Town · The Velanati Chodas of the Andhra coast · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Divi

The island between the arms of the Krishna's mouth, flat, salt and defensible because the water surrounds it, with its own boats.

On the likely course the Kakatiyas attack it about 1203 and the chief's daughters become their queens (the Divi record; no marriage date is given).

Who holds it

Title
Lord or keeper of Divi
Since
not pinned
Born
not known
Confidence
low

The Ayya chief of Divi, Pinni Chodi, or his predecessor; see the Divi record.

Lord in 1200

The Ayya chief of Divi, Pinni Chodi, or his predecessor; see the Divi record.

Overlord

Velanati crown (loose)

How things stand that morning

An independent water chiefdom.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: From memory and the OMNIA board's lead; no source read this session gives the position on 1 January 1200 for this place.

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

Sources and studies

  1. General knowledge of the medieval Deccan (Bhandarkar, Altekar, Sastri, B. R. Gopal, Suryanath Kamath): from memory, not re-read
  2. OMNIA board notes for this place (a lead only, checked against the sources above)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.