The Nayakas of Kalahasti were a line of rulers of Kalahasti and Vandavasi principalities.[1][lower-alpha 1] Members of the group include Damarla Chennapa Nayaka, after whom the city of Chennai is named.[2][3] These Nayakas served as vassals of the late Vijayanagara Empire, then held by the Aravidu Dynasty and headquartered at Chandragiri and Vellore.

Notable rulers

Damarla Chennappa Nayaka

Chennappa Nayaka was a Nayaka and trusted general under Sriranga Deva Raya. Chennai, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is named in his honor.

Damarla Moodu Venkatappa Nayaka

Also known as Damarla Venkatadri or Venkatappa as he is called in Dutch records, was the son of Damarla Chennapa Nayaka. He was also in-charge of the administration of the Vijayanagara Empire during the reign of Peda Venkata Raya, and was the Nayaka of Kalahasti and directly controlled the region up to Wandiwash.

The land grant for the city of Madras was offered to the British by him and his brother, when they negotiated on behalf of Peda Venkata Raya of Vijayanagara Empire.[4]

Damarla Ayyappa Nayaka

Damarla Ayyappa Nayaka was the brother of Damarla Venkatappa Nayaka and resided at Poonamallee to the west of Madras and administered the territory of Kalahasti for his brother.

Damarla Ankabhupala Nayaka

Damarla Ankabhupala Nayaka was younger brother of Damarla Venkatappa Nayaka and Damarla Ayyappa Nayaka [5] [6] Damarla Ankabhupala Nayaka was son of Damarla Chennapa Nayaka. He was Chief of Kalahasti.[7][8] Ankabhugala was a well-known Writer In the Telugu literature Ankabhupala known by a Telugu Poem, Ushaparinayam[9] which he wrote and dedicated to his father, Chennappa Nayaka and Ankabhupala has a single kanda verse (16 ganas with 64 matras) from which one can obtain 108 verses in the metre by shortening or elongating the vowels and changing the sequence of the word [10] Damarla Ankabhupala was Royal Telugu poet [11] [12]

Damarla Timmappa Nayaka

Damarla Timmappa Nayaka son of Damarla Chennapa Nayaka.[13][14][15] He was the Chief of Kalahasti.

Damarla Chenna Venkata

Damarla Chenna Venkata was the son of Damarla Chennappa Nayaka. Chenna Venkata was a poet. He wrote the Telugu poem Chitra Kavita.

Second Mysore Wars

During the Second Mysore War, the Nayakas of Kalahasti took to the side of Hyder Ali while their northern superiors Venkatagiri Kings took to the side of Arcot and the British.[16]

Notes

  1. ↑ The last name of the rulers is also found written as Nayak, Nayakudu, Nayudu, or Nayakkar, depending on the language and orientation of the writers. The first name (which is a family name) is also written as Damal, a simplified form.

References

  1. ↑ Srinivasachari 1943, p. 94
  2. ↑ "District Profile - CHENNAI". Chennai.tn.nic.in. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  3. ↑ Srinivasachari 1939, pp. 63–69.
  4. ↑ Srinivasachari 1943, pp. 157, 158.
  5. ↑ Affiliated East-West Press, S. Muthiah (1987). Madras discovered: a historical guide to looking around, supplemented with tales of "Once upon a city. Affiliated East-West Press. p. 278. ISBN 9788185095608.
  6. ↑ PPH, People's Publishing House (1970). A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526), ed. by Mohammad Habib and Khaliq Ahmad Nizami. p. 1112.
  7. ↑ Srinivasachari 1943, p. 93.
  8. ↑ The (India), People's Publishing House (1970). A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526), ed. by Mohammad Habib and Khaliq Ahmad Nizamis. p. 93.
  9. ↑ MC, Madras Tercentenary Celebration Committee (1994). The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume. Asian Educational Services. p. 42. ISBN 9788120605374.
  10. ↑ Jyeshtha Literary Trust, S. V. S. Rao (1999). Vignettes of Telugu Literature: A Concise History of Classical Telugu Literature. p. 42.
  11. ↑ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (1974). The History and Culture of the Indian People: The Mughul Empire. p. 594.
  12. ↑ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (1974). The History and Culture of the Indian People: The Mughul Empire. p. 594.
  13. ↑ Chennai, Henry Davidson Love (1913). Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras 1640-1800. p. 347.
  14. ↑ The hindu, S. MUTHIAH (2005). Explaining Chennai's roots. p. 7. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  15. ↑ Sundeep, Gowri; Kuppuswamy, Muthuswamy Hariharan (1982). Glimpses of Indian music. Sundeep. p. 90. ISBN 9788175740372.
  16. ↑ Sastri 1922, p. 86.

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