Durjaya (Andhra chieftain)
Durjaya (Hindi for "difficult to conquer")[1] was a legendary chieftain of the Andhra kingdom. Many ruling dynasties in Andhra and Telangana, such as the Kakatiyas , Malyalas, Viryalas, the Konakandravadis, the Ivani Kandravadis, the Kondapadumatis, the Paricchedis and the Chagis, are claimed to be his descendants.[2] In the opinion of Bhavaraju Venkata Krishna Rao, he probably flourished in the 3rd century AD.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Durjaya". babycenter.in. Retrieved 8 October 2021. [unreliable source?]
- ↑ Talbot, Cynthia (20 September 2001). Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra. Oxford University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-19-803123-9.
- ↑ Vēṅkaṭakr̥ṣṇarāvu, Bhāvarāju (1973). History of the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi, 610-1210 A.D. Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi. p. 438. Retrieved 9 October 2021.