Salankayana
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Salankayanas were one of the two dynasties that succeeded the Ikshvaku around 300-440 AD. The other being the Vishnukundinas, a Kshatriya dynasty. Both Salankayana and Vishnukundina were Vassals under Pallava kings who ruled from southern Telugu and northern Tamil lands. They ruled over a part of the East Coast with Vengi as their capital. During their time the script for Telugu and Kannada began to clearly separating from that of the other South Indian and North Indian languages.
They were Brahmins who took their title from their gotra name, which stood for Nandi, the bull of Shiva, which they used as their symbol.
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