Source: The post is based on the article “A golden memory of Rajahmahendravaram” published in The Hindu on 5th September 2022.
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Seven Gold coins that date back to the Eastern Chalukya dynasty including the rule of Rajaraja Narendra are preserved at the Rallabandi Subbarao Government Museum in Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh.
Who was Rajaraja Narendra?
Rajaraja Narendra(1019 – 1061 AD) was the Eastern Chalukya king of the Vengi kingdom in South India.
He established the city Rajahmahendravaram (Rajahmundry) on the banks of the Godavari during his reign.
His period was famous for its Social and Cultural heritage.
Rajaraja Narendra asked his court poet Nannayya to transcreate Mahabharata written in Sanskrit by Veda Vyas into the Telugu language to make it more comprehensible to the Telugus in his kingdom.
Nannayya could do so for three parvas. This was followed by the efforts of two other poets — Tikkanna and Yerrapragada – who completed the whole exercise to transcreate the greatest epic into Telugu.
