Part 1 - The Yadavas of Addanki (A.D. 1150-1270)

The Yadavas of Addanki also known as the Chakranarayanas after one of their titles prefixed to their names—ruled for a century from the middle of the 12th in a part of the Guntur district. Their Capital was Addanki in Ongole taluq which was to be later on the first Reddi Capital. The Yadavas were a powerful dynasty acknowledging Kakatiya supremacy and never aspired for independence. The dynasty consisted of six kings who were great warriors and had the Velanandu chodas, the Telugu chodas, the Yadavas of Nellore and Panugal as neighbours.

Sources and Origin

Inscriptions—all stone records except the e.p. charter of Sarngadhara, form the main source for the history of the dynasty. References in Kakatiya records and Telugu choda literature form the supplemantary sources.

As for the origin, the records of the dynasty do not refer to their Yadava descent which is nevertheless borne out by the literature of the Telugu Cholas referring to them as the Maharashtras. “The compilers of the Nellore inscriptions suggest that the family might be connected with the Seunas”. The similarity in the genealogies of these Yadavas and the Yadavas of Devagiri in the names of Singhana, Sarngapani or Krishna Kandhara, and Mahadeva, Chronology and names of ministers do not lead us to any specific conclusions with regard to the connection between the two dynasties. “Probably here (In these similarities) we have a coincidence.” Perhaps as has been suggested already, some Yadavas migrated from the Maharastra and Sevuna countries to Addankisima and founded this Yadava line.

No mythical ancestors of these Yadavas are known. The e.p. charter giving their genealogy begins with invocation to the boar incarnation of Vishnu, traces the Kakatiya genealogy from Prola to Gauapati enumerates the achievements of Ganapati and then gives the Yadava genealogy.