Chola governors
When Kulottuṅga I united the Chola and Eastern Chalukya crowns in 1070, the Vengi country was administered through viceroys, and the Velanāṭi chiefs held that position from their seat at Chandavolu in the Guntur district. As Chola authority receded in the twelfth century they became independent rulers of the delta.
Their inscriptions are numerous along the Krishna and Godāvarī, and record the endowment of temples including work at Draksharama and Srisailam.
The Kākatīyas under Gaṇapatideva absorbed their territory in the early thirteenth century, completing the unification of the Telugu country under a single dynasty for the first time.
Further reading
- Nilakanta Sastri, K. A. The Colas. University of Madras, 1955
- Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. A History of South India. Oxford University Press, 1955
- Champakalakshmi, R. Trade, Ideology and Urbanization: South India. Oxford University Press, 1996
- Clothey, Fred W. The Many Faces of Murukan. Mouton, 1978
- Cutler, Norman. Songs of Experience: The Poetics of Tamil Devotion. Indiana University Press, 1987
See also
This entry was last revised on 1 August 2026.