Cholas of Nellore

[2] Twelve rulers of the line ruled for more than two centuries, and at times, their power expanded over the majority of Andhra region and beyond into the Hoysala and Imperial Chola kingdoms.

In recognition of the loyalty and services of his descendants to the Chalukyas of Kalyani, Vikramadiya II appointed them as rulers of Pakanadu.

During the reign of Tikka's son and successor Vijaya Gandagopala (1248–1263), the power of the Nellore Cholas was at its low ebb.

In 1260 AD, Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I overran Vijaya Gandagopala's territory and marched as far as Nellore where he performed 'Virabhisheka'.

With the death of Manumasiddhi III, the Nellore kingdom lost its individuality, became a battle ground between the Kakatiyas and the Pandyas and changed hands frequently.

Though a highly Sanskritised style was employed, it is characterised by excellent literary qualities and abounding elements of Pathos and heroism.

[citation needed] Though it is a translation of the last fifteen volumes of the Mahabharata, left out by his predecessor Nannaya, yet Tikkana put life and blood into it with an avowed objective of making it an epic.

[citation needed] His broad spiritual outlook, lofty idealism, high imagination and splendid diction made him Kavi Brahma (The Supreme Creator among poets).