Part 10 - Semmangiraju (A.D. 1207)

Mahamandlesvara Nunganati Semmangiraju of Nagavamsa is known from a record at Bhimavarma dated A.D. 1207. His son by queen Perakamahadevi was Manneru Sankyaraju. Sankyaraju is mentioned as vamsaniskataka i.e. expander of the family. In A.D. 1207 he granted Nadupuru in his fief in pottapinadu to Chalukya Bhimesvara at Kumarama for the merit of his parents.

Manneru is in Nell ore district and probably Naganadu is tract on its banks. Probably Semmangiraju ruled there while his son went and settled in Pottapinadu and visited Bhimavaram on pilgrimage. These Nagas perhaps owed allegiance to the telugu cholas.

A Naga family of the 13th century A.D, is known from a record at Simhachlam. The record says that the fame of the kings of Nagavamsa spread to the ends of the world. In that vamsa was born king Sankya. Sankya is mentioned as Sandyapudi Sankyaraju in the Telugu portion of the record, which thus shows that he is different from Manneru Sankyaraju. His queen was Jayamadevi. He may be placed in the first half of the 13th century A.D. as the date available for his son Gonkaraju is A.D. 1270.

King Goka is mentioned as the destroyer of the pride of enemy kings. In A.D. 1270 he made gift at Simhachalam for the merit of his mother. No descendants of Goda are heard of.