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Kandur

Kandur is located in current Addakal Mandal, Mahabubnagar district. In old days it is also called Kandurnadu or Kandurghana had about 1,000 villages in its jurisdiction and also called Kandur-1000 

Vaddavani-500 or Vaddemana-500 may be modern Nandi Vaddeman, formerly known as Vardhamaanapuram and Kodur in Nagarkurnool district is part of Kandurnadu for sometime.

In Kandurnadu Pangal, Kandur, Gangapur, Jadcherla are the marketing centers


Perur in Nalgonda is located in the ancient geographical division called Kandurnadu which corresponds to the modern taluks of Miriyalaguda and Devarakonda in Nalgonda , Suryapeta in Suryapet district, and Jadcherla, Mahabubnagar in Mahabubnagar district


Yapaniyas were active at Saundatti, Kalbhavi and Hannikeri all situated in Belgaum district, Karnataka

940 AD :  Prthivivarma built a Jain Temple to Kareya Gana of the Mailapa Anvaya
980 AD : Mahasamanta Santivarma a grandson of Prthivivarma built in 980 a second Jain temple at Sundatti and endowed it with a piece of land. The donation was received by the monk Bahubali Bhattaraka of the Kandur Ghana

Haihaya Chiefs

913 AD : Gommarasa I
913 AD : Padaturu, Nalgonda, Nityavarsha (Indra III) 
This Kannada inscription, engraved on a pillar, set up in front of Ramalingesvarasvami temple, belongs to the reign of Rashtrakuta king Nityavarsha (i.e., Indra III). It refers to mahasamanta Nurmadidhavala and to his subordinate chief Gommarasa, who was administering Kollipaka nadu-7000 division. Dated Saka 835, Srimukha (A.D 913), it registers the grant of several lands along with income from tax siddhaya by Chamangamunda, son of Aydamayya, to the temple raised by the former. Aydamayya is stated to have been ruling over Padaturu.

Nurmadi Tailapa II claimed descent from the earlier Chalukyas of Vatapi (Badami), and initially ruled as a Rashtrakuta vassal from the Tardavadi-1000 province in the modern Bijapur district of Karnataka. When the Rashtrakuta power declined following an invasion by the Paramara king Siyaka, Tailapa overthrew the Rashtrakuta king Karka II, and established a new dynasty.

1033 AD - 1042 AD : Kanduru Anemarasa  or Anemarasa I or Yanemarasa I
Ayyarasa of Haihaya family was ruling Kandurnadu under Somesvara I.

27th November A.D. 1033 & 15th July, A.D. 1038
Record from Mallesvaram Saka 955 and Saka 960 
Malleswaram, Kollapur Taluka : This inscription is on a stone in the Agastheswara Swamy temple. The grant was made on two different dates by a chief named Anemarasa of Kanduru who bears a string of epithets and feudatory of Jagadekamalla I. The inscription is important as it brings to light a new feudatory chief hitherto not known and contains the earliest mention of Kanduru, from which hailed the Telugu-Cholas of Kanduru. The first grant dated S 955 A.D. 1033, registers some gift of lands to Jagadindu Pandita, an ascetic, for imparting education (Vidyadana) and feeding ascetics (ahara). The second grant dated S.960 A.D, 1038, as also issued by the same chief i.e., Anemarasa from his nelevidu Pottalakere (Modern Patancheru in Medak District) in favour of the same ascetic. It also mentions another ascetic Chidisvara Pandita and the grant of the village Chimili on the banks of river Krishna.

Probably moved to Koduru
10th March 1054 AD : Tatiparthi
This inscription is on a stone pillar near the Bhairava temple. Incomplete. Records some grant as sravabadhaparihara by Kamarasa and Dadikoram barmayyar with the permission of Padiyaram Kuppayya in Koduru while mahamandalesvara Anemarasadeva was ruling over Koduru-300. Also mentions a certain Annam Bhimarasar.

1047 AD - 1049 AD : Sankarasa
25th August, 1048 AD : Malleswaram, Kollapur
Introduces a new subordinate chief named Sankarasar who was a crest jewel of the Chaluky family, who bears a string of epithets such as Bhupakandarpa, vairi kula kala sarpam, sangram viram, Raja marthandam, Kshatra pavitram, Ganda trinetram, Udara narayanam and Chakra kuta dharavar sa pura dahana, etc. which are almost similar to those met with in the inscriptions of Bijjarasa and Kanduru Anemarasar. The record further states that the above chief, on the auspicious occasion of pavitra arohana, made a gift of land 13 marttars in the village of Kulakuliya in Vaddemana-500, to the pontiff Chidisvara pandita of Agastheswara. The record was composed by Bijjaya who performed pattala karena and sandhvigrahi.

1050 AD - 1052 AD : Kumara Vijayaaditya I younger son of Somesvara I 
1051 AD : As per Mallesvaram in the Kollapur Inscription Saka 973,  Vijayaaditya I younger son of Somesvara I (1042 - 1068 AD) ruling Kandurnadu

1057 AD - 1058 AD : Ayyarasa
1058 AD : An inscription found at Nagai dated 1058 AD, Ayyarasa of Haihaya family was ruling Kandurnadu under Somesvara I.

1058 AD - 1079 AD Sankaraganda of Kandura
1058 AD : Manthati : This inscription is on a hill called Bayyanagutta outside the village. Records the installation of God Bhairava in Wanaparthy by Attikabbe, wife of Mesavala Ketaya mantri, ankakara Sankaraganda of Kanduru. This is the earliest reference to modern Wanaparti.

1077 AD : Kolanupaka Inscription - Sankaragandarasa No. 14 dated 27 August 1077, overlord Tribhuvanamalla 

1079 - 1088 : Jayasimha  Younger brother of Vikramaditya VI
1079 AD : Jayasingadeva or Jayasimha Younger brother of Vikramaditya VI

There was a rebellion by the emperor's younger brother Jayasimha, the viceroy of Banavasi, around c.1080-1082 which was quelled and the rebel pardoned.

1081 CE– The inscription, which is incomplete, registers a grant made by Dona, the younger brother of Mahasamantadhipati Eremayya who was administering the Purigere-300, for the Jain cult in Purikara. The gift was entrusted to Narendrasena (II), of the Sena-gana in the Mula Sangh, the disciple of Nayasena Suri who in his turn was the disciple of Narendrasena (I). It is stated that at the time of the record the king‘s younger brother Yuvaraja (Jayasimha III) was governing the two Six–Hundreds (vis. Belvola-300 and Purigere–300), Banavasi –12000, Santalige-1000 and Kandur-1000.

1082 AD : Slab record into the wall of the backyard of the Taluk office – South Indian Inscriptions vol XX, no 55 – refers to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Tribhuvanamalla ( Vikramaditya VI ) – not dated, based upon tithi it corresponds to 1082 CE – The inscription registers a gift of land made by the five-hundred members headed by Santi-setti of Purigere, after purchasing it form the Brahmanas with the money which had accumulated with interest, granted, formerly to Talara Nagavaraman, a subordinate of Vavana-nripati, to Lakkana-setti, father of Santi-setti, For the benefit of drawing water by picotta (eat) from the well called Ratanada-bavi When Trailokyamalla Vira–Nolama-Pallava-permanadi-Jayasimhadeva was governing Purigere-300, Belvola–300, Banavasi-12000 and Kandur-1000. It refers to one Jayakeaief Sagara family as the subordinate of Jayasimha.

1088 - Kandur Chodas
1088 AD - 1097 AD : Tondaya II Chola Maharaja
24 December 1088 AD : Kolanupaka, Bhuvanagiri
This inscription dated C.V.E. 13, Vibhava, Uttarayana Samkranti. (A.D. 1088, Dec. 24 ?) It records the gift of the land and other gifts to the God Uttar vara by the king's feudatory Mahamandalesvara Tondarasa Chola Maharaja of Kanduru, of the solar race and Karikala lineage who was ruling Kollipaka seven thousand. The inscription gives the Spiritual lineage of Kalamukha monk Ramesvara Pandita into whose hands the gift was made. The lineage is traced from Ramesvara Pandita I, his disciple Devabhakti Pandita, Kadaresvara Pandita and Ramesvara Pandita II. The gift was made for the anga bhoga and Rangabhoga of the god, the maintenance of the students studying there and a satra.

25th December, A.D. 1091 
Thus in all we have four records of Tondaya-Chola maharaja, dates ranging from the Chalukya Vikrama years 12-16 (1088-92 A.D.).

1091 AD : An unpublished epigraph from Panugallu dated C.V. 15 set up by Bhima's eldest son Tondaya registers some vrittis granted by him to a brahman who carried the ashes of his father Kandūru Bhima Chōda to Ganga for immersing them in that holy river.

Kolanupaka
This damaged inscription refers to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya VI.  1076 - 1126 AD. The details of the date are missing. It introduces the king’s feudatory Mahamandalesvara Kondaya Choladevamaharaja, of the solar race and Karikala’s lineage, lord of the foremost town of Kolur, who was ruling the province of the Kollipake-Seven-Thousand.

States that while the Chalukya Emperor Vikramaditya-VI was ruling, his feudatory mahamandalesvara Kanduri Tondaya Chola Maharaja, Lord of Kodurupura administering authority over Kollipaka-7000, made a gift to the temple of the God Vishnu, towards the anga and ranga bhogas of the God. It also states that previously a gift was made, on S.954, Angirasa, Ashadha, ba:15, Monday, (A.D. 1032) to the God Mallinatha, by Jagadekamalladeva. The gift consisted of 20 tanks, in Anemargo, situated in Kollipaka-7000 as free from all encumbrances. There is another incomplete record on the same slab which contains the prasasti of Amanaverggade Nannapayya, who was the Mahamatya of Jagadekamalla

Kolanupaka, Bhuvanagiri
Tribhuvanamalla ruling from Kalyana
Records a gift of the village Rachervu in Kodada-12 for worship and offerings to god Vishnudeva by Tondayachodamaharaja of Kanduru, who was ruling over Kollipake-7000. The contents are repeated again in a verse at the end.

Udayachoda I, Bhimachoda III, Gokarnachoda I  are the sons of Tonda II.

1104 AD  - 1128 AD : Kumara Tailapa the younger son of Vikramaditya VI was in possession of kandurnadu-1100 and Sindvadi-1000 with its capital at Tumbalam near Adoni and wanted to assert independence over kandurnadu.

Panugallu
The record is partly damaged. Mentions Tailapa, the son of the emperor, and seems to record Sift to a brahmana, son of Vaidyanatha in Gokarna-brahmapuri, probably by Mahamandalesvara Bhima Choda who is said to have obtained the whole of Kanduru mandala as fief from Tailapa. Details not clear.

Panugallu
Damaged. Describes a subordinate officer, a Mahamandalesvara (name lost) who is said to have secured his office from the King's son Tailapadeva. Gokarna is also mentioned.

It seems that Tailapa distributed the governorship of Kandurunadu between two brothers of the Choda family, Bhima III (who held Kodur and Vardhamanapura) and Gokarna I (who held Panugallu). 

1104 AD - 1105 AD : Kanduru Bhimana Choda Maharaja or Bhimachoda III son of Tonda II
31st December, 1104 AD : Kolanupaka.
This inscription is on a stone slab in the fields. It states that, while Chalukya emperor Tribhuvanamalladeva was ruling the ever increasing prosperous kingdom from the nelevidu of Kalyana, Kanduru Bhimana Choda Maharaja of the lineage of Karikala Kasyapa-gotra granted lordship over Bhaditippaparti included in Cheraku-70 included in the Irrama-300, of Kanduru- 1100 bada, making it agrahara to Kavaliya Brahmadevayya. The inscription bears at the end signatures of (1) Kavaliya Brahmadevayya, (2) Rajadhyaksha Jogadevayya (3) Sarvadhyaksha Peggada Komanayya and (4) Peggada Irugamayya.

But we have a record set by Kanduri Bhima Choda in the Chalukya Vikrama year 29, A.D. 1105 at Ramalingala gudem, near Nalgonda. 

1104 AD : Kammaravadi Inscription in the reign of Tribhuvanamalla (Vikramditya VI) mentions Mahamandelaswara Yanemarasa lord of Mahishmati of the Haihaya Vamsa ruling the territory in the neighbourhood of Kammaravāḍi in the old Hyderabad State

1110 AD - 1128 AD : Kumara Tailapa
25th December, 1110 AD : Malleswaram
This inscription is on a stone in the Agastyesvara temple. Records the gift of the village Vrepakallu situated in baliya Sarimale-12, of Ettapi-Kampana-90, of Kanduru - 1100, as Sarvanamasya, (free from all encumbrances) by mahamandalesvara Kumara Tailapadeva to the Gods Agastyesvara and chandalesvara installed by him at the instance of his foster-mother Bagi Abbe.

4th August 1121 AD : Nekkonda, Mahaboobnagar District.
Language : Kannada
This inscription dated C.V.E. 46, Plava, Sravana, Amavasya Sunday. (A.D. 1121, Aug. 14). It begins with the prasasti of Kumara Tailapadeva, the king's son by Chandaladevi and states that he was ruling from Kolur with his queen Lakshmi Devi and sons Permadi and Bikkideva. It registers the gift of the village Bhudupura (in Kanduru-70, in Nurumbada of Kanduru-1000) for worship at and repairs to the temple of the god Ramesvara of Nekkondi and for feeding the ascetics.

1123 AD: Bothpur, Mahbubnagar
This inscription is dated C.V.E. (46), Plava, Sravana amavasya, Sunday. Records the achievements of Kumara Tailapa Son of Chandaladevi. He was ruling from his nelavidu at Koluru with his queen Lakshmadevi, sons Permadi Deva and Bikkadeva. It also registers the gifts of the village Badambudu situated in Kanduru 70, a nurumbada to the God Ramesvara of Nekkonda for the worship and offerings to the god and for the repairs of the temple and for feeding the ascetics residing there by Kumara Tailapa. The titles of the prince namely Vengisa vana dava dahana and Chola Kula kumudini martandi mentioned in the previous records occur in this inscription also.


1125 AD : A jaina inscription data 1125-26 AD refers itself to the reign of Chalukya King Bhulokamalla (Somesvara III). It informs that when prince Tailapa was ruling over Kandurunadu a certain merchant Bommisetti of the Virabalangi community , is said to have constructed a chaityalaya , the deity of which was Parsvanatha at Gangapur after washing the feet of Meghachandra Bhattara

Amanakallu-70, a part of Kandurnadu.

The region of Kandurunadu located south of the Kakatiya territory formed the yuvaraja-vritti or kumara-vritti (royal appanage) of Kumara Tailapa, the younger brother of the Chalukya king Somesvara III. It appears that Kumara Tailapa was active in the region even during the reign of his father, King Vikramaditya, as Tailapa's earliest inscriptions in Kandurunadu date to 1110 C.E. In addition to Kandurunadu, Kumara Tailapa also held the province of Sindavadi, with its capital at Tumbalam (near Adoni).

Prince Tailapa eventually sought to become independent of his elder brother. While Bhima agreed to fight for Tailapa, Gokarna I remained loyal to King Somesvara. As a result, it seems that Gokarna was killed by Kumara Tailapa and Bhima in 1128.

1128 AD - 1136 AD : Sridevi Tondaya was the son of Udayaditya I, elder brother of Gokarna and Bhima Chōda . 
1128 AD : Anamala, Miryalaguda Taluk.
Belonging to the same period are two epigraphs from Anamala in Miryalaguda Taluk. They belong to the Kanduri Choda family which paid allegiance to the Western Chalukyas of Kalyani. One of them, dated Saka 1050 (A.D. 1128), was issued by Sridevi Tondaya and is silent about the overlord, suggesting an independant status.

This inscription is on a stone pillar set up in the fields towards the west of the village. The inscription records that Mahamandalesvara Kanduri Sridevi Tondaya of Kasyapa-gotra, Karikalanvaya, and solar race, the lord of Kodurupura granted the prabhutva (lordship) of Alamula included in Cheraku-70 (region) with ashtabhogatejas-svamyatas to Ajjala Erayana- peggada. The record, on the other three sides contains Telugu verses in Kanda and one in Champakamala metres, stating that certain Prolemaraja-amarya obtained (from the king) vrittis consisting of Chagamari-12 and Dodidorti-12 and other things. The Champakamala verse states the various royal insignia obtained by Proleyamatya which include, adapamu (betel bag),andalamu (palanquin), (royal) seats kamchagattu (.............), vichchadiya (permission to pay royal visits?), dharalu (swords), savadi-samkhulu (sounding conch shells), bherulu (beating drums), gamgu-gondamu (......), godugulu (umbrellas), pili (elephant), barha-kunta (peacock- fans?) and kham-vitanamu (...).

The last verse states that Adapa-Erayan-peggade obtained the prabhutva (lordship) from Tondaraja of the line of Jata Choda. From this record we understand that the Choda family of Kanduru belonged to the line of Jata Choda of Eruva as said in the Vollala inscription of Mallikarjuna Choda (Ep. Andhrica IV p.26). Secondly, Sridevi Tondaya, the donor of this record is not properly identifiable among the known members of the Kanduri Choda chiefs. Thirdly, it is not known how Proleyaraja-amatya and Erayana peggada were related to each other.

1131 AD : Adavi-Devulapalli, Miryalaguda Taluk
This inscription is on a slab lying in front of the Chennakesava temple. Records the installation of the deity Ramaramana at the place called Bauddham situated on the bank of the river Krishna by mahamandalesvara Kandari Tondaya-chada, who is described as Koduri- puravaradhisvara and belonging to Kasyapa-gotra and Karikalanvaya. While he was ruling from his capital Panugallur over Kandara nadu Vinuribada-nadu and Kondapalli-nadu, his minister Gopati son of Medama granted two khandugas of hand and taxes (sunkas) for maintaining perpetual lamp to the above deity.

1136 AD : Prola II, at the behest of King Somesvara, invaded Kandurunadu to put an end to the rebellion. Prola attacked the general Govinda-damdesa, who had received Panugallu from Kumara Tailapa after Gokarna was killed. Upon defeating and killing Govinda-damdesa, Prola restored Panugallu to Udaya Choda, the son of Gokarna. Prola's campaign into Panugallu seems to have occurred sometime between 1128 and 1136.

1136 AD - 1178 AD : Udayachoda II Son of Gokarnachoda I
King Udayanachoda, who was ruling a vast kingdom comprising 1,100 villages from Panugal in the present Nalgonda district, had expanded his kingdom as far as the present Mahabubnagar district, holding the strategic Krishna River belt under his control.

1137 AD : Kakatiya Prola II Defeated Kumara Tailapa. Kumara Tailapa finally attempted to become independent sometime in A.D. 1137. The Rachūru inscription of A.D. 1137 refers to him as the sovereign king with Gangapura as his nelavidu

1149 AD: Tailapa-III or Kumara Tailapa was defeated by Kakatiya Prola II around 1149 AD

Gona Kata Bhupati
a minister of Ganapati
Gona Kata Bhupati - Rudra Bhupati - Buddha Bhupati - Vithaia Raja - Buddha Reddy ( the author )
 
Gona Ruda Bhupathi

1190 AD - 1217 AD : Gona Buddha reddi I  
Gona Budda Reddy ruled a kingdom from Vardhamaanapuram (currently known as Nandi Vaddemaan) in NagarKurnool and Khilla Ghanpur (Fort Ghanpur) in modern-day Ghanpur, Wanaparthy  district.

Gona Buddha had a daughter Kuppamambika alias Kuppasanamma and her husband Malyala Gunda was a general of Ganapati.

1219 AD - 1230 AD: Gona Ganapayya or Vithala son of Gona Buddha reddi I
1219 AD : Nagadevapalli, Nagarkurnool. 
This inscription is on a slab laying in front of Hanuman Temple. Very much damaged. It mentions the chief Gona Ganapayya who made a grant for the merit of his over lord Kakatiya
Ganapatideva and his father Buddireddi, who is described as Eruva gonga, Kodvaluri puravaradhisvara and vitaranotsaha.

1224 AD : Gona Ganapayya Son of Gona Budha Reddi obtained by the grace of Ganapatideva, the Kandur-nadu which he was ruling from Vardhamanapura.

Ganapayareddi and Immadi Visvanatha seemed to have been ruling over Kandurnadu region, spreading over Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda and Kurnool districts between themselves as Mahasmanthas under the Kakatiya kings.

16th January, A.D. 1229 : Vardhamanapuram
This inscription is dated from S. 1150, Sarvadhari, Magha ba. 12, Thursday (?) (A.D. 1229, Jan. 16). This introduces the king`s feudatory Ganapayya who was the son of Gona Buddhi reddi as ruling over Kanduru nadu from his headquarters at Vardhamanapura. Next it refers to setti and Vaidisetti of the town Kirti Narayanapura. Tumbula who constructed Temples for Sakalesvara, Virabhadra Deva and Somanatha and made gifts of income derived from tolls etc. A supplement records the gift made by certain Visvanathadeva for the merit of Mancharasa the Sunkadhikari of Ganapatideva Maharaja in Margasira Su. 1, Monday.

1230 AD - 1262 AD : Gona Budha Reddy II 
Budha dedicates Ranganatha Ramayanam to his father Vithala or Gona Ganapayya
Gona Buha Reddy had three sons and 1 daughter. Gona Ganna Reddy,  poets Gona Kacha Reddy, Gona Vitalanatha and Kuppambika. 

18th August, A.D. 1259. : Bothpur
The very beautiful celestial creeper of Kuppambika, born in the great milky ocean of the Gona dynasty, an eternal ornament to the forest of Malayala dynasty, (and one who was) honoured by the learned men (the gods), bears fruit along with him.

1253 AD : Immadi Reddy, was responsible for the eastern section of the doab where the Gadwal samasthan became established

A warrior local in the area named Pedda Veera Reddy ( also known as Budda Reddy ) assisted Immadi Reddy in land clearing

1262 AD  - 1296 AD : Gona Ganna Reddy son of Gona Budha Reddy II
Wife : Annamambika Devi, considered to be one of the best friends of Rani Rudrama.

Gona Ganna Reddy had two brothers and one sister. They were the poets Gona Kacha Reddy, Gona Vitalanatha and Kuppambika. 

Gona Kacha Reddy and Vitalanatha's contributions include the completion of the Uttarakaanda section in the Ranganatha Ramayanam. Ranganatha's version was the first and foremost Ramayanam written in Telugu literary history by Gona Budda Reddy. 

His sister, Kuppambika is known to be the first Telugu woman poet as per Buddapuram inscriptions. Kuppambika married Malyala Gundadandadeeshudu, who was also known as Danda Senani.

Gona Ganna Reddy married the love of his life Annaambika, best friend of Rudramadevi. A 400-page Kakatiya historical novel was written by Adavi Baapiraju in 1946.

1276 AD : Malyala Gundanna
Malyala Gundanna constructed several lakes with the help of his brother-in-law Gona Ganna Reddy and died in 1276 AD at the time of Rudrama Devi's rule.

1294 AD : Vithala son of Gona Ganna Reddy
Gona Ganna's chief minister was Vithala, his own brother. Vithala is described as the rajyarakshamani, the jewel amulet of his kingdom, protector of people, aware of his duties, possessor of good qualities and the ruler of the kingdom of Raichur. The third Kakatiya offensive was directed against the Seuna Yadavas, who were also allies of Ambadeva. 

The main participant in this offensive seems to have been Gona Vithala, a Kakatiya subordinate who was ruling at Vardhamanapur in southwest Telangana. Gona Vithala captured the forts of Adavani and Tumbalam in the modern-day Bellary district, as well as Manuva and Hanuva in the Raichur doab. He then proceeded to capture the town of Raichur itself, where a fort was erected. Thus, the Seuna Yadavas had lost control over their southernmost territories in the Krishna-Tungabhadra basin. The Kakatiya invasion of this region seems to have occurred around 1294, the date of Gona Vithala's inscription describing his military achievements.



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Kodur

Kodur is called Kodurapura in olden times is located in Nagarjurnool district.

Most of Nagarkurnool district, Amangal in Rangareddy district,  Devarakonda, Miryalaguda in Nalgonda district are parts of Kodurapura during Koduru branch of Kandur Chodas rule.

1046 AD : Bijjarasa
10th April, A.D. 1046 : Kurumiddi, Kalwakurthy 
This inscription is on a well called Reddi bavi outside the village. Records the grant of two-thirds share of the agrahara of Kurumiddi in Koduru 300 by maneverggade Kuchimayya, on the occasion of Solar eclipse, while mahamandalesvara Koduru Bijjarasa was ruling, as the subordinate of the Western Chalukya king Trailokyamalla Somesvara-I. The record begins with the usual prasasti of the western chalukyas of Kalyana and gives a lengthy prasasti of Bijjarasa. He was described as udaramahesvaram, Satyayudhishtira, Ripubalanishturam, Saurya marthandam, Kadana prachandam, Saraswati mukha ratna bhushana. (ornament to the face of Goddess Saraswati), Samaraika bhushana, and the engraver of the inscription was Karanam Nagadevaya.

1048 AD : Samkarasa
Mahamandalesvara Samkarasa, figuring in a record dated Saka 970 (A.D. 1048). claims a victory over Chakra-kuta and endows the village of Chavunpalli, situated in Kudukuli- 13 included in Eltapi-90 which was a kampana or division of Vaddavana-500, for the upkeep of a sattra attached to the temple of Agastheswara, while he was camping at Tiviri in Kodaregada-nadu.

1054 AD : Kanduru Anemarasa 
10th March, 1054 AD : Anemarasa lord of Kodur
This inscription is on a stone pillar near the Bhairava temple. Incomplete. Records some grant as sravabadhaparihara by Kamarasa and Dadikoram barmayyar with the permission of Padiyaram Kuppayya in Koduru while mahamandalesvara Anemarasadeva was ruling over Koduru-300. Also mentions a certain Annam Bhimarasar.

1087 AD - 1097 AD Tonda II son of Bhimachoda II
25th December A.D. 1087 : Kolanupaka, Bhuvanagiri This inscription is from the old collection of D.V. Ramanacahrlu. Fragmentary. The beginning and the grant portions are missing. It seems to refer to the reign of Chalukya Tribhuvanamalla ruling from Kalyana. His subordinate Mahamandalesvara Kandura Tondaya Chola maharaja of Kasyapa gotra, Karikalan Vaya and solar race and the lord of Kodurpura, ruling Kollipaka-7000 province seems to have made some gift for the amga-ramga bhoga of the god Somesvara.

24th December A.D. 1088 : Kolanupaka
This inscription refers to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya VI. It is dated the Chalukya-Vikrama year 13, Vibhava, Uttarayana-sankramana. The said Sankramana of the specified year occurred on A.D.1088, December 24.

The epigraph introduces the king's feudatory Mahamandalesvara Tondarasa Chola- maharaja of Kandur, of the solar race and Kandur, of the solar race and Karikala`s lineage lord of foremost town of Kodur, who was ruling the province of Kollipake-Seven-Thousand.

It records the gift of land and other gifts to the god Uttaresvara by this chief and other officials. The gift was received by Ramesvara Pandita of the Kalamukha lineage.

21st May A.D. 1091 : Kolanupaka
This inscription is from the old collection of D.V. Ramanacahrlu. This inscription refers to the prosperous reign of the Chalukya king Tribhuvanamalla, ruling from Kalyana. His subordinate Mahamandalesvara, Kandura Tondaya Chola Maharaja of Kasyapa gotra, Karikatanvayaard Suryavamsa and the lord of Kodurupura is stated to have made the gift of Baliya Duddandi in Manemagga-70, as sarvana-amasya, to the god Somesvara of Kollipaka- 7000, the capital town, for the renovation work and feeding the ascetics.

24th December A.D. 1092 : Koppale, Devarakonda Taluk. : Western Chalukya.
This inscription on a stone set up on the tank bund. It refers merely to the Chalukya Vikrama Kala. It records the gift of the tank at Kroprolu and some revadu land at O(bi)jalapattu to certain Bilrikamti Anamta [Chimka] pandita for [maintaining] the choultry attached to Rudresvaradeva (temple) by Mahamandalesvara Kanduri Tondaya Choda Maharaja, of Suryavamsha, Kasyapagotra and Karikalanvaya. The title Kodurupaka-varadhi vara which appears in his Kolanupaka inscription is not mentioned here.

1097 AD - 1116 AD : Mallarasa or Mallikarjunachoda brother of Tonda II
1105 AD : we have a record set by Kanduri Bhima Choda in the Chalukya Vikrama year 29, A.D. 1105 at Ramalingalagudem, near Nalgonda. 

Amarabad : This inscription is on the pillar in the Siva temple. Dated C.V.E. 30, Durmati, Ashadha su. 8. Saturday. Records the gift of oil, rukas etc., for the perpetual lamps etc., to Ramesvaradeva by Dhennamma devi, chief queen of Kanduri Nalla Bhimadeva Choda Maharaja.

Lord of Kodurapura
25th December A.D. 1107 : Alampur, Mahaboobnagar District.
This inscription is dated C.V.E. 32, Sarvajit, Uttarayana Samkranti (A.D. 1107, Dec. 25, Wed ?). Records the gift of income from certain taxes and fines collected in the village Kandanavola on the Tungabhadra to the god Brahmesvara by Mahamandalesvara Mallarasa lord of Koduru, after loving the feet of mahasthsanapati Dharanindrarasi Pandita.

1116 AD - 1121 AD : Kanduri Nalla Bhimadeva Choda maharaja.
Choda chief , Nalla Bhimadeva - Choda , who is described as mahamandalesvara , Kodurpuravaresvara and as one who belongs to Surya - vamsa , Kasyapa - gotra and Karikala - anvaya .
18th June, 1116 AD : Gattuthimmam, UdimillaAchempet Taluk
This inscription is on a pillar in the mandap of Rameswara Swamy temple. Registers the gift of 18 tumus towards the daily rites of God Ramesvara of Tumenti and one ma of ghee towards perpetual lamp, and 24 rukas from Siddhayamu towards 24 vidyas by Vennamahadevi, the chief queen of Kanduri Nalla Bhimadeva Choda maharaja.

1110 AD - 1121 AD : Kumara Tailapa (Tailapa III)
29th October, A.D. 1110 : Alwanipalli.
This inscription is on two pieces in the compound of Anjaneya temple in the centre of the village. Begins with the prasasti of the Western Chalukya King Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya VI, and mentions his son and crown prince mahamandalesvara yuvaraja Tailapadeva. It describes certain Municipal regulations pertaining to the capital town of Koduru, formulated by the prince with the consent of the residents.

14th August A.D. 1121 : Nekkonda
Begins with the prasasti of Kumara Tailapadeva, the king's son by Chandala devi and states that he was ruling from Kodur with his queen Lakshmi devi and sons Permadi and Birideva. It registers the gift of the village Budupura in Kanderu-70 in Nurumbada of Kanduru 1000 for worship and repairs to the temple of the God Ramesvara of Nekonda and for feeding the ascetics.

1121 AD - 1128 AD : Kanduri Gokarna Deva Choda Maharaja
28th June, 1121 AD : Yeleswaram, Nalgonda District
This inscription is on Khazana building museum, dated C.V E. 33, [A D. 1110], Plava, Ashada, su. 11, Thursday [June 28, A.D. 1121]. Records a gift of the village Koduru to the god Yeleswara Deva by Mahamandalesvara Kanduri Gokarna Deva Choda Maharaja of the Karikala dynasty, and who was the ruler of Kodurpuravara. 

30th January A.D. 1128 : Anamala, Miryalaguda Taluk. : Western Chalukya
The record refers to the reign of the Chalukya king Bhulokamalladeva. His subordinate Mahamandalesvara Kanduru Gokarna Choda of the Solar race, Kasyapagotra and Karikalanvaya, the lord of Kodurupura is stated to have made the gift of twelve puttis and two marturs of wetland and two gardens given by the king at Elisvara, to the god Varadesvara of Alamala for his own merit.

1128 AD - 1131 AD : Sridevi Tondaya was the son of Udayaditya I, elder brother of Gokarna and Bhima Chōda . 
1128 AD : Anamala, Miryalaguda Taluk.
Belonging to the same period are two epigraphs from Anamala in Miryalaguda Taluk. They belong to the Kanduri Choda family which paid allegiance to the Western Chalukyas of Kalyani. One of them, dated Saka 1050 (A.D. 1128), was issued by Sridevi Tondaya and is silent about the overlord, suggesting an independant status.

This inscription is on a stone pillar set up in the fields towards the west of the village. The inscription records that Mahamandalesvara Kanduri Sridevi Tondaya of Kasyapa-gotra, Karikalanvaya, and solar race, the lord of Kodurupura granted the prabhutva (lordship) of Alamula included in Cheraku-70 (region) with ashtabhogatejas-svamyatas to Ajjala Erayana- peggada. The record, on the other three sides contains Telugu verses in Kanda and one in Champakamala metres, stating that certain Prolemaraja-amarya obtained (from the king) vrittis consisting of Chagamari-12 and Dodidorti-12 and other things. The Champakamala verse states the various royal insignia obtained by Proleyamatya which include, adapamu (betel bag),andalamu (palanquin), (royal) seats kamchagattu (.............), vichchadiya (permission to pay royal visits?), dharalu (swords), savadi-samkhulu (sounding conch shells), bherulu (beating drums), gamgu-gondamu (......), godugulu (umbrellas), pili (elephant), barha-kunta (peacock- fans?) and kham-vitanamu (...).

The last verse states that Adapa-Erayan-peggade obtained the prabhutva (lordship) from Tondaraja of the line of Jata Choda. From this record we understand that the Choda family of Kanduru belonged to the line of Jata Choda of Eruva as said in the Vollala inscription of Mallikarjuna Choda (Ep. Andhrica IV p.26). Secondly, Sridevi Tondaya, the donor of this record is not properly identifiable among the known members of the Kanduri Choda chiefs. Thirdly, it is not known how Proleyaraja-amatya and Erayana peggada were related to each other.

1131 AD : Adavi-Devulapalli, Miryalaguda Taluk
This inscription is on a slab lying in front of the Chennakesava temple. Records the installation of the deity Ramaramana at the place called Bauddham situated on the bank of the river Krishna by mahamandalesvara Kandari Tondaya-chada, who is described as Koduri- puravaradhisvara and belonging to Kasyapa-gotra and Karikalanvaya. While he was ruling from his capital Panugallur over Kandara nadu Vinuribada-nadu and Kondapalli-nadu, his minister Gopati son of Medama granted two khandugas of hand and taxes (sunkas) for maintaining perpetual lamp to the above deity.

1136 AD - 1178 AD : Udayana Choda Maharaja II
20th April, 1148 AD : Endabatti
Records the installation of an accompanying deity, Vaishravana Bhatti in the treasury of the Kesavadeva temple, in the village Endabarthi in Koduru 300 by the residents of the village Bachanayaka and Bhimanayaka with the approval of the innumerable mahajanas and sarvajna Vasudeva Bhattopadhyaya while mahamandaleshwar Kanduri Udayana Choda maharaju was ruling.

24th February A.D. 1149 : Srikonda
This inscription is on a slab set up near the ruined Siva temple near the tank bund. The record refers to the reign (Pratapa) of Chakravarti Jagadekamalla.

It stated that, Mahamandalika Ketaya of the Pallava lineage, obtained Kondapalli Nadu means of charter from Mahamandalesvara Koduru Udayana Choda Maharaja was ruling Sirikonda-rajya and made the gift lands and tolls on various articles of merchandise the gods Juvvesvara, Bhimesvaradeva, Kedaradeva, Jinadeva, Narayanadeva installed his father Juvvanayaka and brahmanas.

25th December, A.D.1162 : Jadcherla
This inscription is on a slab erected in the compound of Venkateswara temple. Records that the revenue officers dandanayaka Nalla Sidhamaya and Erra Sidhamaya of Udayana Choda maharaja granted two perpetual lamps to Svayambhu Somanadhadeva of Koduru. They also granted five gokarna singa rukas from the collective revenue of Gangapuram towards daily offerings. It is also mentioned that all future revenue officers should pay five rukis every month without failing them.


1178 AD - 1235 AD : Bhimachoda IV and Gokarnachoda II


1235 AD : Udayaditya Choda son of Somanathadeva
1235 AD : Edampalli, Devarakonda Taluk.
This inscription is on a stone in the field outside the village. The inscription registers the gift of his part (palu) of the village Nalladamapalli for the amgaramga bhogas and offerings to the god Mahesvara by Mahamandalesvara Kanduri Udayaditya Choda Maharaja of Kasyapa gotra, Karikalanvaya and solar race, the lord of Kodurupura for the merit of his father Somanathadeva.

1268 AD : Rudradeva, son of Gokarnadeva Vallabharaja

1282 AD : Mahamandalesvara Kanduri Ramanathadeva choda Maharaja 
16th April A.D. 1282 : Agamotukuru, Miryalaguda Taluk.
This inscription is on a stone pillar in front of the Anjaneya temple. The inscription,  refers itself to the happy reign of Kakatiyya Rudra Mahadevulu and introduces her subordinate Mahamandalesvara Kanduri Ramanathadeva choda Maharaja of Kasyapa Gotra,  Karikalanvaya and solar race and the lord of Kodurpura. He is said to have installed the god Viramalnathadeva after his father and endowed it with several gifts of lands as vrittis and monetary income out of tolls (sumka) and taxes (ari) in the village of Mrontukuru. The last portion of the record is the schedule of daily offerings to the god as follows: Rice of Rajana variety = 3 tumus: green gram 3 addas; ghee - 3 tavvas; specials - 2; payasa; good curries - 10;
curd - 3 adda; pepper - 1/2 sola; imiguva -3 sinnas; betel nuts - 15, leaves - 45; sandal - 20, palas per annum; Musk and camphor.
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Mahabubabad District History

Mahabubabad district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district was carved out from the erstwhile Warangal district following the re-organisation of districts in the state in October 2016. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Khammam, Bhadradri, Warangal, Mulugu and Jangaon districts.

Koravi Seema  must have consisted of the regions around the modern Mahbubabad and Dornakal Junction . To the west of " Koravi Seema " lay " Anumakonda Seema ". Madhira area of current Khammam district and Kuravi, Manukota area of current Mahaboobabad

Kakatiya Dynasty
895 A.D - 940 A.D : Erra / Erriya Son. Rashtrakuta vassal 
Ruled from Kakatipura. According to the Bayyaram inscription, Erra ruled Kurravadi and surrounding region.

936 AD : Kusumayudha II son of Vijayaditya Gonaga
Ruled Koravi region
Arikesari II (930 - 955 AD) of Vemulavada Chalukya defeated Govinda IV (930 - 936) dethroned him and transferred the Rashtrakuta empire to Amogavarsha III (936 - 939) and Koravi to Kusumayudha II son of Vijayaditya Gonaga.

c. 940 A.D - 950 A.D : Betiya Son. Rashtrakuta vassal. Mentioned in the Mangallu grant of Danarnava (970 – 973 AD)

c. 950 A.D - c. 995 A.D : Gunda IV / Pindi Gunda Son. Rashtrakuta vassal.
970 A.D : Gunda IV supplies help to Danarnava on behalf of his master, Krishna III, to help him set aside his brother, the Eastern Chalukyan king, Amma II, and occupy the throne of Vengi. As a result, Gunda is gifted with Natavadi / Manigallu as a token of gratitude.
 
973 A.D : Following the collapse of Rashtrakuta power in 973, Gunda IV became an independent chief. He took the opportunity to expand his fledgling dominions by attacking his neighbors to the southeast, the Mudigonda Chalukyas of the modern-day Khammam district.

995 AD : Kakatiya Gunda (950 -995) was eventually killed by one Viriyala Erra, who installed the Mudigonda Chalukya chief Bottu Beta as ruler of Koravi. 


Recherla Chiefs
1361 AD - 1384 AD : Anavotha nayaka
1375 AD - 1378 AD : Venna son of Madhava who is the brother of Anavotha
Anavotha nayaka, son of Singama nayaka came to rule after his father and changed his capital from Amanagallu to Rachakonda.
2nd August, A.D. 1375 : Kandikonda
This inscription is on a stone in front of Jagannatha Swami temple. States that Venna Mahipala, son of Madhava of the Recherla family, built in the town of Skandadri (Kandikonda) a temple for the god Janardana and installed the deity in it on Guruvara, Su. 5 of Sravana in the year Rakshasa S.1297 (A.D.1375, August. 2 Sunday) and granted land for carrying on worship therein. The inscription describes the lineage of Venna and gives a number of details about his ancestors. It is stated that the Recherla family was the purest of the Sudra caste which sprang up from the feet of Brahma born of the lotus navel of Narayaṇa, the lord of the Universe. Dacha of this family defeated the Pandyas in battle and put down their pride. He married Pochambika and had by her a son named Singabhupala; and Singa married Singamba and had two sons Annavota and Madhava. The latter's son Venna went by the command of his father from Devapuri (Devarakonda) to Skandadri and established himself there.

1378 AD : Kandikoa, Mahabubabad
Venna, who came to rule at `Skandadri` at the instance of his father constructed a temple dedicated to the god 'Skandadrinatha' with his consorts Uma and Ganga the latter being represented by the water in the tank 


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Jagitial District History

Jagtial district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is Jagtial. The district shares boundaries with Nirmal, Mancherial, Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Sircilla and Nizamabad districts.

753 AD - 973 AD : Rashtrakuta defeated Badami Chalukyas in 753 AD.
Founder : Dantidurga

Dharmapuri : This undated inscription was issued by Aitavarmarasa, of the Haihaya family, whose overlord was the Rashtrakuta king Krishna. It refers to the gift of hundred mattars of land situated in the village Tumbula of Veligonda-12, as siddhaya yielding the revenue of drammas by Ayyana on the day of asterism Uttarashadha to one of the mahajanas named Revana. It also mentions the names of Dharmyara along with Mallapura, probably the capital of the Haihaya subordinate. The record may be dated palaeographically to the ninth-tenth century A.D.

 Madhavaraya


1613 AD : Dhalapatiraya
15th April A.D. 1613  : Vellulla, Metpalli, Jagitial
This inscription is on a slab set up in the Sluice of the tank. It records the construction of the sluice of the Nagula tank by certain Minnayya son of Pushpala Ankayya of the Munnuri caste at the instance of Dhalapatiraya son of Juvvadi Madhavaraya of the Velama caste and the mutalique of Vengala Jagadeva son of Inumgamti Timma Jagadeva of the Padmanayaka caste.

1644 AD : Jupalli Dharmaraya
1644 AD : Dharmapuri, Jagityal 
This inscription is on a pillar of the mandapa in the Brahma Pushkarini. It records the construction by Tirmalaya, son of Chintala Narusaboyi, of the compound wall around the pushkarini and the mandapa on the vedika (platform) which was formerly constructed by Jupalli Dharmaraya. The latter is also stated to have built the steps around the Brahma Pushkarini.

1812 AD : Jupudu Dharmaravu deshmukh
1812 AD : Mallannapeta (Tirmalapur), Jagityal 
It registers the gift of land in favour of Venna Jiyya, the tammadi of Polasa by Jupudu Dharmaravu deshmukh. The gift land is intended for growing a flower garden for the daily worship of the deity (name not clear).


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Hanumakonda District History

Hanumakonda or Hanamkonda district, (formerly Warangal Urban district) is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters are located at Hanumakonda. The district borders the districts of Jangaon, Karimnagar, Warangal, Bhupalpally and Siddipet.

The district was formed in 2016 by carving out Warangal Urban district from the erstwhile Warangal district. In August 2021, the Warangal Urban district was renamed as Hanumakonda district. 

753 AD - 973 AD : Rashtrakuta defeated Badami Chalukyas in 753 AD.
Founder : Dantidurga

Bhimarasa
872 AD : Khajipet, Hanumakonda District.
Framentary. The inscription introduces Satyasraya Bhimarasa who obtained the privilege of using the pancha-maha sabdas (five musical instruments) and the status of mahasamantadhipati by serving (his overlord Amoghavarsha Sri Prithvi Vallabha Maharajadhiraja Paramesvara Bhattara) and records the grant of money to certain local officials and lays down fines for certain officers.

939 AD - 967 AD : Krishna III
Inavol, Warangal : This record is written in Hale-Kannada script of the tenth century A.D. and the donor, holding the offices of angaraksha and tantrapala in the services of the king Satyasraya, was none other than the Rashtrakula king Krishna III, the name and titles suggesting connections with the prasasti of the Badami Chalukyas.

Recherla Nayaks
1361 AD - 1384 AD : Anavotha nayaka
Anavotha nayaka, son of Singama nayaka came to rule after his father and changed his capital from Amanagallu to Rachakonda.
19th July A.D. 1369  : Ayanavolu, Hanamkonda
This inscription is in the Milaradeva temple. The inscription which is in Sanskrit verse and Telugu prose describes the genealogy of the Velama chiefs of Recherla family and records the village of Ayyanavolu on Guruvara, Sravana su. 15, Saumya, S. 1291 (=Thursday, 19th July, A.D. 1369) to the god Mailaradeva for the anga and runga-bhogas and other forms of worship by Anapora Nayaka son Singama Nayaka. It is stated that the gift was made by the king who was ruling over Orugallu, Tribhuvanagiri, Rajukonda, Singavaram and other Telugu countries, on the occasion of visit to the temple of the god during the course of his digvijaya (conquest of the quarters). In the genealogical account it is stated that the Recherla family to which the king belonged was honoured by the Kakatiya kings. Vennaya, the progenitor, had a son called Dachaya. The latter in accordance with the command of Prataparudra conquered the Pandyas, thereby acquiring the title of Pandya-rayagaja-kesari (lion the elephant king). Dachaya`s son was Singa; and he in turn had two sons, Anapotanayaka and Madhavanayaka, who are said to have ruled the kingdom jointly.

The inscription was composed by the poet Naganatha, son of Pasupati Pandita the Kausika-Brahmarshi gõtra. The Sanskrit portion in 27 verses is named as Nakshatramala. Naganatha who was also author of Vishnupurana in Telugu.

1383 AD - 1399 AD : Singama nayaka-II / Singabhupala-II
After Anapotanayaka his son Singamanedu II ascended the throne of Rachakonda. Singam Nayaka II was also known as “Sarvajna Singa Bhupala” and he was a great writer and poet.

Before coming to the throne he captured the fort of Kalyani in Gulbarga district. It appears that he went to Karnataka to help the Bahamani kings and took this fort during the campaign.

1399 AD -1421 AD : Anavotha nayaka-II
After Singhabhupala II his son Immadi Anapotanayaka came to the throne in 1399 AD. He is also known as Kumara Anapotanayaka and Pinnamanayaka. He is a contemporary of the Bahamani sultan Firoz Shah. The burden of saving his kingdom from Bukkaraya fell on him. As per Velugotivari Vamsavali he saved 10,000 people from Metuku (Medak) Fort. It is possible that Bukkaraya went up to Medak fort victorious and laid seize to it and Anapotanayaka relieved and saved the garrison during this campaign.

1421 AD - 1430 AD : Madanayaka II
After Anapotanayaka, his brother Madanayaka came to the throne in 1421 AD.,probably because Anapotanayaka’s eldest son Singamanayaka was too young to assume charge.

1430 AD - 1462 AD : Singama nayaka-III
After Madanayaka his brother Anapotanayaka’s son Mummadi Singamanayaka came to the throne. He ruled from 1430 AD. onwards. From his time, the Rachakonda and Devarakonda kingdoms fell into decline and by 1433 AD., the forts of Rachakonda and Orugallu were taken over by the Bahamani Sultan.

1433 AD – 1518 AD : Bahmani Sultanate (1347 AD - 1527 AD)
Founder : Zafar Khan or Hasan Gangu or Allauddin Hassan or Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah
Sep 22, 1422 - Apr 17, 1436 A.D : Ahmad Shah I or SHIHAB-UD-DIN AHMAD I

Gajapatis of Orissa
1460 AD : Gajapati Kapileswara
2nd February, 1460 A.D : conquest of Warangal Fort by Kapilesvara's son Hambira or Ambira and Raghudeva was the second in command. It is interesting to note that Hambira`s inscription is found on the eastern gate of the Warangal fort while Raghudeva`s record is incised on its western gate, locally known as the fifth gate. This appears to show that the two leaders of the Gajapati forces led the attack on the Warangal fort from two different sides.

The conquest of Warangal by the generals of Kapileswara is one of the events in the struggle between the Bahmanis of Gulbarga and the Gajapatis of Orissa. Varumgallu(Warangal) within the domination of Umainusaha (saha) described as the Suratana of Kalubaraga, i.e. the Bahmani Sultan Humayan Shah (1458-61 A.D.) of Gulbarga

This land is stated to have been situated in the western tract of the Andhra country which formed a part of
Bharatavarsha lying in the Jambudvipa section of the earth. This is in consonance with the old conception according to which Jambu-dvipa was one of the four or seven dripas constituting the earth.

The inscription is important as it confirms the statement of Firishta that the Gajapati king intervened in the political affairs of Telingana to the detriment of the interests of the Bahmani kingdom. Firishta states that when the Bahmani forces besieged Devarakonda, the Gajapati king sent some forces to help the ruler of Devarakonda. It was probably this same expeditionary force that marched to Warangal after relieving Devarakonda, and under the command of Ambira-deva succeeded in capturing the Warangal fort. The name of the fort, Varumgallu, is interesting as a development from Orugallu. 


1460 AD - 1529 AD : Dharma Nayaka brother of Singama Nayaka III
1462 A.D: Shayampet inscription - Dharmanayudu / Dharmanayaka, brother of Singama nayaka-III was appointed as the ruler of Warangal. However, now Recherla Nayaks lost their independence and became the tributaries of the Gajapatis of Orissa.

21st April, A.D. 1464 : Sayampeta, Parakal 
This long but incomplete inscription belongs to the Recherla chiefs, and records the gift of the village of Muccherla together with Mandapalle in Kothagattu sthala included, in the Voruganti Sima, with all the rights together with all the cultivators (Krishi valulu) on the occasion of lunar eclipse to God Tiruvengalesvara of Machcherla and to 12 Ayyangars and 12 Mahajanas both numbering 24 by Ravu Dharma Naidu’s son of Pinnamanayadu and Singamamba, grandson of Peda Anapotanayaka. The chief bears all the usual titles of the Recheria chiefs including, Kakatirajya Sthapana Acharya. The gifted village was divided into 34 vrittis of which 10 vrittis were allotted for the God Tiruvengalesvara of Macherla. 12 vrittis to Ayyangars and 12 vrittis to Mahajana and for the 24 murttis. On the second side, the name of the donors with their gotras and pedigrees are given. This is dated in S. 1386, Tarona, Vaisakha Su. 15. Vaddavara, Lunar eclipse; corresponding to Sunday 21st April, 1464 A.D.

This inscription is on a stone pillar erected about two furlongs off from Venkateswara temple, dated S. 1386, Tarana, Vaisakha su 15, Saturday, Lunar eclipse, (A.D. 1464, April 21). This inscription records the gift of villages Maccherla and Mada situated in Kottagattu sthala and Warangallu sima, by Dharmanayaka son of Pinnamanayaka, grandson of Peda- singamanayaka, and great grandson of Peda Annavota Nayaka of the Recherla family to the god Tiruvengaleswara of Maccherla, 12 ayyangars and 12 mahajanas. It is interesting to note that vrittis 10 to the god, 12 to the ayyangars and 12 to the mahajanas altogether 34 vrittis were granted to the donees together with the cultivators attached to them. The inscription contains a long list of the donees with their parentage and gotras.


Bahamani Sultan Muhammad Shah II defeated Lingama Nayaka and occupied Rachakonda and Devarakonda.
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Vikarabad District History

Vikarabad District in Telangana State, India is formed on October 11, 2016 with 18 mandals from erstwhile Rangareddy and Mahaboobnagar Districts 

Vikarabad is also known as Gangawaram(Ancient name) is a town named after 5th Amir of Paigah (1881-1902) and the Prime Minister of Hyderabad, Nawab Sir Vicar-ul-Umra Bahadur. Dharur and Ananthagiri hills were known as the mini hill stations of the Deccan.

Paigah family was a noble family from the former Hyderabad State. The family maintained their own court, individual palaces, and a standing army of about fourteen thousand infantry and cavalry troops.

Vikarabad had much natural beauty; hills and valleys, lakes and dense forests with abundant wildlife. “Hunting was a popular sport. But no outsider was allowed except Nizam and the Paigah family. The village of Machanapalli attracted lots of birds, including migratory birds and partridges. By 1898-99, the population of the newly founded town rose to 1029 - 441men, 269 women and 319 children,” Faiz Khan said.

Sir Vicar built Vicar Manzil, a palatial mansion for himself, Sultan Manzil for his son Nawab Sultan-Ul-Mulk besides a railway station, Paigah police station, post office, hospital, Vikarabad Bazaar, and a wooden hunting lodge which he had imported from London in 1882. He later gifted these to Nizam VI, Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Bahadur. 

Sir Vicar Ul Umra, known to be the founding father of the game of polo in India, established two polo grounds in Vikarabad too. There were five places of worship — Vikarabad Mosque, Aashoor Khana, Darga Alam Shaheed R.U.A, Anantha Padman-abha Swamy Temple (after which Ananthagiri Hills were named) and the church built by Rev. Gathwan. 

River Musi starts from Ananthagiri Hills and flows through the city of Hyderabad even today. But it is a mere trickle now.

Vikarabad District has 2 Revenue Divisions. 

Vikarabad Revenue Division formed with Marpalle, Mominpet, Nawabpet, Vikarabad, Pudur, Kulkacherla, Doma, Pargi, Dharur, Kotepally, Bantwaram mandals from Rangareddy District. 

Tandur Revenue Division formed with Basheerabad, Doulthabad, Tandur, Peddemul, Yelal mandals from Rangareddy District and Kodangal, Bommaraspet mandals from Mahaboobnagar District.

The district is spread over an area of 3,386.00 square kilometres (1,307.34 sq.mi). Its boundaries shared by the districts with Sangareddy, Rangareddy, Mahaboobnagar of Telangana state and the Karnataka state. As of 2011 Census of India, the district has a population of 927,140.

The ancient Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple which is located in Ananthagiri hills draws many visitors. Lord Vishnu is in the form of Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy and Ananthagiri is named after the main deity. The district is also home for many other temples viz. Pambanda Ramlingeshwara Temple, Bhavigi Bhadreshwara Temple, Bugga Rameshawaram, Bhukailas, Ekambareshawar, Jhuntupally Rama and Kodangal Venkateshwara Swamy temples.

Projects such as Kotipally, Jhuntupally, Laknapur, Sarpan Pally cater to the irrigation needs of the district besides being the places of tourists’ interest.

Tandur, one of the important towns in the district, is the industrial hub of the district. Tandur is the main producer and distributor for blue & yellow limestone. Tandur is also famous for Redgram (Pigeon pea) production. Laterite and other stone mines, cement factories and many toor dal mills located in and around Tandur employ many.

700 BC - 300 BC Asmaka (One of the 16 Mahajanapadas)
Founder : Unknown (Believed to be Asmaka)
Capitals : Potana or Potali or Paudanya of Mahabharata or today's Bodhan.
Languages : Prakrit
Religion : Budhism, Jainism, Hinduism

c.300 BC - 232 BC : Mauryan Empire (322 BC –185 BC)
Founder : Chandragupta Maurya (320 BC - 298 BC)
Capital : Pataliputra
Languages : Prakrit
Religion : Budhism, Jainism, Brahmanism

c. 232 BC - c. 208 AD : Pre-Satavahana and Satavahana Dynasty
Founder : Simuka
Languages : Prakrit, Sanskrit, Telugu
Religion : Budhism, Jainism, Hinduism

208 AD - c. 320 AD : Ikshvakus
Founder : Vashishthiputra Sri Santamula (Santamula I) 
Capitals : Vijayapuri (Nagarjunakonda).
Language : Telugu
Religion : Hinduism, Budhism
Ikshvakus were originally feudatories of the Satavahanas and bore the title Mahatalavara.

c. 320 AD - 340 AD : Pallava Dynasty (275 AD - 897 AD)
Pallavas were initially feudatories of Satavahanas and later ruled independently from Kanchipuram.

c. 340 - 477 A.D : Vakataka Dynasty (250 AD - 500 AD)
Founder : Vindhyashakti (250 AD - 270 AD)
Capitals : Vatsagulma, the present day Washim in Maharashtra.
Languages : Maharashtri Prakrit, Sanskrit
Religion : Budhism, Hinduism

c.380 AD - c.611 AD : Vishnukundins
Founder : Indravarma/Maharajendrvarma (380 AD - 394 AD)
Capitals : Amrabad in Mahaboonagar and extended it to Bhuvanagiri, Ramannapeta in Nalgonda and Keesaragutta in Rangareddy. Built Indrapala in Nalgonda. Eluru, Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh
Languages : Telugu, Sanskrit
Religion : Hinduism (Vaisnavism)

c.550 AD - 753 AD : Badami Chalukyas (543 AD - 753 AD)
Founder : Pulakeshin I
Capitals : Badami
Languages : Kannada, Sanskrit
Religion : Jainism, Hinduism


753 AD - 973 AD : Rashtrakuta Dynasty
Founder : Dantidurga Capitals : Manyakheta
Languages : Kannada, Sanskrit
Religion : Jainism, Hinduism

973 AD - 1158 AD : Western Chalukyas / Kalyani Chalukyas (973 AD - 1189 AD)
Founder : Tailapa II
Capitals : Manyakheta, Kalyani (Basavakalyan in Bidar , Karnataka)
Languages : Kannada, Sanskrit
Religion : Jainism, Hinduism

1158 AD - 1323 AD : Kakatiya Dynasty
Founder : Venna
Capitals : Anumakonda(Hanumakonda), Orugallu / Ekasilanagara (Warangal)
Languages : Telugu, Sanskrit, Kannada
Religion : Jainism, Hinduism (Saivism)

1323 AD - 1336 AD : Tughlaq Dynasty
Ulugh Khan (also known as Muhammad bin Tughluq), the general that conquered Warangal, renamed it "Sultanpur" and remained as the governor of the region for a short period, thus ending the Kakatiya dynasty.

1336 AD - 1350AD : Kapaya Nayaka (1333 AD - 1368 ADMusunuri Nayaks 
1350 : Bahman Shah led his first campaign against Warangal and forced its ruler  to cede to him the fortress.

1350 AD - 1518 AD : Bahmani Sultanate / Kingdom (1347 AD - 1527 AD)
Founder : Zafar Khan or Hasan Gangu or Allauddin Hassan or Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah
Capitals : Kalaburgi /Aḥsanabad now Gulbarga (1347–1425), Muhammadabad now Bidar (1425–1527)
Religion: Sunni Islam
Languages : Persian, Marathi, Deccani Urdu, Telugu, Kannada

Mar 26, 1482 - Dec 27, 1518 AD : Mahmood Shah Bahmani II
He ascended the throne at the age of 12 years, when new-comers had been over thrown. New Regency was formed with Queen as president. Qasim Barid was entitled with Barid-ul-mumalik.

1495 AD - 1518 AD : Qutbul-Mulk was appointed as the Governor of Golkonda in Tilangana in 901 AH /1495-96 AD who controlled over Warangal, Rachakonda, Devarkonda and Koilkonda and was awarded the title Qutb-ul-Mulk (Pillar of the Realm) as military chief. 

1513-14 : Kodangal was part of Koilkonda.
Language : Persian and Naskh. This inscription on a Dargah of Nizamu`d-Din, slab in the southern wall from Kodangal in the Mahbubnagar District, states how the two villages called Awlin the big and Awlin the small were merged into one and named Husainabad which was endowed for running the langar of the twelve imams. The record constitutes a will executed by Malik Qutbu-l-Mulk, the progenitor of the Qutb Shahi rulers of Golconda in A.H. 919 (1513-14 A.D.). It is worth noting that the inscription, in as much as it does not mention Qutb Ul-Mulk with any royal title, is additional epigraphical evidence against Firishta's statement that Qutb Ul-Mulk assumed kingship in A.H. 918 (1512-13 A.D.).

1518 AD : He declared the independence of Golconda, after the disintegration of the Bahmani Kingdom into the five Deccan sultanates. Soon after, he declared independence from the Bahmani Sultanate, took the title Qutub Shah, and established the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda (1518-1687 AD)

1518 AD - 1687 AD : Qutb Shahi dynasty or Golconda or Golkonda Sultanate
Founder : Sultan Quli Khawas Khan Hamdani or Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk
Capitals : Golconda (1519 - 1591), Hyderabad (1591 - 1687)
Languages: Persian, Telugu, Deccani Urdu
Religion: Shia Islam

1518 AD  - 1543 AD : Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk
Sultan Quli Qutb Shah was a contemporary of Krishana Deva Raya and his younger brother Achyuta Deva Raya of the Vijayanagara Empire. Sultan Quli extended his rule by capturing forts at Warangal, Kondapalli, Eluru, and Rajamundry, while Krishnadevaraya was fighting the ruler of Odisha. He defeated Sitapati Raju (known as Shitab Khan), the ruler of Khammam, and captured the fort. 

1687 AD - 1724 AD : Mughal Empire
1713 : Mir Qamaruddin Siddiqi was appointed governor by the Mughals.
1724 : Mir Qamaruddin Siddiqi was granted the control of Hyderabad by the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah with the title Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah after defeating the rival from Maratha Empire.

1724 AD - 1948 AD : Asaf Jahis
1798 : Hyderabad became the first Indian royal state to accede to British protection under the policy of Subsidiary Alliance instituted by Arthur Wellesley.

Aug 15, 1947 : Indian Independence from British. Osman Ali Khan ASAF Jahi VII chose to remain independent. 

Sep 17, 1948 : Operation Polo, was a military operation ordered by then Indian Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Sep 13 1948 in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the State of Hyderabad and overthrew its Nizam on Sep 17 1948, integrating Hyderabad in to India.
Sep 17, 1948 - Oct 31, 1956 : Hyderabad State, India.

Sep 17 1948 - Dec 31 1949 : Major General J. N. Chaudhuri who led Operation Polo stayed on as Military Governor.

26 January 1950 - 31 October 1956 : Last Nizam, Osman Ali Khan ASAF Jahi VII as Rajpramukh. Rajpramukh was an administrative title in India which existed from India's independence in 1947 until 1956. Rajpramukhs were the appointed governors of certain of India's provinces and states.
26 Jan, 1950 - 6 March, 1952 : M. K. Vellodi was Chief Minister of the state appointed by Government of India.

6 March, 1952 - 31 October 1956 : In the 1952 Legislative Assembly election, Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao was elected Chief minister of Hyderabad State.

Nov 1, 1956 - June 1, 2014 : Andhra Pradesh State, India
In December 1953, the States Reorganisation Commission was appointed to recommend the reorganisation of state boundaries. The panel was not in favour of an immediate merger of Telangana with Andhra state, despite their common language. With the intervention of the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Telangana and Andhra states were merged on November 1, 1956. Nehru termed the merger a "matrimonial alliance having provisions for divorce".

June 2, 2014 : Telangana became 29 state of India. On June 2, 2104, K Chandrasekhar Rao (born 17 February 1954) from Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) takes oath as the first chief minister of Telangana, India's 29th state representing the Gajwel Assembly constituency.

December 7, 2023: Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 8 November 1969) second Chief Minister of Telangana since 7 December 2023. He represents Kodangal constituency in the Telangana Legislative assembly from Indian National Congress (INC).

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Panagal

Panagal also called Panugal, Panugallu or Panagallu or Panagallupura is located in Nalgonda district and part of Eruva region in old days.

c.1040 - c.1065 : Eruva Bhima I
In the Eruva line, Bhima the lord of Phanugallu-pura, was born for the rejoicing of all.
Subordinate to Western Chalukya King Somesvara I (1042 - 1068).
Granted the lordship of Cheraku together with its 12 villages to Cheraku Chief Kata I.

c.1065 - 1077 : Tonda I son of Eruva Bhima I
Subordinate to Western Chalukya King Somesvara I (1042 - 1068).
Eruva Tonda , apparently , was a military commander in the army of Dandanayaka Mahapradhani Anantapalayya. 

1076 AD : Jayasimha III Governor
A.D. 1076 introduces the kings subordinate Bhuvanaikamalla-Vira-Nolamba with epithets Vira-Pallavanaya, Pallavakula-tilaka, Amoghavakya and Kanchipuravaresvara as governing Nolambavadi, Panungalnadu and Banavasi-desa. We know that these epithets were borne by the kings younger brother Jayasimha III who is called Trailokyamalla-Vira-Nolamba in the records of his father Trailokyamalla-Somesvara I. Our inscription credits him with the governorship of Banavasi-desa and Panungal-nadu in addition to Nolambhavadi. The inscription also reveals the name of his queen Maladevi.

May 8, 1077 AD : Kollipaka - Mahamandalesvara Eruva Tondarasar, a Telugu-Choda chief sets up an inscription at the same place in Saka.999, Ptnga|a Jyestha su. 13, (A.D. 1077, May 8) (No. 13) to lecordhts gift of perpetual lamps to Somesvara Deva of Kollipaka, where in no reference is made to any overlord.

1077 AD - 1091 AD : Bhimachoda II son of Tonda I
Bhima Choda the lord of Panagallu in Nalgonda

1088 AD - 1097 AD Tonda II
1088 AD - 1091 AD : Ruling Kolanupaka
Koduru near Mahbubnagar became their secondary capital. They adopted the titles Kodur pravaresvara and Kandūri-Chōḍa representing their new capital and additional fief respectively.

1091 AD : An unpublished epigraph from Panugallu dated C.V. 15 (1091) set up by Bhima's eldest son Tondaya registers some vrittis granted by him to a brahman who carried the ashes of his father Kandūru Bhima Choda to Ganga for immersing them in that holy river.

24th December, A.D. 1088 and 25th December, A.D. 1091 : Kolanupaka, Bhuvanagiri 
Vikramaditya VI and Tondaya-Chola-Maharaja.
Both the inscriptions A and B, which belong to the rule of Tribhuvanamalla (i.e. Vikramaditya VI). refer to the Telugu-Choda chief Tondaya-Chola-maharaja of the Kanduru branch. They are dated, apart from other details, in the Chalukya Vikrama years 13 and 16 respectively. Two more inscriptions of this chief bearing dates Chalukya-Vikrama year 12, Prabhava, Uttarayana-sankranti and year 16 of the same era, Prajapati, solar eclipse respectively, are found in Kolanupaka itself. Both the inscriptions, like the inscriptions under study, refer themselves to the rule of Tribhuvanamalla suggesting the feudatory status of the Telugu Choda chief under the imperial Chalukya ruler. Thus in all we have four records of Tondaya-Chola maharaja, dates ranging from the Chalukya Vikrama years 12-16 (1088-92 A.D.)

1092-93 AD : Koppole, Nalgonda.
This inscription, engraved on a slab lying near a tank opposite the Muthyalamma temple, is in Telugu language and Characters and is dated in the Chalukya Vikrama era (year not specified) Angirasa (A.D. 1092-93). It registers a gift of land in the village Jalapattu for the upkeep of the lake at Kroproli and for the maintenance of the Rudresvaradevara-satra, on the occasion of Uttarayan-Sankranti, by Kanduri-Tondaya-Cholamaharaju. The gift was entrusted to Chilyakamti-Anamtasaka-Pandita.

Tonda II has 3 sons Udatiya, Bhima and Gokarna

1097 AD - 1104 AD : Mallikarjunachoda brother of Tonda II
general dandanayaka Rudramayyanayaka
1098 AD :  A number of newly-discovered inscriptions refer to the political conditions prevailing in the twelfth-thirteenth centuries A.D. Among these, mention may be made of the one from Vellala: dated in Saka 1020 (A.D. 1098) and written in Sanskrit language it refers to Mahamandalesvara Mallikarjuna of Kanduri Choda family and traces the genealogy of the family to Karikala and Eruva Bhima. 

1104 AD - 1116 AD : Bhimarasa
15th May A.D. 1116 : Panugallu
States while the Chalukya emperor Tribhuvanamalladeva ruling kingdom of the earth, Bhimarasa, a relation of Kanduru Somaladevi installed Gangadevi and Gangesvara and submitted to the emperor who was camping in the Uppayana (Vidu) Kollipaka, that he should consider this as his own work of charity (dharma). It is stated that, the emperor having complied with Bhimarasa's request, made gifts, of land Bhatti-Koduru, Namagallu, Bikkikere etc, included in Bhimavara-12 offerings of Gangesvaradeva after washing feet of Vagisvaradeva.

1116 AD - 1128 AD : Kandur Gokarnachoda I son of Tonda II
Gokarna is ruling from Panugal.
10th March, 1122 AD : Panugal, Nalgonda District
Hail ! in the Calukya-Vikrama year 1043, (being the cyclic) year Subhakrt, in the month of Phalguna, on Amavasya, on Friday, on the occasion of the Solar Eclipse, the glorious Maha-mandalesvara king Gokarna-Coda, washed the feet of Gavaliya Bhimana Peggada, son-in-law of Kammana-peggada, and gave away after pouring water (i.e. in the formal way), the lordship of Maduvulu of 30 badi of Kukkudamu with the asta-bhoga rights.

11th August 1124 AD : Panagallu
This inscription is on a stone pillar lying in the Pachala Someshwara Temple. Damaged and fragmentary. Records that, on the occasion of Surya grahana in the year Krodhi, S.1046, Mailambika, wife of Tondanripa who had three sons viz., Udayaditya, Bhima and Gokarna granted an agrahara called Choda Bhima Narayanapuram to 108 Brahmanas. Though the month, tithi, and vara (day in week) are not given, the date of the inscription can be calculated on the basis of the solar eclipse, of which there was only one in the year given in the record. It corresponds to Monday, 11th August, A.D. 1124.

27th November 1127 AD : Mamillapalli
This inscription is in the temple of Narasimha Swami. The record is in two parts. The first part states that certain Bhupala Navisetti devotee of Narasimha with the consent of Gundaya Peddana purchased 40 vrittis in Mavindlapalli and 1 vritti belonging to Gundadeva and donated it for the observance of daily worship and naivedya of Sri Narasimha deva. The second part states that Hari hara dasa kheyideva dandanayaka subordinate of Kanduri Gokarna deva Choda maharaja granted 6 puttis of land (chenu) of Mangallu, seed yielding velivolamu in Pomi reddi Cheruvu and marttars to the daily naivedya of Narasimhadeva.

10th June, 1128 AD : Gattuthimmam
This inscription is on a left pillar in the Siva temple. Records a grant of 2 rukas of Siddhaya to the God Ramesvara deva of Tummeta to maintain perpetual lamp by a certain Pilabache nayaka probably a samanta of Gokarnadeva Choda maharaja for the prosperity of the king.

1128 AD - 1131 AD : Sridevi Tondaya was the son of Udayaditya I, elder brother of Gokarna and Bhima Chōda . 
1128 AD : Anamala, Miryalaguda Taluk.
Belonging to the same period are two epigraphs from Anamala in Miryalaguda Taluk. They belong to the Kanduri Choda family which paid allegiance to the Western Chalukyas of Kalyani. One of them, dated Saka 1050 (A.D. 1128), was issued by Sridevi Tondaya and is silent about the overlord, suggesting an independant status.

This inscription is on a stone pillar set up in the fields towards the west of the village. The inscription records that Mahamandalesvara Kanduri Sridevi Tondaya of Kasyapa-gotra, Karikalanvaya, and solar race, the lord of Kodurupura granted the prabhutva (lordship) of Alamula included in Cheraku-70 (region) with ashtabhogatejas-svamyatas to Ajjala Erayana- peggada. The record, on the other three sides contains Telugu verses in Kanda and one in Champakamala metres, stating that certain Prolemaraja-amarya obtained (from the king) vrittis consisting of Chagamari-12 and Dodidorti-12 and other things. The Champakamala verse states the various royal insignia obtained by Proleyamatya which include, adapamu (betel bag),andalamu (palanquin), (royal) seats kamchagattu (.............), vichchadiya (permission to pay royal visits?), dharalu (swords), savadi-samkhulu (sounding conch shells), bherulu (beating drums), gamgu-gondamu (......), godugulu (umbrellas), pili (elephant), barha-kunta (peacock- fans?) and kham-vitanamu (...).

The last verse states that Adapa-Erayan-peggade obtained the prabhutva (lordship) from Tondaraja of the line of Jata Choda. From this record we understand that the Choda family of Kanduru belonged to the line of Jata Choda of Eruva as said in the Vollala inscription of Mallikarjuna Choda (Ep. Andhrica IV p.26). Secondly, Sridevi Tondaya, the donor of this record is not properly identifiable among the known members of the Kanduri Choda chiefs. Thirdly, it is not known how Proleyaraja-amatya and Erayana peggada were related to each other.

1131 AD : Adavi-Devulapalli, Miryalaguda Taluk
This inscription is on a slab lying in front of the Chennakesava temple. Records the installation of the deity Ramaramana at the place called Bauddham situated on the bank of the river Krishna by mahamandalesvara Kandari Tondaya-chada, who is described as Koduri- puravaradhisvara and belonging to Kasyapa-gotra and Karikalanvaya. While he was ruling from his capital Panugallur over Kandara nadu Vinuribada-nadu and Kondapalli-nadu, his minister Gopati son of Medama granted two khandugas of hand and taxes (sunkas) for maintaining perpetual lamp to the above deity.

1136 AD : Govinda
Prola II, at the behest of King Somesvara, invaded Kandurunadu to put an end to the rebellion. Prola attacked the general Govinda-damdesa, who had received Panugallu from Kumara Tailapa after Gokarna was killed. Upon defeating and killing Govinda-damdesa, Prola restored Panugallu to Udaya Choda, the son of Gokarna. Prola's campaign into Panugallu seems to have occurred sometime between 1128 and 1136.

Govindaraja or Govinda danḍesa is not settled . There was a Govinda , an early contemporary of Prola II , a nephew ( sister's son ) of Anantapāla daṇḍanāyaka , the famous general of Vikramaditya VI . Govinda danḍanayaka of Kondapalli and Bhima Chōla III seem to have extended their support to the revolting prince Tailapa .

1136 AD - 1176 AD : Kandur Udayachoda II Son of Gokarnachoda I
General : Arasalu
King Udayanachoda, who was ruling a vast kingdom comprising 1,100 villages from Panugal in the present Nalgonda district, had expanded his kingdom as far as the present Mahabubnagar district, holding the strategic Krishna River belt under his control.

25th December A.D. 1136 : Peruru, Miryalaguda Taluk, Nalgonda District.
This inscription is set up before the mukhamandapa of the swayambhu Someswara temple. Records the gift of land by madalika Gunadya, an officer under the chief for conducting the offerings and worship on the day of Uttarayana-Sankranthi. The land was measured by a rod called ghada-marturu to the deity Kesavadeva installed by Yajnavalki Kesava-bhatta.

Sirikonda inscription dated A.D.1149 states that, Mahamandalika ketaya of the Pallava lineage obtained kondapallinadu by means of charter from Mahamandaleshwar Koduru Udayana Choda maharaja who was ruling Sirikonda-rajya, made the gift of lands and tolls on various articles of merchandise to the Gods namely adjusted in to the God’s hundi.

An inscription on a stone slab dating back to 1158 CE has been discovered and reported by the villagers of Vavikollu in Gundlapally mandal of Nalgonda district.The orders were passed on a Sunday, which was Pournami (full moon night) of lunar eclipse on August 10, 1158, when the King had gifted his Raj Purohit Sarvadeva Somayajulu a village named ‘Bodavipparru.’ The inscriptions stated that the village was exempted from any form of taxation and that Somayajulu could enjoy the land as per his wishes.

1176 AD -  1239 AD : Cheraku Bolla II 
1202 AD : Lord of Panugallu, Uppunututa

1239 AD - 1258 AD : Kayastha Ganagaya Sahini
Capital : Kroccherla (Eruva-73 region)
Kayastha Chief Ganagaya Sahini was ruling the region extending from Panugallu in Nalgonda District to Valluru in the Cuddapah district and has the title of Gandapendara.

1250 AD : Led a military expedition into the Seuna kingdom in the west at the command of his master Ganapatideva and made king Kannara or Damodara flee from battle field and was made the head of the seventy two branches of administration of the kingdom.

1254 AD: Encounter with Vaidumba chief Rakkasaganga, was ruling Marjavadi and Pottapinadu regions

1253 AD : An epigraph dated Saka 1175 (A.D. 1253) while mentioning the name of the Kayastha
chief Gangayasahini, mentions his father Sri Dhanava and grandfather Sri Dhasuva who were not known previously. The location of this inscription confirms the statement made in other records of Gangayasahini that his territory extended from Panugallu (in District Nalgonda) to Marjavadi (in District Cuddapah). The Kayasthas served as subordinate chief under the Kakatiyas.

1258 AD - 1266 AD : Kayastha Jannigadeva (Gangayasahani sisters eldest son) 
Credited with the title of “right hand of Ganapatideva” and granted the village Pondaiur to SantativadetRai

1266 AD - 1269 AD : Sarangapani Deva son of the Seuna king Singhana
1267 AD : Inscription of Sarangapani Deva in the temple of Chaya Somanatha at Panugal of Nalgonda district dated 1267 A.D. which registers a gift of land to the temple by Sarangapanideva son of Seuna king Singhana a subordinate of the Kakatiya Manma Rudradeva which is the same as Rudramadevi. Evidently Sarangapanideva who had seized the fort of Panugal realised that it would be impossible for him to exercise independence without accepting the suzerainty of the Kakatiya queen. In a similar manner it is possible that other Yadava feudatories who might have been exercising control over the Raichur doab might also have accepted the overlordship of the Kakatiyas.

1269 AD - 1270 AD : Gandapendara Jannigadevaraja
1269 AD ; Durgi, Palnad Taluk, Guntur District.
This inscription is on a slab in the temple of Gopalaswami, dated S. 1191 (Sukla). States that, while Rudrama-Mahadevi, the pattoddhati (?) of Gaṇapatideva, was ruling at Orugallu and her servant Gandapendara Jannigadevaraja was governing the country from Panungallu to Marjavada, karagam Namaya consecrated the image of Gopinatha at Dugya in Pallinadu and made grants of land and assigned certain taxes for its worship.

1270 AD - 1289 AD : Cheraku Mallikarjuna Nayaka son of Bolla 
26th December, A.D. 1271 : Irvin, Kalwakurthy
This inscription is on a pillar in the midst of the village. This inscription records a gift of land to God Indresvara by mahasamanta Vavilala Rudraya reddi for the merit of his sister Rudrasani. This inscription refers to the fact that there were matrimonial alliances between Cheraku and Vavilala families

Immadi Mallikarjuna nayaka son of mallikarujuna nayaka who was the minister of the king, made the gift of vrittis of wet land behind the Udayadity- samudra, arranged five special canal facility to that big land.

Nov 27, 1289 AD Chandupatla Inscription - Chandupatla Village , Nakrekal Mandal, Nalgonda District: As per this inscription, His nephew, Ambadeva declared his independence from Kakatiyas and Rudrama Devi personally led the army to crush the rebellion. It looks like Rudrama Devi died in her attempt to crush the rebellion, most probably killed, along with a General Mallikarjuna Nayudu on 27 November 1289, but there was no mention of the reason and the place of her death.

1289 AD - 1323 AD : Cheraku Immadi Mallikarjuna Nayaka son of Mallikarjuna Nayaka
16th May A.D. 1290. Panugallu.
This inscription is on a pillar in the compound of Chhaya-Somesvara temple. Records that, while Kakatiya Kumara Rudradeva was ruling the kingdom of the world, his subordinate Immadi Mallikarjuna Nayaka, son of Mallikarjuna Nayaka who bore the titles nissanka-Vira and Rayasthapanacharya and grandson of Bollasenapati, the minister of the king, made the gift of some virittis of wetland behind the Udayaditya-samudra for the anga and ranga-bhogas of Chhaya-Somanatha of Panugallu so that merit might accrue to the king. The inscription also describes the genealogy of the royal family beginning with Kakatiya Ganapati. His son was Rudradeva (Rudramba), whose daughter's son was the king Rudradeva.

1325 AD - 1361 AD : Recherla Singama nayaka-I

1361 AD - 1384 AD : Recherla Mada Nayaka I

1384 AD - 1410 AD : Vedagiri I

1397 AD : Immadu Bukka or Bukkaraya II reign Harihara II Sangama Dynasty of Vijayanagara
Son : Anantha
30th December, A.D. 1397 : Panugallu, Kollapur 
The record refers to the reign of Harihara II, son of Bukka of the Sangama dynasty of Vijayanagara. The object of the inscription is to record the conquest of Panugallu by the Dviguna-Bukka. The details of the date of the conquest are given as Saka 1319 (expressed by chronogram), Isvara, Pausha (Sahasya), su. 11(Sambhor=dina), Sunday, corresponding to the 30th December 1397 A.D.

The epigraph is important in that it records the conquest of Panagulla in Saka 1319 by Imamadi-Bukka during the time of Harihara II and mentions for the first time Ananta, the son of Immadi-Bukka during the time of Harihara II and mentions for the first time, the son of Immadi-Bukka.

1424 AD - 1446 AD : Deva Raya II of Sangama Dynasty of Vijayanagara 
1424 AD : Dated in Saka 1346 during the rule of Devaraya, another epigraph records the construction of the temple of Mukti-Ramesvara by Devanarayana, belonging to a Brahmana family from Kasmira, who was the governor of the fort and who claims to have destroyed the army of Firuz Shah.


Ibrahim Qutb Shah
1551 AD : Sayyid Shah Mir Isfahani, son of Sayyad Ahmad Tababai
15th September, 1551 A.D: His Honour (lit. His Refuge), the wielder of authority, Sayyid Shah Mir Isfahani, son of Sayyad Ahmad Tababai (may he be blessed !) rebuilt the embankment of the Pangal tank, which had fallen out of repair through age, and spent money (on this work) from recompense in the next life. The person who worked hard and supervised 2 Sluices : an artificial passage for water fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow.103 (the repairs) was Rahmat Ullah, son of Abdul Karim Khwan Shahi (?). The embankment was breached from …… to the boundary of the river Krishna and water flowed from the tank 
through the breach (of the dyke) to the town of Pangal………. The share of Musalmans from (the lands of) the tank…….. remain

1571 AD : The Persian version of a bilingual epigraph from Pangal, recording the repairs of a dam
etc., which was noticed earlier, was re-examined. It was found to contain the date A.H. 978. and Shuhur 971 (A.D. 1571) and not A.H. 958. It was also found to contain the additional information that all the lands from the embankment of (the river) Mushi in Induparal (Yindupukela of the Telugu version) to the bank of the Krishna river (irrigated) by the canals, tanks and ponds are subject to dastband (levy) revertible to qasba Pangal and (from the revenue cess of the lands irrigated) by the dam the Muslims and the king and Hindus would have some share.

Muhammad Quli Padshah. 
1602 AD : Narasanayaka
1602 AD : Mangalapalli.
While Mohmmad Quli Padshah was ruling the kingdom and Narasanayaka of Panugallu was administering the Nalgonda Faujdar Mokhasa, the latter's servant Chama Venkaṭaya son of Sarvaya caused the well to be dug near the Siva - Kesava (temple), and installed the Vinayaka pillar and a garden. The garden is exempt from ari and koru. Certain Kasa Ainavolu Potana is said to have made the Vinayaka pillar.

Panugal-1000
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Kamareddy District History

Kamareddy district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The district shares boundaries with Medak, Nizamabad, Sangareddy, Siddipet and Rajanna Sircilla districts and with the state boundary of Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Kamareddy was named after Chinakamireddy who ruled the region in the 17th century. He was also the ruler of the popular Domakonda fort. Old name of this place is KODURU

Banswada is a Town and Revenue division in Kamareddy district of the Indian state of Telangana. In olden times it's called Banavasavadi-70 and is part of Sabbisayira or Sayiri, which is now part of Kamareddy district.

The District is bifurcated from residual District of Nizamabad and formed as Kamareddy District from 11-10-2016 with ( 3 ) Revenue Divisions viz., Kamareddy, Banswada and Yellareddy and ( 22 ) Mandals including ( 1 ) Municipality i.e., Kamareddy. Rajampet, Bibipet, Ramareddy, Peddakodapgal and Nasrullabad are formed as new mandals apart from existing ( 17 ) Mandals.

700 BC - 300 BC : Asmaka (One of the 16 Mahajanapadas)
Founder : Unknown (Believed to be Asmaka)
Capitals : Potana or Potali or Paudanya of Mahabharata or today's Bodhan.
Languages : Prakrit
Religion : Budhism, Jainism, Hinduism

c.300 BC - 232 BC : Mauryan Empire (322 BC –185 BC)
Founder : Chandragupta Maurya (320 BC - 298 BC)
Capital : Pataliputra
Languages : Prakrit
Religion : Budhism, Jainism, Brahmanism

c. 232 BC - c. 208 AD : Pre-Satavahana and Satavahana Dynasty
Founder : Simuka
Languages : Prakrit, Sanskrit, Telugu
Religion : Budhism, Jainism, Hinduism
Around 208 AD Abhiras / Abheeras declared there independence and Vashishthiputra Sri Santamula (Santamula I) founder of Ikshvakus and the general of Satavahanas declared his independence from Satavahanas by killing the last ruler Pulumavi III.

The bowl with inscriptions in Prakrit written inBrahmialphabets was discovered during an excavation in Banswada town of Kamareddy district.

c.208 AD - c. 280 AD : Abhiras / Abheeras (c. 208 - c. 375 AD)
Founder : Isvarasena
Language : Sanskrit
Religion : Hinduism (Saivism)

c. 208 AD - 320 AD : Mahisha Saka Chutu Dynasty
Capital : Banavasi or Vanavasi in present-day Karnataka state.
Founder : Rano Chutukulanda
Langauges : Prakrit
Religion : BudhismEmblem : Chutu inscriptions contain the emblem of the cobra hood implying Chutu meant the "cobra crest"

c. 320 AD - 340 AD : Pallava Dynasty (275 AD - 897 AD)
Pallavas were initially feudatories of Satavahanas and later ruled independently from Kanchipuram.

c. 340 - 477 A.D : Vakataka Dynasty (250 AD - 500 AD)
Founder : Vindhyashakti (250 AD - 270 AD)
Capitals : Vatsagulma, the present day Washim in Maharashtra.
Languages : Maharashtri Prakrit, Sanskrit
Religion : Budhism, Hinduism

c.380 AD - c.611 AD : Vishnukundins
Founder : Indravarma/Maharajendrvarma (380 AD - 394 AD)
Capitals : Amrabad in Mahaboonagar and extended it to Bhuvanagiri, Ramannapeta in Nalgonda and Keesaragutta in Rangareddy. Built Indrapala in Nalgonda. Eluru, Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh
Languages : Telugu, Sanskrit
Religion : Hinduism (Vaisnavism)

c. 611 AD - 753 AD : Badami Chalukyas (543 AD - 753 AD)
Founder : Pulakeshin I
Capitals : Badami
Languages : Kannada, Sanskrit
Religion : Jainism, Hinduism
Pulakeshin I took over some regions of Telanagana from Vishnukundins in c.550 AD and remaining by Pulikesin II in 611 A.D.

753 AD - 973 AD : Rashtrakuta Dynasty
Founder : Dantidurga Capitals : Manyakheta
Languages : Kannada, Sanskrit
Religion : Jainism, Hinduism

973 AD - 1158 AD : Western Chalukyas / Kalyani Chalukyas (973 AD - 1189 AD)
Founder : Tailapa II Capitals : Manyakheta, Kalyani (Basavakalyan in Bidar , Karnataka)
Languages : Kannada, Sanskrit
Religion : Jainism, Hinduism

1126 - 1138 AD : Bhulokamalla Someswara III
1137 AD : an inscription linked to Kalyani Chalukya king Somesvara III discovered at Durki in Kamareddy district.


973 AD : Soma Permanadi of Western Ganga Dynasty
10th April, A.D. 973 : Koraprolu, Medak District.
This inscription is dated S. 895, Srimukha Vaisakha su. 5, Thursday. (A.D. 973, April 10). The king's feudatory, Mahamandalesvara Soma Permanadi was governing Koraprola in Kasavula-seventy from the capital Koraprola. The inscription records land grants to the god Bibbesvara constructed by his father Bibbarasa. This is the earliest record of the Chalukyas of Kalyana in Telangana as it is dated in the regnal year of Tailapa II, the founder of the Chalukya dynasty.

Desaipet, Banswada
It records the grant of land by a certain Soma Permanadi bearing the titles, Savalakkamalla, Sanivara Siddhi, Pampana Gandha Varana and Lord of Banavasavadi-70 etc. for the daily rituals of the God. The importance of this record lies in the fact that, for the first time it mentions the place Bansavada, identifiable with modern Banswada

Alvayyarasa
1039 AD : Chinur, Nagireddipet Mandal
This inscription is on a pillar in front of Hanuman banda in the outskirts of the village. The inscription is partly illegible. It records some gifts in the presence of god Nilakamtesvara by Alvayyarasar who was in the service of mahasamantadhipati ran andhira Nurmadi in the cyclic year Pramadi on Brihaspativara. i.e. Tuesday.

1098 AD - 1152 AD : Mallarasa
6th December, 1098 AD : Vijadnagar, Banswada
It records the gift of land for the maintenance of the daily routine of the temple Sayirabada. The gift was placed in the custody of Rudrasakti, the priest of Nakhareswara temple of Podana. The administrative division Sayirabada might be the same as Sabbisayira known already through several Kalyana Chalukya and Kakatiya inscriptions.

20th December 1098 AD : Wajidnagar, Bichkunda Mandal
This inscription is on a pillar near the tankbund. The inscription records the gift of 10 marttars of land for the worship and daily rites as well as repairs of the temple of Somanatha by mahamandalesvara Kalicorarasar, lord of Amaravati Pura, after washing the feet of Rudrasakti Pandita, on the occasion of Uttarayana Sankranti. It also mentions the names of officers viz., Prabhu dandanayaka Simgarasa, Heggade Nagadeva nayaka of the lord (Prabhu) Mallarasa.

1098 AD : Gundenamali, Bichkunda Mandal
This inscription is on a pillar near Hanuman temple. The inscription states that while the king Tribhuvanamalladeva was ruling, his feudatory Caundarasaru made a gift of some agricultural land and flower garden for the daily offerings of the Lord Samgamesvara.

It also mentions a gift of land made to the benefit of Sri Bimbavagama Yemagavun da, Ranagavunda and Samgamesvaradeva.

10th March, 1134 AD : Bheemgal.
This inscription is on a pillar near ruined Sivalayam. Records the gift of 8 marttars of Kariya (Black soil) and tota (garden land) towards the daily rites of the god Kesavadeva by Preggade Nagavarma who was in the service of mahamandalesvara Mallarasar.

1137 AD : Soma Permadi 
15th November, 1137 AD : Desaipet, Banswada Mandal
This inscription is on a stone slab in the courtyard of the Somesvara temple. The inscription registers some gift to the Jaina ascetic Balacamdradeva, after washing his feet by Dhumappa, towards maintenance of the Jaina basadi, while mahamandalesvara Soma Permadi was ruling.

1140 AD : Bodhan
This inscription is on a slab near a water tank. Mentions a certain Aliya Mallarasaru, Son-in-law of Eravarasa. It refers to some gift made by Mallarasaru to the god Siddhesvara of D[h]ronapalli. The gift particulars are not worn out.

4th June, 1152 AD : Jukkal
Nurmmadi Trailokyamalla (Tailapa-III) 
It is on a pillar in front of Hanuman temple. This inscription registers the gift of 20 and 12 marttars of land for the daily offerings and perpetual burning of the lamp to the gods Bijjesvaradeva and Nandi Betesvaradeva by mahamandalesvara Pereya Mallarasaru, during the reign of Trailokyamalladeva identifiable with Tailapa III.

1158 - 1323 AD : Kakatiya Dynasty Independent rule
1158 AD - 1195 AD : Rudradeva Son of Prola II
1195 AD - 1199 AD : Mahadeva Brother.
1158 AD - 1190 AD : Recherla Kata II

1199 AD - 1261 AD: Ganpatideva
1190 AD - 1262 AD : Recherla Rudra
Son of Kata II was the famous Recherla Rudra General for Kakatia kings Rudradeva, Mahaadeva and Ganapatideva.

Rudra in his last days deputed his general Recherla Rudra to subdue the Bottu chief of Koravi. 

1199 - 1202 : Ruled Kakatiya Kingdom after the death of Mahadeva
When Kakati Rudra died in 1195 AD, many enemies tried to conquer the territory. General Recherla Rudra defeated Nagati Bhopal and all other enemies and ruled kakatiya kingdom from 1199 AD to 1202 AD after the death of Kaktiya King Mahadeva (1195 - 1199 AD) until the return of captured Kakatiya King Ganapatideva in 1202 AD.

1261 AD - 1289 AD : Rudramadevi
1262 AD - 1281 AD : Recharla Mallaya Reddi or Malliraju
lord of Penugonda
3rd September A.D. 1280 : Yadaram, Bibipet (Mandal). 
This inscription is on a pillar near Shiva temple. This record states that a certain Malliraju, a feudatory of Kakatiya Rudramadevi, issued a grant towards the daily rituals of Sriparvatanadha in memory of his demised father namely Yadaborayamalli for his blessings. This inscription specifically mentions the name of the queen Rudramadevi whereas generally we find her being described as Rudra deva maharaja in many inscriptions.

19th July A.D. 1281 : Kupriyal, Kamareddy District. 
 It records that a certain Racha Mallaya Reddi lord of Penugonda, a subordinate of queen Rudramadevi, who held the titles Nirbhayamalla, Rayastha panacharya, granted some lands, for the daily worship of the God Nilaknanthadeva and two vrittis of land in addition to the lands, towards meeting the salaries of courtesans employed in the service of the temple.

1289 AD - 1323 AD : Prataparudra
1264 AD - 1323 AD : Gumdaya Nayaka
1264 AD : Saka 1186 grant of the village named Pinna Velupu Komda to the god Ramanatha at the instance of Ponnayaraya.
1297 AD : Saka 1219 governing Magatala .
1321 AD : Gundaya Nayaka, the ruler of Magtala, and his minister Konda Nayaka gifted Sinqinadamupannu for the services in the temple of Aubhalanatha at Magtala in Mahabootnagar district with the consent of all Samayas including that of Srivaisnavas in 1321 A.D. 

This inscription records the Pratistha of a Sivalinga in the name of Gumdaya after his demise and giving some lands to the temple

1310 : Malik Kafur general of Delhi Sultanate Alauddin Khilji defeated Prataprudra II and was forced to pay annual tribute to Delhi. It was probably at this time that the Koh-i-Noor diamond passed from Kakatiya ownership to that of Alauddin, along with 20,000 horses and 100 elephants

1323 : Ulug Khan son of Ghiyasuddin captured Warangal from Parataparudra II.

1323 AD - 1336 AD :  Tughlaq Dynasty (1320 AD - 1413 AD)
1323 AD - 1325 AD : Ulug Khan or Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325 AD -1351 AD)
Ghiyasuddin Tughluq's son and general Ulugh Khan (Muhammad bin Tughluq) captured Warangal in 1323, Ulugh Khan himself took over the Governorship of what is now a new province of "Teling" (Telangana) in the Sultanate. Gannaya was captured and converted to Islam, given the name Malik Maqbul and found a place in the new regime. When Ulugh Khan left for Delhi soon afterwards, he left Warangal in the charge of Malik Maqbul. Ulugh Khan succeeded Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq as the new Sultan of Delhi under the name Muhammad bin Tughluq

1325 AD - 1336 AD : Malik Maqbul or Gona Gannaya III, was a commander of the Kakatiya Empire under Prataparudra (r. 1289–1323). Marana's Markandeya Puranamu (in Telugu) names him as "Gannavibhudu" and describes him as the commander (Kataka paludu) of Warangal Fort, the capital of Kakatiyas. The term Mala Devudu (meaning "Lord") implies that he was very high up in the hierarchy.

1336 AD :  Kapaya Nayaka took control of Warangal from Malik Maqbul

1336 AD - 1368 AD : Musunuri Kapaya Nayak
1328 AD : A movement was started at Rekapalli on the bank of the Godavari under the leadership of Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka and his cousin Kapaya Nayaka

Kapaya Nayaka became the ruler in A.D.1333, after the demise of Prolaya Nayaka, and captured Warangal in 1336 AD.

1326 AD - 1475 AD : Recherla Padmanayaka Dynasty
Capitals: Rachakonda and Devarakonda
1326 AD - 1361 AD : Singama nayaka-I
1361 AD - 1384 AD : Anavotha nayaka
1358 AD : Koduru Grant Saka 1280

1350 AD – 1518 AD : Bahmani Sultanate (1347 AD - 1527 AD)
Founder : Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah
Capital : Daulatabad, Gulbarga

Aug 3, 1347  - Feb 11, 1358 A.D : Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah 
1347 AD : In 1347 AD Bahmani Dynasty was formed by Bahman Shah who wrested deccan from delhi 

1350: Bahman Shah led his first campaign against Warangal in 1350 and forced its ruler Kapaya Nayaka to cede to him the fortress of Kaulas in Kamareddy. Bahman Shah divided his kingdom into 4 provinces, the capitals of which are Gulbarga, Daulatabad, Ellichpur and Bidar. Bidar has Kandhar, Indur and Kaulas

1518 AD – 1687 AD : Qutbshahis / Golconda Sultanate
1636 AD : In 1636 AD Shah Jahan appointed Aurangzeb as the Viceroy of the Deccan and forced the Qutb Shahis to recognize Mughal suzerainty, which lasted until 1687 when the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb conquered the Golcondan sultanate.

1687 AD - 1724 AD : Mughal Empire
Domakonda was a Samsthanam under the Qutb Shahis and Asaf Jahis.
1600 AD - 1640 AD : Chinakamireddy

1724 AD - 1948 AD : Asaf Jahis 
1798 : Hyderabad became the first Indian royal state to accede to British protection under the policy of Subsidiary Alliance instituted by Arthur Wellesley. 

1636 AD : Raja Kama Reddy or Kamineni Chaudary
In AD 1636, Kama Reddy got Domakonda Samsthan as Sanad from Golconda Rulers.
Pattametta Somanatha Somayaji was court poet of Kamareddy. His compositions were Sootasamhita, Brahmottara Khandam, Vishista Andhrokti.

Kamineni Malla Reddy
Malla Reddy was a great devotee. Many villages were build on his name- Yella Reddy, Macha Reddy, Kamareddy, Jangampalli
Padma Puranam and Shiva Dharmotharam

Yella Reddy

China Kamireddy, Son of Yella Reddy
had a title Deshmukh.

Potha Reddy
had the title Desai.

1748 AD - 1757 AD : Rajanna Choudary
Rajanna Chowdhary has shifted the capital from Bikkavolu to Kamareddypeta.

1786 - 1947 AD : the Kamineni rulers ruled from this fort.

Domakonda was a samsthan under the Qutub shahis and Asif Jahis.

1786 AD : Raja Rajeshwara Rao I
Built Domakonda fort in the 18th century at a sight where a fort existed earlier. Shifted capital from Kamareddy to Domakonda in 1786 AD. From then it came to be known as Domakonda Samsthan.

Employed Arab and African Guards for Security.

Raja Ramachandra Rao (Brother)

Raja Rajeshwara Rao III

Raja Umapati

1927 AD : Raja Ramachandra Rao, son of Raja Umapati
was the leader of Domakonda amid 1927 married the daughter of Gadwal Ruler

Raja Someshwar Rao
Raja Someswar Rao of Domakonda proposed the toast of H. M. the King Emperor and the Nizam
The last leader of the Samsthan was Raja Someshwara Rao.

Anna Reddy

Omapathi or Umapathi Rao IAS (15th June 1928 to 27th May 2020)
K. Umapathy Rao of The Erstwhile Samasthan of DomakondaAn Urdu Poet know for his Shayari & the first Executive Officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam
Former IAS officer Kamineni Umapathi Rao's funeral was conducted on Sunday in Laxmi Bhag in Domakonda fort.
Aug 15, 1947 : Indian Independence from British. Osman Ali Khan ASAF Jahi VII chose to remain independent.
Sep 17, 1948 : Operation Polo, was a military operation ordered by then Indian Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Sep 13 1948 in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the State of Hyderabad and overthrew its Nizam on Sep 17 1948, integrating Hyderabad in to India.
Sep 17, 1948 - Oct 31, 1956 : Hyderabad State, India.

Sep 17 1948 - Dec 31 1949 : Major General J. N. Chaudhuri who led Operation Polo stayed on as Military Governor.

26 January 1950 - 31 October 1956 : Last Nizam, Osman Ali Khan ASAF Jahi VII as Rajpramukh. Rajpramukh was an administrative title in India which existed from India's independence in 1947 until 1956. Rajpramukhs were the appointed governors of certain of India's provinces and states.
26 Jan, 1950 - 6 March, 1952 : M. K. Vellodi was Chief Minister of the state appointed by Government of India.

6 March, 1952 - 31 October 1956 : In the 1952 Legislative Assembly election, Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao was elected Chief minister of Hyderabad State.

Nov 1, 1956 - June 1, 2014 : Andhra Pradesh State, India
In December 1953, the States Reorganisation Commission was appointed to recommend the reorganisation of state boundaries. The panel was not in favour of an immediate merger of Telangana with Andhra state, despite their common language. With the intervention of the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Telangana and Andhra states were merged on November 1, 1956. Nehru termed the merger a "matrimonial alliance having provisions for divorce".

June 2, 2014 : Telangana became 29 state of India. On June 2, 2104, K Chandrasekhar Rao takes oath as the first chief minister of Telangana, India's 29th state.

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