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 56 - The Later Gajapatis

From records in the Telugu country, some Gajapati prmces—mahapatras are heard of.

A prince of the Gajapati lineage was ruling at Kondavidu in A.D. 1455. A c.p. grant gives his genealogy thus—Kapilesvara Gajapati of the Solar race resided at Cuttack on the Mahanadi, and was a worshipper of Jagannatha. One of his descendants was Chandradeva. Guhideva was the son of Chandradeva whose son was Ganadeva alias Rautaraya a devotee of Jagannatha. This Ganadeva was the Governor of Kondavidu. His record dated A.D. 1454 at Chintapallipadu mentions Ganadeva Rantaraya Mahapatrulu and the towns of Addanki, Vinikonda and Kondavidu. In A.D. 1455, Ganadeva granted Chavali to Brahmins. He is not heard of after A.D. 1455. Ganadeva vaquished the Muslims. As the Bahmany Sultan Allauddin (A.D. 1435-1457) was Ganadeva’s contemporary, the Muslims refer to his armies.

Ambiradeva was probably the successor of Ganadeva to the viceroyalty of Kondavidu. His only dated record is of A.D. 1459 at Simhachalam, mentioning him as Hambirakumara Mahapatra. In an undated inscription at Zakkampudi, of the time of Kapilesvara Gajapati, Ambiradevaraja figures as the donor of Zakkireddipalle to the gods—Papavinasa deva and Rudradeva. His Yenikapadu inscription, also undated records his grant of village to the servants of the Rajanarayana temple at Bezvada. It mentions Ambira as Hambiradeva Mahapatra. He is mentioned as Kumara Hamura Patra in the Srisailam inscription of Krishnaya. At the command of Kapilesvara Hamira conquered the southern region and washed his sword with blood in the southern ocean. His son Naraharideva and Virabhadra, son of Prataparudra Gajapati; were among the Gajapati generals whom Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar captured at Kondavidu in A.D. 1515 as attested by records. Kapilesvara Kumara Mahapatra was the son of Ambiradeva. In the Mannur inscription, Kapilesvara Kumara is said to have been previously the pariksha-(viceroy) of Kondavidu. His viceroyalty included also Kondapalle, Addanki, Vmukonda, Kadaividu, Trichinopoly, Chandragiri etc. Tirumala Rantaraya Mahapatra, an uncle of Prataparudra Gajapati was ruling at Udayagiri in A D. 1514 whom Krishnadevaraya captured in that year.

Mogalrajadeva Mahapatra is known from two records at Malakavalur near Kondapalle. One of them mentions him.as the subordinate of Purushottama of the Gajapatis. The.other record also mentions Purushottama and gives the titles of Mogalraja—Samgrama magarajadhira (?) the pariksha of dandapada of Kadumadjiyya or dandajya—the meaning of which is not clear.

A record at Arjunagiri—undated mentions Sadoda Behara Mahapatra, Mukundabhupati maharaja Mahapatra and records gifts for Mukundabboya (?) and other services. Govindavira Mahapatra Mukunda, figuring as the feudatory of Kapilesvara in a record from Korukonda in Pelagandi, with date 1443 A.D. is probably identical with Mukunda of the above inscription.

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