of Paramesvaravarman II)Gudimallam (Bana vassal of Nripatunga)N0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Approximate extent

Findspots and places of the Pallava charters of the Telugu country, from the Prakrit plates of Sivaskandavarman at Mayidavolu and the pillar inscription of Simhavarman at Manchikallu to the Sanskrit grants of the Nellore–Guntur kings (Chendalur, Darsi, Nelatur, Vavveru) and the later grants of the kings of Kanchi (Reyuru), with Dhanyakataka (Amaravati), the Kopparam plates of the Chalukya Pulakesin II, the Sriparvata frontier, and the places that mark the Pallavas' Ganga, Bana and Kurnool connections. The shaded districts are rough sketches of Karmarashtra and Mundarashtra as the sources describe them.

Historical boundaries are approximate. 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. 84-85. E. Hultzsch, Mayidavolu Plates of Sivaskandavarman. [Public domain]
  2. 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. 82, 89, 96. D. C. Sircar, Two Inscriptions from Guntur District; Sircar and P. Seshadri Sastri, Vunna Guravayapalem Plates. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
  3. Archaeological Survey of India, Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VIII (1905–06) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1906, pp. 34, 160, 233. F. Kielhorn, Talagunda Inscription; E. Hultzsch, Pikira Grant and Chendalur Plates. [Public domain]
  4. Jas. Burgess (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. I (1888–92), second scan (opens in a new tab), Government of India, Calcutta, 1892, pp. 397. E. Hultzsch, the Darsi plate. [Public domain]
  5. F. W. Thomas (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XV (1919–20) (opens in a new tab), Government of India, Calcutta, 1925, pp. 250, 253-254. H. Krishna Sastri, Two Pallava Copper-plate Grants. [Public domain]
  6. 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]
  7. N. P. Chakravarti (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXIV (1937–38) (opens in a new tab), Manager of Publications, Delhi, 1938, pp. 296, 301-302. C. R. Krishnamacharlu, Vilavatti Grant. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
  8. B. Ch. Chhabra (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXIX (1951–52) (opens in a new tab), Manager of Publications, Delhi, 1952, pp. 92, 94. P. B. Desai, Reyuru Grant. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
  9. Alan Butterworth and V. Venugopaul Chetty, A Collection of the Inscriptions on Copper-Plates and Stones in the Nellore District, Part I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1905, pp. 429. [Public domain]
  10. G. Jouveau-Dubreuil (tr. V. S. Swaminadha Dikshitar), The Pallavas (opens in a new tab), The author, Pondicherry, 1917, pp. 16. [Public domain]
  11. R. Gopalan, History of the Pallavas of Kanchi (opens in a new tab), University of Madras, 1928, pp. 8, 140. [Public domain]
  12. D. C. Sircar, The Successors of the Satavahanas in Lower Deccan (opens in a new tab), University of Calcutta, 1939, pp. 184, 210. Cite-only. [All rights reserved (cited, not reproduced)]
  13. Robert Sewell (ed. S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar), The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (Collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History (opens in a new tab), University of Madras, 1932, pp. 18. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
  14. W. E. Johns, Gazetteer of the Nellore District, brought up to 1938, Vol. A (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1942, pp. 30. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]