 The history of clan emerges from obscurity during the rise of Badami Chalukya in the Aihole and Mahakuta inscriptions which claims the Alupas had accepted Chalukya overlordship and become their feudatory.They ruled initially from Mangalore and other times from Udyavara in Udupi and later Barkur.Their first regular full-length inscription is the "Vaddarase" inscription in Kannada is dated to early 7th century.