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Vengi dynasties

Vengi kingdom extended from River Godavari in the north to Mount MahendraGiri in the southeast and to just below the southern banks of River Krishna in the south. During the Mauryan times North Vengi was under Kalinga domination, while South Vengi was the northern province of Chola kingdom . Following Asoka's death, in N.Vengi, Simuka established the Satavahana or the Andhra Kalinga dynasty, which came to include even the Magadha, Bengal and parts of Burma in its haydays. Satavahanas are considered Aryans who rose from western Maharashtra . They seemed to have largely patronised Prakrit . The Godavari River is a major waterway in India, next to the Ganges and Indus rivers. ... Lord Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari, IAST ) is according to common Hindu tradition the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... This article is about Ashoka, the emperor. ... Approximate extent of the Satavahana Empire, circa 150 CE. The Sātavāhanas, also known as the Andhras, were a dynasty which ruled in Southern and Central India starting from around 230 BCE. Although there is some controversy about when the dynasty came to an end, the most liberal estimates... The Andhra dynasty ruled the central and eastern parts of the Indian subcontinent from 26 BCE to 434 CE. It was succeeded by the Gupta dynasty. ...

The Satavahanas lasted for the next four hundred years after which South Vengis took control of the native land(c.250 B.C.E.). Prominent among them were the natives the Vaelanati Cholas, the Andhra Pallavas and the Eastern Chalukyas. The Eastern Chalukyas of the seventh and eighth century, was a branch of the Chalukyas of Badami. Pulakesin II, the renowned ruler of Chalukyas conquered Vengi (at a battle near Eluru) in A.D.624 and installed his brother Kubja Vishnuvardhana (C.E.624--641) as its ruler. His dynasty, known as the Eastern Chalukyas, ruled for nearly a century. Vishnuvardhana extended his dominions up to Srikakulam in the north and Nellore in the south.

The Later Vengi kings occupied a prominent place in the history of Andhra Pradesh. They patronised Telugu and gave fillip to it. Since the time of Gunaga Vijayaditya, inscriptions show Telugu stanzas, culminating in the production of literary works. Later on, in the 11th century under the patronage of the then Vengi king, Rajaraja Narendra I, the great epic, `Mahabharata' was translated partly by his court poet, Nannaya.

The early 12th century C.E. was a period of chaos. The (Western) Chalukyas of Kalyani, who were at first successful in overthrowing the Vengis, were driven out after 2 years by the Imperial Cholas( Vikrama Chola in 1120 C.E. ) with the help of local chiefs. But the latter did not rule directly and thought it prudent to leave the kingdom to the feudatories themselves in lieu of nominal allegiance. The Velanati Cholas of Tsandavolu (Guntur district) were the foremost among the feudatories. Between 1135 and 1206 C.E., several minor dynasties ruled over parts of Andhra Pradesh recognising the authority of the Velanati Cholas nominally. By 1208 C.E., Vengi was once again a separate state till the Vijayanagara empire soar to power in 14th century C.E. The following is a list of the Satavahana kings and later Vengi kings and their year of accession . The Chalukya Dynasty was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled parts of southern India between 550 and 750, and again between 973 and 1190. ... A raga in the Carnatic music of South India. ... Events Welcher of Malvern creates a system of measurement for the earth using degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude. ...

Satavahana dynasty in Early North Vengi

• 236 B.C.E.-Satavahana
• 221 -Satavahanas or the Andhra dynasty founded by Simuka.
• 207 -Simuka overthrown by his younger brother, Kanha or Krishna .
• 180 -SataKarni I
• 152 -Satakarni II
• 145 -Lambodara
• 137 -Apilaka
• 130 -Meghasvati
• 120 -Kuntala Satakarni
• 90 B.C.E.-Mukkanha
• 19 C.E.-Khaala
• 78 -Gautamiputra Satakarni
• 106 -Sri Yagna SataKarni I aka Nootrruvar Kannar
• 130 -Vashishtiputra Shri Pulumavi
• 158 -Arahanaku Vashitti makana Tiru Sata Kanikoen (ref numismatics).
• 174 -Sri Yagna SataKarni II
• 189 -Sri Pulumavi.

Approximate extent of the Satavahana Empire, circa 150 CE. The Sātavāhanas, also known as the Andhras, were a dynasty which ruled in Southern and Central India starting from around 230 BCE. Although there is some controversy about when the dynasty came to an end, the most liberal estimates...

Eastern Chalukya

• 624 C.E.-Kubja Vishnuvardhana

Velaati dynasty or the Later Vengi dynasty

• 725 C.E. -VaelaanAadi Bhima I
• 756 -Vijayaadi II
• 790 -Sakthivaramban I
• 810 -Vijayaditta III
• 815 -Adityabhima II
• 855 -Vijayaditta V
• 881 -Mukanna Kanikoen
• 887 -Gunaga Vijayaditya VI
• 888 -Bhima Choda I
• 901 -Sakthivarman II
• 925 -AmmaRasa -South Vengi

.........Patapa, his brother -NorthVengi

• 934 -Yuddha Mallan -North Vengi

.........Bhima Choda II -South Vengi

• 950 -Patapa II -North Vengi,
• 973 -Thazhan, younger brother of Patapa II, conquers all of Vengi .
• 999 -Sakthivarman III, son of ThanaVarman of AmmaRasa family, is crowned after Rajaraja Chola conquers Vengi.
• 1011-Vimaladitya, brother of Sakthivarman, son-in-law of RajaRaja Chola , is crowned
• 1045-RasaNarendra, son-in-law of Rajendra Chola I ascends to throne.
• 1064-RasaNarendra II ascends to the throne.
• 1067-Narendra II killed by Vikramaditya VI, the Chalukyan prince, who declares himself as the first king of the second Eastern Chalukya Dynasty.
• 1068-Vikramaditya VI is defeated by VeeraRajendra Chola and Vijayaditya VII is crowned a king.
• 1070-Kulothunga Chola I the grandson of Rajendra Chola II, becomes the Chola emperor; he unites Vengi kingdom with the Empire .
• 1093-VikramaChola, son of Kulothunga I, becomes Vengi king,
• 1118-Kulothunga hands over the governance to Vengi prince Kanikoen makana BhimaChola, who ruled from their ancient capital Kanigiri, south of Guntur.
• 1118-Chalukya Vikramaditya VI conquers Vengi.
• 1120-VikramaChola reclaims Vengi.
• 1178-Velaanaathi(Velaavi) Cholas are placed as the Governors of Vengi, by the Chola emperors. First Governor NallaSittarasan
• 1187-Governor TammuSittarasan.
• 1212-Governor ThiruKaalaththi Devan.
• 1213-Independent Vengi kings
• 1218-North Vengi becomes a part of the Kakatiya kingdom under Ganapati .
• 1350-Vijayanagara Empire annexes South Vengi .

Sources: Rajaraja Chola the first is considered the greatest of all Chola kings. ... Kulothunga Chola was the offspring of two rival dynasties - the Cholas of Thanjavoor and the Chalukyas of Vengi when he came to the throne in 1070 A.D. The Cholas and the Chalukyas had always existed in constant warfare, spaced by periods of uneasy peace, for decades, due to differences...

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