Part 2 - Mankaditya (A.D. 1150)

All the predecessors of Mankaditya are referred to in a general way in a simhachalam record, dated A.D. 1269 which •says that in Minanvaya were born many victorious kings. Mankaditya is the first Matsya king finding mention in other Tecords besides the Dibbida plates. A record at Draksha-tama dated A.D. 1252 and the 36th year of Tribhuvanachakravarti Rajadhirajadeva begins with Mankaditya of Matsyakula. Mankaditya may be placed about A.D. 1150 as "the earliest date for his grandson Arjuna was A.D. 1252.

His Political Relations

Kamarnava, Raghava, Rajaraja III and Ananga-Bhima II of the Gangas, Rajaraja II, Rajadhiraja II and Kulottunga III of the Cholas, Gonka II, choda II and Gonka III of the Velanandus, Loka and Bhima of the Kona Haihayas, Somaya-nayaka of the Saranathas, Mallapa II and Vijayaditya III of the Chalukyas of Pithapur, Vijayaditya I of Elamanchilli Chalukyas, Vijayaditya I of Srikurmam chalukyas, Mahadeva of the Chalukyas of Nidadavole, Bayyaraja and Purushottama of the Pallavas of Virakuta, were contemporaneous with Mankaditya. Little is known about the events of the reign of Mankaditya.