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{{Short description|Telugu dynasty}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{APhistory}}The '''Chagis''' or '''Tyagis''' were a medieval [[Andhras|Telugu]] clan in [[Andhra]], that ruled between 1100 AD-1477 CE.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talbot |first1=Cynthia |title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra |date=20 September 2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-803123-9 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C |access-date=8 October 2021 |ref=Thus, Durjaya is cited as an ancestor by many chiefly lineages from Telangana—including the Kakatiyas (IAPW.29), Malyalas (HAS 13.8), Viryalas (IAP-W.27)—as well as by lineages from coastal Andhra such as the Konakandravadis (SII 4.780), the Ivani Kandravadis (SII 10.253), the Kondapadmatis (ARE 346 of 1937-38), the Parichchhedis (SII 10.430), and the Chagis (SII 4.748). |language=en}}</ref> They ruled the [[Natavadi]] and Vijayavati [[vishaya]]s, with capitals at [[Vijayawada]], Gudimetta and [[Vinukonda]], for nearly three and a half centuries.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Society |first1=Andhra Historical Research |title=Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society |date=1986 |page=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-xtAAAAMAAJ&q=chagi%20natavadi |publisher=Andhra Historical Research Society. |language=en}}</ref> They owed allegiance to the Chalukya-Cholas, the [[Kakatiya dynasty|Kakatiyas]] and the [[Gajapati Empire|Gajapatis]] respectively. The Chagi records trace their ancestry to legendary chieftain of ancient Andhra, [[Durjaya (Andhra chieftain)|Durjaya]]. Muppa I is the earliest known person in the Chagi family. Dora I, PotaI, Dora II, Pota II, Ganapaya, Dora III, Manuma Pota and Manuma Ganapaya ruled this dynasty.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Sanikommu |first=Venkateswarlu |last2=Murali Mohan |first2=S |title=Different political dynasties in Medieval Andhra (CA. 1000-1400AD): A study |url=https://www.historyjournal.net/article/109/3-2-23-343.pdf |journal=International Journal of History |pages=114–115}}</ref>
The relation between the Chagis of Vinukonda and Gudimettla is not known. But the Chagis of Vinukonda bore the suffix 'Nayaka' or 'Nayudu' in their personal names. Annama Nayaka, Gannama Nayaka and Komma Nayaka are the important chiefs mentioned in the records of the Chagis of Vinukonda. It shows that this branch of the Chagis might have been the army officers or they held some superior position as heads of certain principalities.<ref name=":0" />
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