My thanks to Arlo Griffiths as well as to those who have sent me suggestions off-list. Although I thought I had checked the Chejerla stone inscription, I was evidently careless (I mixed it up with a much shorter Telugu inscription in the same place...). Indeed, as Arlo points it out, that inscription is the source of the Ānandagotra claim to lordship over the mountain Trikūṭa.

Good day to all,

Daniel

On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 at 06:56, Arlo Griffiths <arlogriffiths@hotmail.com> wrote:

Dear Dan,

The wording is not exactly the same but the idea seems to be based on the Chezarla Stone Inscription, line 8. See Sankaranaranayan, Vishnukundis, pp. 200-204.

See the summary of the matter on p. 203 in

Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1970. “Deccan in the Gupta Age.” In The Classical Age, edited by R. C. Majumdar, Third edition, 177–223. History and Culture of the Indian People 3. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. [https://archive.org/details/classicalage0000rced].

Best wishes,

Arlo

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Subject: [INDOLOGY] Ānandagotra and Trikūṭādhipati

Dear All,

long ago (14 Jan 1999), Devarakonda Venkata Narayana Sarma said on this list, "AnandagOtra kings also said they were trikUTAdhipatis." I have not been able to find where they did so. If he is still a member, or if anyone knows where the Ānandagotra kings claimed to be Trikūṭādhipatis, please point me in the right direction.

Many thanks,

Daniel