Part 3 - Kanta (son of Panda)

Kanta was the son and successor of Panda. Information about him is meagre. The only fact of some significance, about his reign is that he was an enemy of Siddhi of Nellore. This Siddhi is undoubtedly the Telugu Chola, king Siddhi (A.D 1175—1192) the uncle of Dayabhima I and the elder brother of Betta. Thus Kanta who won a victory over Siddhi must have lived in the first half of the 12th Century A.D. How Kanta came into conflict with the Telugu Chodas of Nellore is not clear. The probability is this—Velanandu Choda II fought the Telugu chodas and won a victory over Siddhi identical with Siddhi of the Kandravadi inscription. It is likely that Kanta was a subordinate of Choda II, participated in his wars and won this victory over King M.P.C. Siddhi. His brother was Kesava I, who must have held a position of importance in the kingdom.