This small book aims at dealing with some aspects of the political and social history of the Andhras.
Pattavardhanis and Katakarajas are the two important feudal families that served the Eastern Chalukyas loyally, which stood behind all their success.
It can be said that no work of relative importance has been done to assess the contribution of these feudals, and in this study an attempt has been made to reconstruct the history of the afore-said families.
The remaining chapters in the book deal with the identification of Asanapura (an important ghatikasthana of the Chalukya period); genuineness of some inscriptions of the Chalukyas; and with the social status of the Brahmana and Vaisya communities in the Medieval Centuries of Andhradesa.
The present book is purported to present chapters on various aspects on the history and culture of the Andhras. The history of the Chalukyas in Andhra may be rightly stated as the history of Medieval Andhradesa for thousand years beginning with the conquest of Vengi in the first quarter of seventh century A.D. by the Badami Chalukya king Pulakesi II and ending with the total disappearance of the Chalukya authority in Andhra at the end of sixteenth century. It was in their regime that a major portion of Andhradesa was united politically and culturally. Telugu literature was born and spread in their patronage; and the Andhras developed their own styles in the spheres of art and architecture due to their encouragement. In all their success it became necessary on their part to believe and depend upon some subordinate officers and feudal chiefs like Pattavardhanis and Katakarajas who devotedly followed them and guarded their interests. The history of those feudal families is studied in detail in the first chapter.
The chapter on Bettubeta is intended to specify his identification, which problem aroused much discussion among the scholars in the field. Chapters on the Kollipara plates and on the successors of Bota Vijayaditya are either corrections or new interpretations to the hitherto prevailing views about them. The social status and other details of the Brahmana and Vaisya communities are thoroughly dealt with in some other chapters.
I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude to my esteemed teacher Dr. C. Somasundara Rao, Professor and Head of the Department of History and Archaeology, Andhra University whose constant encouragement and guidance stood behind all my research pursuits. His critical acumen was of particular help to me in writing some of the chapters included in this book. I am also grateful to Dr. Y. Srirama Murty, Professor of History, Andhra University, for his cooperation and for initiating me to the field of research by providing all facilities. I thank the editors of various journals where these articles were published earlier.
My thanks are due to Mr. M. Appa Rao, Steno-typist, who neatly typed the press-copy and to Gian Publishing House, Delhi, for undertaking the publication of the work and its neat and speedy execution.
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