Part 12 - Kannaradeva A.D. (1249-1280)

Kannara was the last of the Konidena cholas. His earliest record is from Nanduru dated A D. 1249 in the reign of Ganapati of the Kakatiyas, recording gifts by Sura, the minister of Kannaradeva M, the commander of the King. This is confirmed by a Nandalur inscription mentioning Manuradeva, as the general of Ganapati. Kannara’s next record is from Prattipadu dated A.D. 1280 mentioning his minister Padmanabba.

His Political Relations

Kannara was probably identical with his namesake vanquished by Jilla, an ancestor of General Jaya in the service of Ganapati of the Kakatiyas. This defeat of Kannara must have taken place before A.D. 1249—the date of his first record. Kannaradeva, the ancestor of Mummadi Bhima of the reign of Rajaraja II, and the ruler of the country from the Himalayas to the Setu, was evidently an ancestor of this Kannarachola; and is inentical with Kannaradeva CM, of the Peddakancherla inscription dated A.D. 1159, recording a grant by his minister Nallapreggada. This Kannara was the son of Tribhuvanamalia with the latest date A.D. 1176.

Mahamandalesvara Pandillappali Kannaradevaraju is heard of from a record at Jagarlamudi (Bapatla taluq) dated A.D. 1273. Probably he was a subordinate of king Kannara. The relationship of mahamandalesvara Nanedeva ruling from Nellore in A D. 1275 to Kannara is not known.