๐ฐ Kanduri Chodas (Kanduru Chodas) ๐ฐ The Chola Descendants of Kandurunadu | c. 1020 CE – c. 1290 CE ๐ 270 Years of Sovereignty | 1100 Villages | Telugu Chodas | 50+ Epigraphs The Kanduri Chodas (also Kanduru Chodas or Eruva Chodas , c. 1020 CE – c. 1290 CE ) were a significant Telugu-speaking dynasty. While founded in the mid-11th century, their period of rule over the expansive realm of Kandurunadu (1100 villages) lasted from 1076 CE to 1224 CE . They presented themselves as descendants of the legendary Chola king Karikala . Their strategically located kingdom straddled the south banks of the Krishna River, south of the Kakatiya territory. Eruvanadu was part of the southern bank of the Krishna River, in the region historically known as Eruva. They served as feudatories to larger empires, primarily the Western Chalukyas of Kalyana and later the Kakatiyas, while often asserting their autonomy. Their period of sovereign rule over K...
⚔️ Musunuri Nayaks ⚔️ The First Sword of Telugu Resistance | Reclaiming Warangal (1325 – 1368 CE) ๐ฅ 43 Years of Glory | United 75 Nayakas | Restored Warangal | Defeated Delhi Sultanate The Musunuri Nayaks (1325 CE – 1368 CE) were Telugu warrior-chieftains of the Durjaya clan who rose as the first organised native resistance against the Delhi Sultanate after the cataclysmic fall of the Kakatiya Empire in 1323 CE. From their forest stronghold at Rekhapalli (near Bhadrachalam, on the Godavari), they rallied the surviving Kakatiya Nayakas, liberated Telangana, and reclaimed the imperial capital Warangal in 1336 CE under the leadership of Kapaya Nayaka . Their heroic stand revived Telugu political power, defended Hindu traditions, and set the stage for the Vijayanagara and Bahmani eras. I. Origins & The Kakatiya Twilight The Nayaka system of the Kakatiyas had divided the empire into 77 naya...