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tal at Rajamahendri the modem Rajahmundry. More than one 

 revolution appears to have occurred in the course of their history, 

 but the old family always contrived to regain its power, until the 

 kingdom passed by marriage to Rajendra Chola the then domi- 

 nant sovereign of southern India, in whose person the power of 

 the Cholas had reached its zenith. Whether the acquisition of 

 Telingana was due entirely to inheritance or to the joint influ- 

 ence of force cemented by matrimonial alliance, is not clear. The 

 fact however, is certain, that the Chola power was established in 

 the eastern Chalukya territories for upwards of a century and a 

 half, and has left permanent traces of its existence. Rajendra 

 Chola was succeeded by his son Vikrama Deva surnamed Kuldt- 

 tunga Chola. On the death of his uncle Vijayaditya who had 

 been viceroy of Vengi-desam, the king deputed his son Raja Raja 

 to assume the office, but after holding it for one year, A. D. 1078, 

 he resigned it in favor of his younger brother Vira Deva Chola, 

 who assumed the title of Kulottunga Chola. His grants are found 

 in great numbers from A. D. 1079 up to the year 1135 when a 

 partial restoration of the Chalukya line appears to have taken 

 place, and they maintained a divided and feeble influence till the 

 latter part of the 12th century when the country fell under the 

 sway of the Kakatiya dynasty of Warangal.* 



To assist future enquiries in assigning the coins of the Chalu- 

 kya race to their proper authors, a list of the sovereigns of both 

 branches is subjoined. 



1. Jaya Sinha, Vijayaditya. 



2. Raja Sinha, Rana Raga, Vishnu Vard'hana. 



3. Vijayaditya II. 



4. Pulakesi, A. I). 489. 



5. Kirtti Varma I. 



6. Mangalisa. 



Kirtti Varma I. had two sons of whom the former Satyasraya 

 succeeded his father and uncle (who seems for a time to have 

 usurped his rights) as the representative of the Kalyan branch, 

 and from him that line has been called the Satyasraya kula, while 



* The earliest inscription of the Kakatiyas that has been met in Vengidesan 

 now the Northern Circars, bears date A. D. 1175 ; the latest 1336. 



