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Chamaluru

Village in the former Jammalamadugu taluk of Kadapa district. A broken stone here records a grant in the 22nd year of the Telugu Chola king Prithivivallabha Vijayaditya, with a Bana king serving under him. Its lost lines survive in an eye-copy (a copy drawn by eye) made by Colin Mackenzie's assistants.

Photograph of an open manuscript book: on the left page a description written in lines of Telugu script, on the right page an eye-copy of the inscription in archaic letters.
Photograph of an open manuscript book: on the left page a description written in lines of Telugu script, on the right page an eye-copy of the inscription in archaic letters. · K. A. Nilakanta Sastri and M. Venkataramayya, Epigraphia Indica XXVII (Government of India); plate by B. Ch. Chhabra, printed by the Survey of India, Calcutta (opens in a new tab) · Public domain in India

The stone of Vijayaditya Chola

A broken stone lying in a field on the borders of Chamaluru, in the Jammalamadugu taluk, carries a Telugu inscription on four sides.12 It records a grant in the 22nd year of Prithivivallabha Vijayaditya Chola.12 At that time a Bana king ruled at Pambuliggi, perhaps Havalige in the Gooty taluk.12

Colin Mackenzie’s assistants copied the stone early in the 19th century, when it was better preserved.12 Its 1956 editors restored the lost lines from their eye-copy (a copy drawn by eye).12 The editors placed the king about 750.3 They read the record as showing the Telugu Cholas free of Chalukya overlordship, with the Banas under their rule.3 See the Chamaluru inscription and Vijayaditya Chola.

Footnotes

  1. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri and M. Venkataramayya, “Telugu Chola Records from Anantapur and Cuddapah”, Epigraphia Indica XXVII (1956), p. 242 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). Paraphrased. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  2. Nilakanta Sastri and Venkataramayya, “Telugu Chola Records” (1956), p. 244 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). Paraphrased. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  3. Nilakanta Sastri and Venkataramayya, “Telugu Chola Records” (1956), p. 243 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). Paraphrased. ↩ ↩2

Photos

People

Vijayaditya Chola (Telugu Chola)

c. 750 CE

Telugu Chola king of Renandu known from a single damaged stone at Chamaluru, dated in his 22nd year. He bore the supreme title Prithvivallabha, and a Bana king ruled Pambuliggi under him. His editors placed him about 750. They read the record as the family's recovery of Renandu from Bana chiefs who had served the Chalukyas of Badami.

Inscriptions

Chamaluru inscription of Vijayaditya Chola

c. 770 CE

A broken Telugu stone at Chamaluru in the Jammalamadugu country, dated in the 22nd year of Prithivivallabha Vijayaditya Chola, while a Bana king ruled Pambuliggi under him. Its lost lines were restored from an eye-copy (a copy drawn by hand) made by Colin Mackenzie's assistants. Its editors placed the king about 750. They read the record as evidence that the Telugu Cholas had thrown off Chalukya overlordship and subdued the Banas.

References

Sources (1)
  1. B. Ch. Chhabra and N. Lakshminarayan Rao (eds.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXVII (1947–48) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1956, pp. 242–244. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri and M. Venkataramayya (No. 42), inscription K. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]

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