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They ruled over their kingdom consisting of the Nellore, Cuddapah, Chittoor and Chengalput districts with Vikramasimhapuri (modern Nellore) as their capital. Choda Bijjana was the first important chief in the Nellore Choda clan. As a feudatory of Someswara I of Western Chalukyas, he took part in the wars of the Chalukyas and Later Cholas.
Throughout a reign spanning more than two centuries, twelve members of the lineage ruled over much of Andhra region, with occasional overstretching into the Hoysala and Imperial Chola kingdoms. In general, the Cholas emperors in the early periods and the Kakatiyas in the latter periods held superiority over the Nellore cholas.
Nellore district, officially known as Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district in Coastal Andhra Region, [5] is one of the 26 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. According to the 2011 Census , the district's population was 2,963,557 [ 6 ] of which 29.07% was urban.
Coinage of the Nellore Chodas. King Bhoja II, 1216-1316 CE. Uniface flan with central lion standing left, four additional lion, two śri, uncertain, and bhujabha legend in Telugu punchmarks. Nellore Chodas, also known as Nellore Cholas, were one of the branch of Chola families who ruled over parts of Andhra Pradesh in the
Moreover, under Chola's protection, Vengi remained largely independent. Cholas also dominated the entire eastern coast with their feudatories, the Telugu Cholas of Velanati and Nellore among others. These feudatories always aided the Cholas in their successful campaigns against the Chalukyas and levied tribute on the Kannada kingdoms.
Kulottunga Chola I, the grandson of Rajendra Chola I and son of Eastern Chalukya king Raja Raja Narendra became the Chola emperor in 1270 CE. Contemporarily several Telugu Chola families like Nellore Cholas, Velanati Cholas were ruling as subordinates of Imperial Cholas. After the fall of Imperial Cholas in 1279 CE, Nellore Cholas and Velanati ...
It was stopped by the intervention of the Hoysala king Vira Narasimha II (1220–1235), who fought on the side of the Chola king Kulothunga Chola III. [16] [17] Pandyan emperor Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I conquered Tondaimandalam till Nellore including Kadapa after defeating Nellore Choda ruler Vijaya Gandagopala and Ganapati II of Kakatiyas ...
When it passed into the hands of the Cholas c. 880, it was renamed Jayankondacholamandalam (literally "the land victoriously absorbed into the Chola country"; also spelt Jayangondacholamandalam). [9] Tondaimandalam broadly covers the modern districts of Chingleput , South Arcot, and North Arcot in Tamil Nadu and portions of Chittoor and Nellore ...