Part 28 - Other Pallavas

Mahamandalesvara Pallaketabhupala and Siddhayadeva maharaja come to light from three records—two at Bezvada and the third at Motupalla. They claim descent from Mukkani Kaduvetti. were of Bharadvaja gotra and entitled Pallava Kulatilaka. The relationship between Pallaketa and Siddhayadeva is not known, Pallaketa’s record gives the legend about Madhavararama (s 117). Two of their records register grants for the merit of Ganapati and Rudrama of the Kakatiyas. Siddhayadeva, son of Mallideva was the governor of Motupalli, and bore the common Pallava prasasti. In A.D. 1231 he granted Aduru to Prasannekesava at Motupalli for the merit of his father and Ganapati of the Kakatiyas.

Podakanur Siddharasa and his son Pallagundasiddharasar lived in the 2nd quarter of the 14th century A.D. as subordinates of the Sambu varayas. An inscription of Pallagandasidha is at Takkolam dated in the 7th year of Rajanarayana Sambu-varaya. He had an younger brother named Podakkam Ambaladeva Maharaja whose son was Obaladeva Maharaja. This Obala was a feudatory of Harihara II of Vijayanagar and issued a grant in A.D. 1403.

From an inscription at Marella (Kanigiri taluq)—Pallava chief whose name is lost is heard of. He assumed all the Pallava titles including those indicating devotion to Tiruverga-lanatha and lords of Kanchi and Tripurantaka. The date of the record is lost. A record at Gotlagattu—incomplete and with no date gives the Palla prasasti—anekamahimandala etc. A record at Chernipadu (Kandukur Taluq) incomplete and damaged—gives the Telugu pallava prasasti. Another recordthere registers gifts by a Pallava prince with name lost to Sangamesvara mahadevi.

A Pallavaraya made a grant in A.D. 1105—the I3tb year of Uttama chola in Narayanavanam, which he received from Nagadeva. the lord of Pottapinadu. In the 18th year of Virarajendrachola, Vijayagandagopala, son of Gandagopala Tirakalattideva, made gifts to Siddhesvara at Siddhratam. this is evident from a record at Mandapalle near Nandalur. A record at Dhulipalla, dated A.D. 1915 mention Gunda, grandson of..Pallava with earlier part of the name lost and his wife Jayambika. Their son was Some ie a sun to the pallava lineage ie Pallavanvayaditya. (His son) was Aditya and the kingdom of Aniyanka Bhima and Vengi are mentioned. A record at Velpur mentions Naraya of Vaishyakula, as the lord of Pallavarasrayapattana.

Eruva pallavaraja is heard of from a coin discovered at Madur (Kistna district). The family titles of the Alaghucherla family mention that the Pallavas invaded the Eruva chief, the overlord of Alaghucherla chief and that the Alaghucherla chief routed him and captured the pallava regal insignia. For this service, the Eruva chief bestowed on the Alaghucherla chief many presents and the titles like Eruvaraja-sthapathacharya—and permitted him to use the Pallava titles.