Part 3 - Chodaballi (A.D. 1000)

Chodaballi may be placed about A.D. 1000 as the earliest date for his son and successor Nannichoda is A.D. 1078. His identification with Balliyachola, Balli choda, and Tribhuvanamalla deva choda is untenable on chronological and other grounds. For Balliya Cholas date is about A.D. 930 where as Tribhuvana malladevachoda lived between A.D. 1145 and.1166. But Chodaballi may be identified with Tribhuvana malladeva, the father of Nannideva Choda.

Chodaballi was of solar race, and Kasyapagotra and a warrior. His queen was Srisati of Haihaya lineage, probably of Konamandala. He has been often confused with his namesake, who lived a century later. He may have owed allegiance to Satyasraya of the Ghalukyas of Kalyani.