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The Salankayanas of Vengi

Era: Ikshvakus, Vishnukundins & early kingdoms

The Salankayanas of VengiGodavariKrishnaSalankayana kingdom (approximate)Vengi (Pedavegi)Vengi (Pedavegi)KanukolluKanukolluGudivadaGudivadaMachilipatnamMachilipatnamEluru (Elura of Devavarman's grant)Kolleru lake (Kolleru plates reported found)Denduluru (Lendulura)N0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Approximate extent

Vengipura (Pedavegi near Eluru), capital of the Salankayana kings in the 4th and 5th centuries, with the places their copper-plate grants name or were found at: Eluru (Elura of Devavarman's grant), the Kolleru lake (the reported findspot of the Kolleru plates), Kanukollu (two grants, found before 1946), Denduluru (later Vishnukundin capital, part of the ruin field of Vengi), and Gudivada and Machilipatnam, the two places proposed for the district of Kudrahara. The shaded area is a rough sketch of the kingdom's extent as described in 1926 and 1932.

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

Sources

  1. E. Hultzsch and Sten Konow (eds.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IX (1907–08) (opens in a new tab), Government of India, Calcutta, 1908, pp. 58. E. Hultzsch, Plates of Vijaya-Devavarman. [Public domain]
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  3. Walter Elliot, Coins of Southern India (International Numismata Orientalia, Vol. III, Part 2) (opens in a new tab), Trübner & Co., London, 1886, pp. 39. [Public domain]
  4. Robert Sewell, Lists of the Antiquarian Remains in the Presidency of Madras, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1882, pp. 35-36. [Public domain]
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  9. K. V. Lakshmana Rao (article); Andhra Historical Research Society, Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society, Vol. V, pt. 1 (July 1930), incl. K. V. Lakshmana Rao, 'Two Copper-plate Grants of the Salankayanas of Vengi' (opens in a new tab), Andhra Historical Research Society, Rajahmundry, 1930, pp. 28-29. K. V. Lakshmana Rao, Two Copper-plate Grants of the Salankayanas of Vengi. [Public domain]