For Admissions Contact @ 9133527733

Menu

Vemulawada Chalukyas – Rulers

Vinayaditya Yuddhamalla

  • He was the founder of the kingdom “Vemulawada Chalukyas”.
  • He was an Army chief of Rashtrakuta king Dantidurga. Being an army chief fought many wars and battles and conquered “Chitrakuta Fort”. Impressed by this Dantidurga gave “Sapadalaksha” Kingdom to Vikramaditya Yuddhamalla.
  • According to Mallinada Suri, Chitrakutam is the present day Ramagiri in Karimnagar.
  • During their period, Karimnagar & Nizamabad were known as Asmanta Sabbinadu.
  • According to the book “Vikramarjuna Vijayam”, the ruler Vinayaditya had the largest number of elephants.
  • According to Kollipara inscription, he defeated kings of Turkish, Magadha, Kalinga etc and those kings performed “Paada Pooja” of Vinayaditya Yuddhamalla.

Arikesari-I

  • He changed the capital from Bodhan to Vemulawada.
  • He issued Kollipara inscriptions.
  • He donated “Belmoga” village to the Shaiva Guru “Mugdha Shivacharya” for educational purposes.
  • According to Kollipara inscription, Arikesari-I was well educated and well versed in Archery and Ayurveda.

Titles of Arikesri – I

  • Samastha Loka Ashraya
  • Raja Trinethra
  • Tribhuvana Malla Sahasarayadi
  • Contemporary Rashtrakuta kings were Dhruva and Govinda-II

Baddega-I (A.D. 850 – 895)

  • Baddega-I title: Soladaganda (means a warrior who won 42 wars).
  • He built a temple called Baddegedara temple, which was later recognised as Bhimeswara temple of Vemulawada.
  • “Kolleru War” was fought between Baddega-I and Vengi ruler Chalukya Bhima-I.
  • After winning the Kolleru war, Baddega-I tied Chalukya Bhima as Crocodile in Kolleru lake house. This is mentioned in the Parbhani inscription.
  • Eastern Chalukya Gunaga Vijayaditya was also defeated by Baddega-I.
  • Kusumayudha of Mudigonda Chalukya defeated Baddega-I.

Narasimha-2 (A.D. 915-930)

  • He was the feudatory king of Indra-III of the Rashtrakuta dynasty.
  • On the instructions of Indra -III, he waged war against Laata, Sapta Malava kingdoms of the Northern region and also collected “Kappam” from them.
  • According to the Vemulawada inscription, he built the Victory pillar at Kalapriya (today’s Kalfi), after defeating Gurjara Pratihara king “Mahipala ” at Kanyakubja.
  • During his time, Jain structures (Jain chaumukha) were built at Vemulawada.

Arikesari -2 (A.D. 930-955)

  • He was the greatest of the Vemulawada Chalukyas, he encouraged Kannada literature.
  • His court poet Pampa Kavi has written Vikramarjuna vijayam. In this,he equated Arikesari 2 with Arjuna.
  • Arikesari-2 donated Dharmapuri village in jagityal taluka as Agrahara to Pampa Kavi.
  • He gave “Kavita Gunaranava” title to Pampa Kavi.
  • Arikesari-2 built Jain temple on his name at Bodhan, i.e., Arikesari Jinalaya
  • Arikesari-2 defeated Rashtrakuta king Govinda-IV and made his step brother Baddega (3rd Amoghavarsha) as a ruler in place of Govinda-IV.
  • According to the Badega inscription which was found in Agastheswara temple near Chennur, Arikesari-2 extended the kingdom from Bodhan to Chennur.
  • Arikesari -II married “Revakanirmadi”, daughter of Rashtrakuta king Indra-III and also married Lokambika, a Rashtrakuta Princess.
  • He issued the Vemulawada Rock inscription in Sanskrit.
  • His Army chief Peddanaryudu built the Aditya temple at Vemulawada. Arikesari-II donated 100 Nivarthana of land for this temple on Sankranti festival.

Vegaraju (A.D. 955-960)

  • He was the feudatory king of Rashtrakuta ruler Krishna-III.
  • Vegaraju made “Gangadhara” city as his capital.
  • Somadeva Suri mentioned in his book “Yashastilaka Champu Kavya”, that he finished this book when Vegaraju was with Krishna-III at Yelpadi (Chittoor) in A.D. 959.

Baddega – II / Bhadra Devi (A.D. 960 – 965)

  • Bhadradeva had built a Jainist Math with the name “Subhadama Jinalaya” at Vemulawada. This was built for his guru “Somadeva Suri”.
  • “Bommalattam Region” flourished as a center of Jainism during his rule.

Somadeva Suri:

  • He was a Jain Preacher. He wrote the following books.
  • Yashastilaka Champu Kavya (Yashodara Charitha)
  • Neeti Kavyamruta
  • Yukta Chintamani
  • Sannavati Prakaranam
  • Titles of Somadeva Suri were:
  • Shadwadha chala simha
  • Tarkik Chakravarthy
  • Vakkallola Payonidhi
  • Vadhiba Sanchanana
  • Arikesari – III (A.D.965-973)
  • He was the last ruler of Vemulawada Chalukyas.
  • He issued two copper plate inscriptions. They are

1) Parbhani Inscription

2) Karimnagar Copper Inscription

  • He made Vemulawada as his capital and ruled.
  • He donated the “Repaka” village to Subhadama Jinalaya built by Baddega-II for Somadeva Suri. This is now located in Siricilla taluk.

His titles are:

  • Pambaram Kusha
  • Vidyadhara
  • Samantha Chudamani Vikramarjuna
Scroll to Top