Perumbanappadi was the original home of the historic Bana Chieftains of the early Pallava period.
Perumbanappadi was made up of sub-divisions such as the Thiruvenkata-Kottam (or Vengada Kottam),[2] and many Nadus such as Tuy-nadu,[3] Puli-nadu, Vada Pulinadu, and Silai-nadu [4] within it.
The boundaries of Perumbanappadi were made up of Kolar, Punganur and Srisailam in the west, and Kalahasti and Sholingur in the east.
[11] Mavali Vanadarayan was the title of chiefs of the Bana country in the basin of the Palar river, the extent of whose territory changed according to the vicissitudes of history.
One example is the Udayendiram grant of Bana Vikramaditya III which narrates the puranic connection of Mahabali with Vishnu.