Vengi dynasties
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Vengi( Vaem-"overwhelming", kiy-"river basin" ) was an ancient Tamil kingdom located above Vengada mala( "an overwhelming journey over the mountain" ), dating back to the last Sangam era. It extended from River Godavari in the north to Mount MahendraGiri in the southeast and to just below the southern banks of River Krishna in the south. During the Mauryan times North Vengi was under Kalinga domination, while South Vengi was the northern province of Chola kingdom . Following Asoka's death, in N.Vengi, Simuka established the Satavahana or the Andhra dynasty, which came to include even the Magadha, Bengal and parts of Burma in its haydays. Satavahanas though has few Tamil names as well, are considered Aryans who rose from western Maharashtra, and they largely patronised Prakrit .
The Satavahanas lasted for the next four hundred years after which South Vengis took control of the native land(c.250 B.C.E.). Among them were the natives, and their Telugu Chola and Andhra Pahlava clans. The Telugu Cholas claimed to be the descendants of Karikala I. The Andhra Pahlavas were the elder cousins of the Pallavas of Kanchipuram.
In the seventh century C.E., the Chalukyas conquered Vengi, and started the Eastern Chalukya dynasty, which lasted for a few decades. By the eighth century C.E., the natives rose to power once more, and started again the later Vengi dynasty. They enjoyed the support and mighty help of their old cousins the Cholas, to safeguard their land from the Chalukyas and even from their native cousins the Telugu Cholas . Later Vengi became an integral part of the Greater Chola empire. By 1216 C.E., Vengi was once again a separate state till the Vijayanagara empire soar to power in 14th century C.E.
Early North Vengi :
- 232 B.C.E.-Satavahanas or the Andhra dynasty. Simuka -the founder of the dynasty.
- 207 -Kanha
- 189 -SataKarni defeats Sunga king .
- 20 C.E. -Haala
- 106 -Sri Yagna SataKarni
- 130 -Vashishtiputra Shri Pulumavi
- 150 -Arahanaku Vahitti
- 165 -Arahanaku Vahitti makan Tiru Satakanikon.
Later South Vengi :
- 888 -Bhima I
- 901 C.E.-Sakthivarman II
- 925 -AmmaRasa -South Vengi
.........Patapa, his brother -NorthVengi
- 934 -Yuddha Mallan -North Vengi
.........Bhima II -South Vengi
- 950 -Patapa II -North Vengi,
- 973 -Thazhan, brother of Patapa II, conquers all of Vengi .
- 999 -Sakthivarman III, son of ThanaVarman of AmmaRasa family, is crowned after Rajaraja Chola conquers Vengi.
- 1011-Vimaladitya, brother of Sakthivarman, son-in-law of RajaRaja Chola , is crowned
- 1045-RasaNarendra, son-in-law of Rajendra Chola I ascends to throne.
- 1064-RasaNarendra II ascends to the throne.
- 1067-Narendra II killed by Vikramaditya VI, the Chalukyan prince, who declares himself as the first king of the second Eastern Chalukya Dynasty.
- 1068-Vikramaditya VI is defeated by VeeraRajendra Chola and Vijayaditya VII is crowned a king.
- 1070-Kulothunga Chola I the grandson of Rajendra Chola II, becomes the Chola emperor; he unites Vengi kingdom with the Empire .
- 1093-VikramaChola, son of Kulothunga I, becomes Vengi king,
- 1118-Kulothunga hands over the governance to Vengi prince Chodan son of Konkani.
- 1118-Chalukya Vikramaditya VI conquers Vengi.
- 1120-VikramaChola reclaims Vengi.
- 1178-Telugu Cholas are placed as the Governors of Vengi, by the Chola emperors. First Governor NallaSittarasan
- 1187-Governor TammuSittarasan.
- 1212-Governor ThiruKaalaththi Devan.
- 1218-Independent Vengi kings
- 1350-Vijayanagara Empire annexes South Vengi . North Vengi becomes a part of Kakatiya kingdom.