Mangallu, Māṅgallu: 2 definitions

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Mangallu means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Shodhganga: Kakati Ganapatideva and his times

The Māṅgallu (of the Eastern Cālukyan king Dānārṇava) grant furnishes the genealogy of Kākatīya Guṇḍyana. According to this inscription, Betiya, Eriya, Rāṣṭrakūṭa and Guṇḍīya Rāṣṭrakūṭa were the father, grandfather and great grandfather of Kākartya Guṇḍyana respectively.

Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)

Māṅgallu is the name of a village mentioned in the  “Māṅgallu grant of Amma II” (c. 945 A.D.). Of Māṅgallu it has been suggested that it was either Māgallu or Maṅgollu in the Nandigama Taluk, Krishna District.

These copper plates (mentioning Māṅgallu) were dug up somewhere in the Nandigama Taluk, Krishna District. It records the gift, at the instance of a feudatory chief named Kākatya Guṇḍyana, of the village of Māṅgallu in favour of a Brāhmaṇa named Dommana.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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