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 8 - Odayaraja (A.D. 1216-1234)

At the end of the interval of forty-six years, Gonturi Odayaraja appears on the political arena. His only record is from Bezvada dated A.D. 1216 recording gifts by samastasanadhipati Mayanapreggada, son of mantri Soma and grandson of Kalyanadeva a native of Vengigrama. No later records of Odayaraja are available. He did not bear a prasasti. His rule may have lasted up to A.D. 1234—the earliest date for his successor Nagadvaraja.

His Policital Relations

In his only record Odaya is mentioned as mahamandalika Gonturi Odayaraju. The Chola emperor in this period was Rajaraja III. There are no signs of allegiance of the Telugu Pallavas after Dorapa to the cholas after Rajaraja II.

Odayaraja and the Kakatiyas

The Kakatiyas under Ganapati (A.D. 1199-1260) were expanding their power at the expense of the local kingdoms in Vengi. The lack of Pallava records after A.D. 1170 and prior to A.D. 1216 must have been due to the pressure of the Kakatiyas on the kingdom Odayaraja would have acknowledged the suzerainty of the Kakatiyas. By the close of his reign, the Kakatiya generals were making grants in the heart of the Guntur district.

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