Part 43 - Gangayadeva (C M. A.D. 1322)

(Gangaya) deva C.M. was also known as (Naya) deva C.M. In A D. 1322 he donated a tank at Tallapraddutur for the merit of his parents. Records and literature speak of Gangaya’s valour. Some of the titles in his prasasti are sevanadughdhambhonidhana parimadhana labdhelakshmidakshina bhujamandara, Killer of Gogula Kumara, Oranrabhimanisirahkandukotpatan?, Samsobhitatatsantatilata praroha, Asvarohagandapandara, and Gangayasahini sarvasvabandi kara i.e, capturer of the wealth of Gangayasahini.

This series of brilliant victories over the Yadavas of Devagiri, Jogulakumara, Oranrabhima and Gangayashini must have been achieved by Gangayadeva C.M “quite early in his youth and...he was pretty old at the time of Tallaproddur inscription (A D. 1322)” Oraura Bhima has been identified with Bhtmadeva C.M. of the Kanduru cholas and obviously Gangayasahini was the first of the Kayastha rulers. The title—asvaraha gandapendara speaks for the expert horsemanship of Gangayadeva C.M.