Prolunadu (prōlunāḍu) was an ancient region located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, corresponding to parts of the present-day Pithapuram, Kakinada, and Peddapuram taluks within the Kakinada district.[1][2][3] It was situated south of Pithapuram and north of the lower Godavari River, encompassing areas to the east of the Eleru River, a tributary of the Godavari.[4] The region is now part of Kakinada district.
Prolunadu served as an administrative division of the Eastern Chalukyan kingdom and was established by Vishnuvardhana III in 742 CE.[5] During the Chalukyan era, it was an important administrative unit.[6] It was one of the historical regions of Andhra, alongside other divisions such as Pakanadu, Palnadu, Kammanadu, and Renadu.[1]
Prolunadu is mentioned as a vishaya (administrative division) in medieval inscriptions, often noted in records of land grants and other royal decrees.[7][8]
- ^ a b Proceedings and Transactions of the Indian Oriental Conference. Part 1946. Vol. 13. 1950. p. 157.
- ^ Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: East Godavari. Government Publication Bureau, Andhra Pradesh. 1979. p. 27.
.... Prolunadu comprising portions of Pithapuram and Kakinada taluks in this district.
- ^ Cotton, James Sutherland; Burn, Sir Richard; Meyer, Sir William Stevenson (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 20. Clarendon Press. p. 154.
.... Prolunadu (as the country round Pithapuram was then called) ....
- ^ Journal of the Andhra Historical Society. Vol. 32. Andhra Historical Research Society. 1972. p. 77.
Vishnuvardhana III seems to have been first the master of the Prolunadu country lying to the east of the river, Eleru, comprising some portions of the present Peddapuram and Kakinada taluks and Pithapuram division in East Godavari district.
- ^ Prof. D. Bhaskara Murthi (2004). Glimpses of Our Past - Historical Researches: Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Mukkamala Radhakrishna Sarma. Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture, and Archaeology & Department of History, Osmania University. p. 7.
Prolunadu was an administrative division forming part of the Eastern Chalukyan empire. It was established by Vishnuvardhana - III in 742 A.D.
- ^ The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society. Vol. 86. The Mythic Society. 1995. p. 27.
Prolunadu is one of the important administrative units during the Eastern Chalukyan times.
- ^ Kumari, M. Krishna (1985). The Rule of the Chāḷukya-Chōḷas in Āndhradēśa. B. R. Publishing Corporation. p. 152.
The Pithapuram pillar inscription of Velanati Prithvisvara records the gift of the village of Navakhandavada in Prolunadu vishaya to the temple of Kuntimādhava.
- ^ Vēṅkaṭakr̥ṣṇarāvu, Bhāvarāju (1973). History of the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi, 610-1210 A.D. Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi. p. 128.
..... house-site together with a flower garden in Jalayuru, in the Prolunadu vishaya to a brahmana house-holder ....