Part 10 - End of the Guntur Pallava dynasty

Nagadeva was the last ruler of the main line of the Pallavas of Guntur, as no sons or successors of his are heard of. His rule lasted up to A.D. 1260 and on his death, his kingdom came to be included in the Kakatiya dominions.

Other Pallavas

From a record at Madamanchipadu dated A.D. 1226, at Dallava king—whose name is lord is heard of. He belonged to the lineage of Mukkanti Kaduvetti—the bearer of the Pallava prasasti with one of the epithets—the establishes of 700 agrahana to the east of Srisailam. His father was Anna-Vijayadityadeva Maharaja and his elder brothers were Beddana and Mallaya. Probably all these were members of a collateral branch of the Guntur Pallavas, and were subordinate to Odayaraja, the ruler at Guntur at that time.

An inscription at Srikakulam with date and King’s name lost—mentions a king bearing the Pallava prasasti. A recordat Akiripalle dated A.D. 1251 mentions mahamandalesvara Viranarayana Buddiga devaraja, probably of Pallava descent. A record at Purushottapatam near Gannavaram mentions mahamandalika Bhimayya, son of Boryana Kulottunga. Perhaps Boryane is corrupt form of Boddana and he and Bhima were of the lineage of the Telugu Pallavas of Guntur. An An inscription at Bezvada dated A D. 1465 in the reign of Kapilesvara Gajapati mentions mahamandalesvara Viragonturi Narayanadevarajulu. This prince is obviously a descendant of the Pallava dynasty of Guntur, figuring two hundred years after the kingdom ceased to exist with the death of Nagadeva in A.D. 1260. He was a subordinate of Kapilesvara of the Gajapatis of Orissa, whose sway extended over the Telugu country by A.D. 1465 and Gajapati viceroyalties were established eg. at Kondapalli, Rajahmundry etc.