Arikesari III
Vemulavada Chalukya ruler
Arikesari III (r. c. 946–968) was the last known ruler of the Vemulavada Chalukya dynasty of present-day Telangana, India. He was a vassal of the Rashtrakuta king Krishna III.
Early life
Arikesari III was a grandson of the Chalukya king Arikesari II. His father Bhadradeva and his uncle Vagaraja (who succeeded Arikesari II) were half-brothers.[1] Bhadradeva (r. c. 941-946) probably ruled jointly with Vagaraja (r. c. 941-950), and Arikesari III (r. c. 946-968) ascended the throne after them.[2] Bhadradeva probably died before Vagaraja, and Vagaraja probably died without an heir, which may explain why Arikesari III succeeded Vagaraja.[1]
Reign
Like his predecessor, Arikesari III was a feudatory of the Rashtrakuta king Krishna III.[1] His 946 CE Karimnagar inscription records a land grant to a brahmana.[3] His 966 CE Parbhani copper-plate inscription records the grant of a village to the Jain leader Somadeva-suri for the maintenance of Shubha-dharma Jinalaya shrine, which had been built by his father Bhadradeva. The granted village was Kuttumvritti-Vanikadupulu, which was located in the Repaka-12 subdivision of the Sabbi-1000 administrative division.[1][3] His 968 CE Repaka inscription records a land grant to a Jain shrine (Jinalaya) by the chief Vujaya; the temple is said to have been built by Arikesari.[4]
Arikesari III bore several titles inherited from his grandfather, including Pambarankusham, Ammana-gandha-varanam, Gandhebha-Vidyadharam, Arudha-Sarvajnan, Udatta-narayanan, Nodutti-gevlom, Guna-nidhi, Gunarnava, Sharanagata-vajra-panjara, Priyagalla, Tribhuvana-malla, and Samanta-chudamani.[1]
It is not certain how and when the reign of Arikesari III ended. By the year 966-967, the Kalyani Chalukyas had made inroads into the territory of the Vemulavada kings, as attested by an inscription discovered at Uppili in the Maktal taluka of the Mahboobnagar district. Another 973-974 inscription of Permumadi, an officer (ankakara) of the Kalyani Chalukya king Taila II, has been discovered at Koraprolu in the present-day Nalgonda district. This suggests that the Kalyani Chalukyas conquered the Vemulavada territories during 966-973.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f N Venkataramanayya 1953, p. 42.
- ^ Kolluru Suryanarayana 1993, p. 6.
- ^ a b Kolluru Suryanarayana 1993, p. 16.
- ^ Kolluru Suryanarayana 1993, p. 22.
Bibliography
- Kolluru Suryanarayana (1993). Inscriptions of the Minor Chalukya Dynasties of Andhra Pradesh. Mittal. ISBN 978-81-7099-216-5.
- N Venkataramanayya (1953). The Chālukyas of L(V)ēmulavāḍa. Archaeological Department, Government of Hyderabad. OCLC 958874923.
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Chalukyas of Vemulavada
- Satyashraya (c. 650–675 CE)
- Prithvipathi (c. 675–700 CE)
- Maharaja (c. 700–725 CE)
- Rajaditya (c. 725–750 CE)
- Vinayaditya alias Yuddhamalla I (c. 750–775 CE)
- Arikesari I (c. 775–800 CE)
- Narasimha I (c. 800–825 CE)
- Yuddhamalla II (c. 825–850 CE)
- Baddega I alias Solada-ganda (c. 850–895 CE)
- Yuddhamalla III (c. 895–915 CE)
- Narasimha II (c. 915–930 CE)
- Arikesari II (c. 930–941 CE)
- Vagaraja (c. 941–950 CE); Bhadradeva or Baddega-Narasinga alias Baddega II (c. 941–946 CE)
- Arikesari III (c. 946–968 CE)
