Dynastic Profile
- Vemulawada Chalukyas ruled parts of north-western Telangana approximately from 750 CE to 973 CE as feudatories of the Rashtrakutas.
- Their principal territory was Sapadalaksha, identified with the present Karimnagar and Nizamabad regions.
- The term Sapadalaksha denotes a territory associated with 1,25,000 villages.
- The dynasty used Bodhan as its first capital and later shifted the capital to Vemulawada.
- Satya Shraya Rana Vikrama is identified as the progenitor of the dynasty.
- Vinayaditya Yuddhamalla is identified as the founder of the Vemulawada Chalukya kingdom.
- Arikesari II is regarded as the greatest ruler of the dynasty.
- The political history of the dynasty is reconstructed mainly through inscriptions and literary works.
Historical Sources
Inscriptions
- Arikesari I is associated with the Kollipara Copper Inscription.
- Arikesari II is associated with: