Konidena Chodas

Who he is

Name

not known: the line is Balli Choda, Nanni Choda I, Pottapi Kamadeva, Kannara Choda, Kama Choda and Tribhuvana Malla Choda, Nanni Choda II, Kama Choda, Balli Choda (no dates)

Title

Choda chiefs of Konidena

Since

not pinned

Born

not known

Family

Konidena Chodas; Tribhuvana Malla Choda was a chieftain of Gonka II of Velanadu

Confidence

low

Wikipedia's Telugu Cholas article (read) lists the names without dates and says that after Velanadu fell the house was forced to suzerainty by Ganapati (undated, later than 1200).

What it holds

• Konidena (near Narasaraopet) and its district

Allies and rivals

Velanati vassals; Kakatiya vassals after 1207 (a later event).

How things stand that morning

A small Velanati vassal.

Where the sources disagree

• Not on the campaign board.

Evidence: Wikipedia's Telugu Cholas article (read).

"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.

Primary sources for Velanati Chodas (Velanadu)

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts, Various (Kakatiya chancery and temple scribes), edited by P. Sreenivasachar (inscriptions of the 10th to 15th centuries; edited 1940 to 1942). The Kakatiyas of Orugallu (Warangal) are known for 1200 almost entirely from inscriptions, and this Hyderabad Archaeological Series corpus is the main printed collection. Read online
• South Indian Inscriptions (Archaeological Survey of India), Various (Chola, Pandya and other chanceries and temple scribes), edited by E. Hultzsch, V. Venkayya, H. Krishna Sastri and successors (inscriptions of the 7th to 17th centuries; the series ran from 1890). The temple inscriptions printed here are the primary record of the Tamil country in 1200. Read online