Vemulawada Chalukyas

• Vemulawada Chalukyas were the Feudatories of Rashtrakutas.
• According to historian B.N.Shastri, Vemulawada Chalukyas being the Feudatories of Rashtrakutas ruled Sapadalaksha region (Present Karimnagar, Nizamabad regions) by making Bodhan and Vemulawada as their Capitals.
• “Sapadalaksha” means a kingdom with one lakh 25 thousand villages.
• They ruled over North-western region of Telangana.
• Vemulawada Chalukyas:
• 1st capital – Bodhan
• 2nd capital – Vemulawada

Main sources of history 

Inscriptions:

• Arikesari I: Kollipara Copper inscription
• Arikesari II: Vemulawada Copper inscription
• Chennur inscription (A.D. 941)
• Karimnagar inscription (A.D. 946)
• Arikesari III: Parbhani Copper inscription (A.D. 966)
• Beeragruha: Karuvakattu Rock inscription (Mahabub nagar)
• Jina vallabha: Kurkkyala inscription (A.D.940)

Literary Sources:

• Pampa Kavi – Vikramarjuna Vijayam
• Somadeva Suri – Yashastilaka champu Kavya, Nitivakyamrita
• Malliya Rechana – Kavijanashrayam
• Nelaturi Venkataramanaiah did research regarding the present available (political History) information related to Vemulawada Chalukyas.