Part 5 - Other Banas

Chittarasa, figuring in a record of A.D. 1122 in Anantapur district was perhaps of Sana lineage. About A.D. 1250, a Bana chief lived in the Nellore area, and was vanquished by Jatavaraman Sundara Pandya during his northern campaign. In the time of Prataparudra of the Kakatiyas—the close of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century A.D.—some Banas are heard of in the Telugu country. For Vidyanatha in his Prataparudra Yasobhushana refers to the Banas. Trivikramadeva, claiming descent from the Banas, flourished in the 15th century A.D. and wrote Trivikrama-vritti a work on Prakrit grammer. Several Banas were in the service of the Cholas and the Pandyas in the South. The last date for the Vijayanagar viceroys of Madura claiming Bana desent is A.D. 1546.