Kondapadumati
Kondapadumati dynasty (కొండపడుమటి) was a medieval Indian dynasty that ruled areas in present-day state of Andhra Pradesh. They held the Kondapadumati or Sallapaschalya vishaya, the country to the west of the Kondavidu range of hills, corresponding to the eastern portion of Sattenapalle Taluk (of erstwhile Guntur district) for one and a half centuries. They had their capital at Nadendla not far from Chandole, the Velanadu capital.[citation needed]
They started off as subordinates to the Chalukyas of Vengi and later on owed allegiance to the Chalukya Cholas.[citation needed] The Kondapadumatis secured an important military success over the Kalinga and the Telugu Chodas and were allied to the Velanadu Chodas by marriages. A branch of the Kondapadumatis are the Kotas.[1] Parichchedis of Kollipaka were said to be a branch of Kondapadumatis.[citation needed]
Origin
Kubja Vishnuvardhana (r. 624 – 641 CE), the founder of the Eastern Chalukyas granted a territory called 'Giripaschima' consisting of 73 villages to Budda Varma, the first ancestor of the Kondapadamati family. Buddha Varma prides in proclaiming himself as "an ornament of the fourth caste" (Shudra) and received from the king the country to the west of the hill, which contained 73 villages along royal emblems.[2]
References
- ^ Quarterly Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society. Vol. 25–26. Andhra Historical Research Society. 1960. p. 75.
- ^ Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society. Rajahmundry, Vol. 19, p. 49.