The history of Andhra country (1000 AD - 1500 AD)

by Yashoda Devi | 1933 | 138,355 words

This book recounts the History of the Andhra Pradesh Country from 1000 to 1500 A.D. including many dynasties (for example. the Reddis of Korukonda and the Eruva Chola of Rajahmundry)....

Part 2 - Dora I (A.D. 1118-1160)

Dora was the son and successor of Muppa. He possessed great prowess and destroyed his enemies. He had the title Tyagi as one inscription mentions Tyagi Dora, son fo king Ariya. To mention him as Gonkadoraparaju is a mistake. He is said to have inherited the kingdom, extended it by the strength of his arms and received regal insignia from Rajendrachoda i.e. Kulottunga I. This fresh conferment must have taken place before A.D. 1118 and is suggestive of a renewal of assertion of suzerainty on the part of the Cholas and subordination of the Chagis and that Dora was in the service of the Cholas like Muppa I or else the conferment on Muppa is attributed to Dora by the later inscription.

Dora I was a powerful king. His coins—Tyagigadyas are heard of as early as A.D. 1126. His only inscription is from Gudimetta with date AD. 1161. Other inscriptions of his time belong to his sons. The Satrasala inscription dated A.D. 1103 mentions Haihaya Doraya Beta. i.e. Beta, son of Dora I, the founder of the dynasty of the Haihayas of Palnad. Pota another son of Dora I figures in an Amaravati epigraph dated A.D. 1147 and his minister Kavaliya Singana preggada is mentioned in it. Kallaya nayaka, son of Dora by the daughter of Muchchayanayaka of Rachuru, appears in a record from Amaravati dated 1150. Probably Pota was the crown prince from A.D. 1147 and he and Kallayanayaka governed over the Amaravati tracts—the northern most part of the Chagi kingdom.

Dora’s Political Relations

The Chola emperors at the time were Kulottunga I, Vikrama chola, Kulottunga II and Rajaraja II. The Chagi kingdom does not seem to have been affected by the Chalukyan invasions and Dora’I and his armies must have sided Vikramachola and Kulottunga II in restoring in Vengi Chola rule. Dora was on friendly relations with Muchchanayaka the chief of Rachuru.

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