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Grants of the Vishnukundins

Era: Ikshvakus, Vishnukundins & early kingdoms

Grants of the VishnukundinsGodavariKrishnaVengi (Pedavegi)Vengi (Pedavegi)RamatirthamRamatirthamIpurIpurPolamuruPolamuruVelpuruVelpuruUndavalliUndavalliAmaravati & DharanikotaAmaravati & DharanikotaDenduluru (Lendulura)Ravirela (Ravireva of the Chikkulla grant)Vinukonda (Kielhorn's suggested capital)Srisailam (Sriparvata)Kolleru lake ("water of Kunala")Mogalrajapuram cavesN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation

Where the Vishnukundin grants were kept or found, and the places they name that can be located: Denduluru (Lendulura, the residence of the Chikkulla grant) on the ruins of Vengi; Ramatirtham, Ipur and Polamuru; the Velpuru pillar; Ravirela on the Krishna (Ravireva of the Chikkulla grant); and Amaravati, which D. C. Sircar thought was probably the [Ama]rapura of the second Ipur grant. Also shown are Vinukonda, where F. Kielhorn thought the family name survived, Srisailam (Sriparvata, the family god's hill), the Kolleru lake (the "water of Kunala"), and the cave temples at Undavalli and Mogalrajapuram that G. Jouveau-Dubreuil attributed to the dynasty.

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

Sources

  1. F. Kielhorn (articles); E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IV (1896–97) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1897, pp. 195. F. Kielhorn, Chikkulla plates of Vikramendravarman II. [Public domain]
  2. Sten Konow (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XII (1913–14) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1914, pp. 133. E. Hultzsch, Ramatirtham plates of Indravarman. [Public domain]
  3. H. Krishna Sastri (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XVII (1923–24) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1924, pp. 334-335, 338. E. Hultzsch, Ipur plates. [Public domain]
  4. Madras Government (Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle), Annual Report on South-Indian Epigraphy for the Year ending 31st March 1926 (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, for the Government of India Central Publication Branch, Calcutta, 1927, pp. 8. [Public domain]
  5. G. Jouveau-Dubreuil (tr. V. S. Swaminadha Dikshitar), The Pallavas (opens in a new tab), The author, Pondicherry, 1917, pp. 33-35. [Public domain]
  6. G. Jouveau-Dubreuil, Ancient History of the Deccan (opens in a new tab), The author, Pondicherry (translated by V. S. Swaminadha Dikshitar), 1920, pp. 92. [Public domain]
  7. 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. 20-21. [Public domain in India]
  8. D. C. Sircar, The Successors of the Satavahanas in Lower Deccan (opens in a new tab), University of Calcutta, 1939, pp. 108, 115-116, 123, 131, 133. Cite-only. [All rights reserved (cited, not reproduced)]
  9. Hirananda Sastri (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XIX (1927–28) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1928, pp. 255. V. Rangacharya, Pulibumra plates of Jayasimha I. [Public domain]
  10. A. H. Longhurst, Pallava Architecture, Part I (Early Period) (Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India No. 17) (opens in a new tab), Government of India Central Publication Branch, Calcutta, 1924, pp. 5, 22, 27. A. H. Longhurst, Pallava Architecture, Part I. [Public domain]