the name of several medieval dynasties and the states they ruled in the Deccan (southern India).
The first of the dynasties was the Early Chalukyas, who ruled from about A.D. 550 to A.D. 642 over an area that lay mainly in the western Deccan. The Chalukyas from Vatapi (now Badami) ruled the same area from about 655 to 753. The Chalukyas of Vengi (the Eastern Chalukyas) ruled the eastern Deccan (eastern Andhra Pradesh) from 615 to 1070. The Chalukyas of Kalyani, who ruled from 973 to 1187, laid claim to the entire Deccan.
The name “Chalukya” was also borne by a number of minor princely states ruled by families related to the Chalukya dynasties mentioned above.