Part 39 - The Eruva Cholas (A.D. 1120-1330)

A family of the Telugu cholas ruled over Eruvanadu or Eruvadesa for more than two centuries from about the beginning of the 12th to the middle of the 14th. These Cholas prefixed Eruva to their names. Barring the Eruva chola dynasty which ruled the region about Rajahmundry in the middle of the 14th country A.D., more than half a dozen Eruva cholas are known.

Inscriptions, recorded tradition and references in literature form the material for the history of the Eruva cholas. As for the location of their kingdom, it has been said, “Eruvanadu was a sima in which the maharajya of Kondavidu was situated. Eruvanadu might have comprised that part of the country, now known as the northern portion of Nellore and a portion of Guntur districts.” But this cannot be accepted for want of evidence. But more appropriately Eruvanadu applies to a portion of the Cuddapah district as records from that area frequently mentions Edurva and Eruvanadu along with Pottapinadu, Mulikinadu, Sakili. and so forth all located in Cuddapah area.