1 History & Culture · 1.2.5 Eastern Chalukyas and Chalukya-Cholas

1.2.5.5 Eastern Chalukya administration, economy and religion

The Eastern Chalukyas ran a hereditary monarchy over a rich rice-growing delta through districts and village grants, patronised Saivism above all while supporting Jainism, and left a series of early Telugu inscriptions and the Pancharama shrines.

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Key terms

  • Sarvalokasraya
  • varaha
  • vishaya
  • agrahara
  • nivartana
  • Saivism
  • Pancharamas
  • Amararama
  • Draksharama
  • Kumararama
  • Ksheerarama
  • Somarama
  • Trilinga
  • Biccavolu
  • Golingeswara
  • Jainism
  • Nedumbi Vasati
  • Buddhism decline
  • Telugu inscriptions

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