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'''Durjaya''' ([[Sanskrit]] for "difficult to conquer" or "invincible")<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary --द |url=https://sanskrit.inria.fr/MW/119.html |access-date=2023-06-09 |via=[[French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation|French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (Inria)]]}}</ref> was a legendary semi-mythological chieftain of ancient Andhra.<ref name="Gajjala 2023 51–52">{{Cite book |last=Gajjala |first=Vasanta Lakshmi |title=Epigraphia Telanganica |publisher=SRAS publications |year=2023 |edition=2 |location=Hyderabad |pages=51–52 |language=English}}</ref> The identity of Durjaya remains unknown.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |editor-last=Gajjala Vasanta Lakshmi |title=Post-Kakatiya Telangana |url=https://www.mcrhrdi.gov.in/images/epigraphia/Vol-IV.pdf |journal=Epigraphia Telanganica |volume=4 |pages=25 |quote=Several other medieval ruling families in Andhra such as the chiefs of Kota, Chagi, Velanati, Haihaya, Kondapadumati, and Kakatiya also trace their descent from Durjaya. The identity of Durjaya remains unknown, though the inscriptions of the Velamas and the chiefs of these dynasties unequivocally state that they belong to the fourth caste.}}</ref> Several ruling dynasties of medieval Andhra and Telangana, such as the [[Kakatiya dynasty|Kakatiyas]], [[Velanati Chodas]], Malyalas, Viryalas, Haihayas, Konakandravadis, Ivani Kandravadis, [[Kondapadumati]]s, Natavadis, [[Parichchedi]]s, Kotas, and [[Chagi]]s, claimed descent from him.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talbot |first1=Cynthia |title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra |date=20 September 2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-803123-9 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DV9uAAAAMAAJ&q=durjaya |title=A Thousand Laurels--Dr. Sadiq Naqvi: Studies on Medieval India with Special Reference to Deccan |date=2005 |publisher=Department of History, Osmania University |pages=638 |language=en |quote=It is interesting to note that the feudatory chiefs such as the Velanati Chodas, Haihayas, Kondapadumatis, Natavadis, Chagis etc., who emerged as political power during the medieval periods claim the lineage from Durjaya.}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In the opinion of Bhavaraju Venkata Krishna Rao, he probably flourished in the 3rd century CE.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vēṅkaṭakr̥ṣṇarāvu |first1=Bhāvarāju |title=History of the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi, 610-1210 A.D. |date=1973 |publisher=Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi |page=438 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZIBAAAAMAAJ&q=durjaya%203%20AD |access-date=9 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> According to Pakhal and Garavapadu inscriptions of [[Ganapati Deva]], the famous [[Early Cholas|Early Chola]] king [[Karikala Chola]] of the solar race was one of the predecessors of Durjaya.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ranga |first=N. G. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=C58sAAAAMAAJ&q=Durjaya+karikala+chola&dq=Durjaya+karikala+chola&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC14Ci9KSTAxW6VmwGHU0lLJgQ6AF6BAgLEAM#Durjaya%20karikala%20chola |title=Kakatiya Nayaks: Their Contribution to Dakshinapath's Independence, 1300-1370 A.D. |date=1971 |publisher=Indian Peasant Institute |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=yfrUAAAAMAAJ&q=Durjaya+karikala+epigraphia+indica+vol+9&dq=Durjaya+karikala+epigraphia+indica+vol+9&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjg-rqU9aSTAxXKRWcHHY6HNRAQ6AF6BAgIEAM#karikala |title=Epigraphia Indica and Record of the Archæological Survey of India |date=1981 |publisher=Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=q-LUAAAAMAAJ&q=Rana+Durjaya&dq=Rana+Durjaya&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGwJH68KWTAxVRJxAIHZzEIMAQ6AF6BAgNEAM#Rana%20Durjaya |title=Epigraphia Indica and Record of the Archæological Survey of India |date=1984 |publisher=Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India |language=en}}</ref>

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Durjaya Andhra chieftain - Revision history

CharliVangundy at 07:57, 21 March 2026