Part 11 - The Cholas of Konidena (A.D. 1222-1224)

During the period of twenty-seven years after Kama and prior to Kannara deva i.e, A.D. 1224-1249, no Konidenaohola records are available. The rulers at Nellore and Pottapi were Tikka I and Opilssiddhi’s record dated A.D. 1224 is at Konidena. The Chagis were Pota II and Dora III and Ganapati, the partition of the Kota kingdom was effected in this period, Rudra I of the Natavadis, Kusumaraja and Bhima of the Parichchidis, Odayaraja, Nagadeva, Abhideva Malideva and Viragandagopala of the Telugu Pallavas, Madhava of the Yadavas, were some of the other rulers in this period. Opilisiddhi’s record might indicate his occupation of the Konidena chola kingdom for a while.

Mahamandalesvara Mallideva C.M. is heard of from an inscription at Bollvarapadu dated A.D. 1227. He is different from his namesake. The bearer of the titles, lord of Kandukur, ruler of Pakanadu 21,000 villages and the donor in the Paddacherukur inscription. Ganapati of the Kakatiyas is mentioned in the record. His minister Bakrumanayaka figures in a record at Kopparapadu (Ongole taluq). These Cholas are not related to the Konidena line.