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 AD) Musunuri 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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Jogulamba Gadwal District History

Jogulamba Gadwal district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The administrative headquarters of the district is located at Gadwal. The district shares boundaries with Narayanpet, Wanaparthy districts and with the state boundary of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

The district was carved out from Mahabubnagar district in 2016.

Part of Ayije-300 or Aize-300 or Ayaje-300 or Ayaja-300 in olden times.

c.550 AD - 753 AD : Badami Chalukyas (543 AD - 753 AD) 

Pulakeshin I defeated Vakataka Dynasty in c.550 AD. Pulakeshin II defeated Durjaya Dynasty in 611 AD and defeated Vishnukundins in 611 / 624 AD.

655 AD - 680 AD : Vikramaditya I 

Baladitya Maharaja
Vikramaditya I was the third son and followed his father, Pulakesi II on to the Chalukya throne. He restored order in the fractured kingdom and made the Pallavas retreat from the capital Vatapi.

30th April, 660 AD : Amidelpadu near Alampur.
Telugu-Kannada, (Script) and Sanskrit (Language).
Amudalapadu plates of Vikramaditya I, year 5

The object of the inscription is to restored the grant of the village of Iparumka, situated in Vamguravadi-vishaya, by Maharajadhiraja Paramesvara Vikramaditya Satyasraya Sri Prithivi Vallabha (i.e. Vikramaditya I), when he was stationed at the village of Marruva in favour of Sudarshanacharya in payment of guru-dakshina on the occasion of the king`s Siva-mandala-diksha on the full-moon day of Vaisakha in the fifth year of his reign.

The characters belong to the old Telugu-Kannada alphabet and closely resemble those of the published records of the issuer of the charter, viz. Chalukya Vikramaditya I (655-81 A.D.) of Badami. 

King Vikramaditya I, the issuer of the charter is stated to have overthrown, with the help of his charger Chitrakantha and his sharp sword, the three kings who were responsible for the disappearance of his father`s royal fortune and to have restored the properties belonging to gods and Brahmans in the kingdoms of the said three kings who had confiscated them. The above introductory part of the record is concluded with a stanza saying that king Anivarita- Vikaramaditya (i.e. Vikramaditya I) recovered the prosperity of his family as a result of his conquests over many adversaries in different directions. This verse is found in the earlier characters of the king, while the later Gadwal (674 A.D.) plates add to it four more stanzas referring to his success against his three adversaries belonging to the Pallava royal family of Kanchi.

It is clear that the Chalukya king underwent Saiva-diksha, i.e. initiation into the Saiva faith, at the hands of his guru or preceptor Sudrsanacharya who received the village as his dakshina or perquisite for the performance of the initiation ceremony. It is further stated that the Acharya distributed plots of land in the gift village among the following twentyseven Brahmanas: (1)Rudra Sivacharya of the Kasyapa gotra: (2)Gayatrisiva of the Kaundinya gotra; (3) Sivasvamin of the Harita gotra; (4) Gollabhatti of the Bharadvaja gotra; (5)Paramasiva of the same Bharadvaja gotra; (6) Vananasvamin of the Kaushika gotra; (7) Kesavasvamin of the same Kaushika gotra; (8) Kokilasvamin of the Maitreya gotra ; (9-10) Narayana and Vamana of the Kasyapa gotra; (11) Revasarman of the Samkrityyana gotra; (12-15) Rudrasarman, Revasarman, Adityasarman and Ttasarman of the Kasyapa gotra; (16-19) Bhimasarman, Durgasarman, Bhoyisarman and Badisarman of the Bharadvaja gotra; (20) Nagasarman of the Kaundinya gotra; (21) Brahmasarman of the Bharadvaja gotra; (22) Adityasarman of the Sandilya gotra; (23) Ravisvamin of the Kasyapa gotra; (24) Sravanasimhasarman of the Kaushika gotra: (25) Damasvamin of the Bhalandana gotra; (26) Damodarasvamin of the Kasyapa gotra; and (27) Mandusarman of the Bharadvaja gotra.

Of these Brahmanas, Sravanasimhasarman is stated to have received two shades or plots of land, probably implying thereby that the others received only one share each. It seems that one share of land was also allowed to Sudarshanacharya`s wife. There is little doubt that the said Saivite Brahmmanas assisted Sudarshanacharya in the celebration of the diksha ceremony of Vikramaditya I. it may me noted that the king’s guru Sudarshanacharya has been mentioned without the name of his gotra. This was possibly due either to an oversight of the scribe or of the enlarger, or because he was an assertive who had renounced the world. The first alternativeis more probable since Sudarshana`s wife seems to be mentioned in the record.

The Nausari plates of the feudatory prince Satyasraya Siladitya. Dated 671 A.D., mentions Vikramaditya I as a Paramamahesvara and meditates on the feet of Sri-Nagavardhana who is believed to have been a god or a religious teacher. It is not impossible that the king`s guru Sudarsana was the head of a Saiva religious order and that Nagavardhana was one of his successors in that position. But the Talamanchi plates of Vikramaditya I speak of one, Sri Meghacharya of the Vasistha gotra, as his svaikya- guru, This issue of the charter is under study. This may suggest that Sudarsanacharya was suggested as head of the order or organisation in question, soon after king’s initiation, by Meghacharya who was probably himself succeeded by Nagavardhan. It is interesting to note that Meghacharya and Nagavardhan are not mentioned in the list of Brahmins who were benefited by the grant under discussion and do not therefore appear to have taken part in the initiation ceremony of the Chalukya king. Alternatively, it may be suggested that Meghacharya was the king’s shiksha-guru just as Sudarsana was his diksha-guru, though in such a case his relationship with Nagavarsdhana cannot be determined.

Of the geographical names mentioned in the inscription, Vanavasi and Uttarapatha are well-known. As suggested by Sarma, the village of Maura where the king was staying at the time of making the grant, may be one of the two localities called Chinna Marruru and Pedda Marruru on the bank of the Krishna in the present Kollapuram Taluk of the Jogulamba Gadwal District. There is a ruined temple at Chinna Marruru. It seems that the king visited the village for his initiation ceremony and that Sudarsanacharya was a resident of the said locality. The name of the Vamguravadi vishya seems to be preserved in that of the modern village called Vamguru in the Kalvaparti Taluk of the same District, about 40 miles from the village called Marruru. Pandit Sarma who published the inscription in the Bharati is inclined to identify Iparumkal with the present village of Vipanagamdala about 10 miles from the localities named Marruru.

15th April, 675 AD : Velnalli (Gadwal Plates), Alampur Taluk
This inscription is on a pillar in the Arkabrahma temple. Registers the gift of land at the instance of Gangamahadevi, probably a queen of Vikramaditya I to Kunda Sarma son of Svami Vanda Sarma, and grandson of Isvara Shadangavitha of Kasyapa gotra. The grant comprises land measuring an extent of 25 nivartanas according to rajamana (royal measure). Alongside, 25 nivartanas of land were given to Batamma Swami son of Talamma Swami, and grandson of Mahesvara Svami belonging to Srivatsa gotra. The grant was executed by maha sandhi vigrahi Sri Jayasena.

Ramapuram, Waddepalle Mandal, Jogulamba Gadwal district.
Engraved inscription in telugu, belonging to the reign of Vikramaditya (I), records gifts of land to Sankarasvamin, Ayicha-sarman, Reva-sarman and others belonging to the various gotras by Baladitya-maharaja who was apparently a feudatory of the king.

680 AD - 696 AD : Vinayaditya
27th April, 682 A.D : This inscription describing as usual the genealogy of the Chalukya family of Badami, belongs to the reign of Vinayaditya. It is dated Saka 604 equated to 27th April, 682 A.D, the king’s second regnal year, Vaisakha purnima, when the king was in his military camp at Banumgal.

27th April, 682 A.D: Paniyal (Pallipadu), Alampur Taluk
Registers the grant of the village Paniyal (Pallipadu), to a certain Madhava swami, well versed in Vedas, who was the son of Godarisvami and grandson of Priyankarasvami of Bharadvaja gotra, while the king was camping in the city of Banamkallu, identified with modern Panagallu in Nalgonda District.

682 AD : Pallepadu, Jogulamba Gadwal District
This inscription1 describing as usual the genealogy of the Chalukya family of Badami, belongs to the reign of Vinayaditya. It is dated Saka 604, the king’s second regnal year, Vaisakha purnima, when the king was in his military camp at Banumgal. This date may be approximately equated to A.D. 682.

It records the endowment of the village Paneyal on the southern bank of the river Krishna benna to Madhava swami of Bharadvaja gotra, who was well versed in the study of the vedas. The gift was made at the request of Swami Sivaraja.

713 AD : Alampur Inscription
Telugu-Kannada and Siddhamatrika.
This inscription was dated in Saka 635 (A.D. 713) in the reign of the Western Chalukya king Vijayaditya Satyasraya, one of the epigraphs is biscriptal, one version written in the Siddhamatrika script and the other in the Telugu-Kannada alphabet (pl. LVI A). It records the construction of an enclosure by a certain Isanacharva.

Another epigraph belonging to the first regnal year of king Dharavarsha (Dhruva) records a gift of three hundred and sixty mattar of land to the goddess Durga-bhattaraki of Alampura and the construction of the main gateway (sri-vagilu), etc. and mentions Bala- varmarasa as administering Alampura and Somadi-bhatta as holding the matha-patya of the place.

733 AD 746 AD : Vikramaditya II
Son of King Vijayaditya and ascended the Badami Chalukya throne following the death of his father. This information comes from the Lakshmeshwar inscriptions in Kannada dated 13 January 735 A.D.

746 AD - 753 A.D : Kirtivarman II
Kirtivarman II also known as Rahappa succeeded his father Vikramaditya II. His reign was continuously troubled by the growing power of the Rashtrakutas and finally succumbed to them.

753 AD - 973 AD : Rashtrakuta defeated Badami Chalukyas in 753 AD.
Founder : Dantidurga
Capitals : Manyakheta
Languages : Kannada, Sanskrit
Religion : Jainism, Hinduism

753 AD - 756 AD : Dantidurga (735 AD - 756 AD) occupied all territories between the Godavari and Vima. Dantidurga is said to have conquered Kalinga, Kosala, Kanchi, Srisril, Malava, Lata etc.

756 AD - 774 AD : Krishna I
Dantidurga was succeeded by his uncle Krishna I. He conquered the territories that were still under the Chalukyas and thereby competed conquest of the Chalukya territories.

774 AD - 780 AD : Govinda II
Krishnaraja’s eventful career came to an end within a very short time and he was succeeded by his son Govindaraj who ruled for some time as Govinda II.

Alampur : This inscription is on a stone slab fixed in the Museum. The record relates to the period of Prabhuta Varsha Govinda II and states that a certain Srimara son of Botiya Begala caused the construction of a temple to the Sun god in Uttaresvara temple, for the prosperity of the emperor. The presence of this record in Alampur shows the advent of Rashtrakuta authority in this region.

780 AD - 793 AD : Dhruva brother of Govinda II

780 AD : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District
Telugu-Kannada and Siddhamatrika.
Epigraph belonging to the first regnal year of king Dharavarsha (Dhruva) records a gift of three hundred and sixty mattar of land to the goddess Durga-bhattaraki of Alampura and the construction of the main gateway (sri-vagilu), etc. and mentions Bala- varmarasa as administering Alampura and Somadi-bhatta as holding the matha-patya of the place.

793 AD - 814 AD : Govinda III
Dhruva was succeeded by Govinda III his son and with almost equal vigor as of his father.
Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District : This damaged inscription seems to refer to the construction of the shrine of the sun-god in the temple of Uttaresvara for the prosperity of the king Prabhutavarsha by Srimara son of Botiya Begala. Prabhutavarsha was the title assumed by three Rashtrakuta rulers of Malkhed, bearing the name Govinda. This was probably Govinda III (A.D. 792-814).

Alampur : This inscription is on a slab placed in the local museum. Damaged. Seems to record the construction of the shrine of the god Aditya in the Uttar vara temple by Srimara, son of Sabetiyabe. In characters of about the 9th Century.

926-27 AD : Kannada.
This Kannada inscription, engraved on the upper and lower frames of the Gaja-Lakshmi panel fixed into the wall of the mandapa near the Siva temple outside the village, is dated Saka 848. Sarvajit (A.D. 926-27) states that it was caused by Poravana-gavunda.

1051 AD : Gamgayya

21st October, A.D. 1051 : Alampur Museum
Telugu : The inscription is in another slab fixed in the Museum and it begins with a reference to the pontifical reign of Panchadasi Hataraka, the maha sthanadhipati (the chief priest) of the temple of Brahmesvaradeva, the lord of all the worlds, who manifested himself at Hatampuram (Alampur). Then it proceeds to state that while Trailokyamalladeva (Somesvara I) was ruling the kingdom of the earth, the Pandita Bhatara together with his son Pancharasi gifted, in the presence of the servants of Pancharasi-bhatara, to the Chaturjataka ascetic, some land and his house as a vritti on S. 973, Khara, Karttika Punpamu (su. 15) Somavara (Monday, 21st October, A.D. 1051; su. 14. expired at 46 and su. 15 commenced). The inscription is written by Gamgayya.

22th October A.D. 1051 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District
The epigraph commences with an allusion to the sway of Pancharasi Bhattaraka, Mahasthanadhipati of the god Brahmesvara, the sole lord of the universe, renowned through his manifestation in the excellent Hatampura.

The inscription next mentions the reign of the western Chalukya king Trailokyamalla Somesvara I. It cites the date Saka (973); Khara, Karttika Purnima, Monday, which may be equated to A.D. 1051, October 22, the weekday being Tuesday. It seems to register a gift by the attendants of pancharasi.

4th February, A.D. 1055. : Telugu and Sanskrit.
This inscription is dated S. 976, Jaya, Phalguna su. 5 Saturday, A.D. 1055, Feb. 4. Registers a gift of land Kasi (ganna ?) Bhoja by Somesvara rasi Bhattaraka, mahasthanapati of the god Brahmesvara.

Telugu Cholas of the Pedakallu branch

1056 AD - 1060 AD : Irugana Choda Maharaja

1056 AD : After this, Chidda-Chola appears as a feudatory of Somesvara II in a record of 1073-74 A.D. representing him as governing the four divisions called Kanne-300, Pedekal-300, Naruvadi-500 and Ayaje-300. It has been already observed that our inscription refers to him as governing the four divisions of which only Kanne-nadu is mentioned. The remaining three divisions were, therefore, Pedekal 800, Naruvadi-500 and Ayaje-300. It may be pointed out in this connection, that one Irugan chola of the same family appears as a feudatory of Somesvara I in the records of 1056-57 A.D. probably as governing the same four divisions while a certain Bijna-chola maharaja figures as governing the said divisions as a feudatory of Vikramaditya VI in 1078 A.D. 

19th January A.D. 1057 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District : Western Chalukya
This inscription refers to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Trailokyamalla Somesvara I. It is dated Saka 971, which is a mistake for 978, Durmukhi, Magha s`u. 11, Sunday. This corresponds to A.D. 1057, January 19.

The epigraph introduces the king’s feudatory Mahamandalesvara Irugana Chola- maharaja, of Karikala’s lineage. At the instance of this chief, his tolls officer, Sunka-vergade. Lokamanikasetti made a gift of income from specified tolls to the god Brahmesvara when Mahasthanadhipati Brahmarasi Bhattaraka was holding charge of the religious foundation.

1060 - 1078 AD : Chidda Cholamaharaja

Alampur  Inscription : The earliest mention of the chief which I have been able to trace occurs in a record of Somesvara I dated in 1059-60 A.D. when he was governing the Sindavadi-1000 division. Next he refers to it in a record of the same king dated in 1067-68 A.D. as governing the division of Ayaje-300.

2nd June A.D. 1060 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District
This inscription refers to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Trailokyamalla Somesvara I from Kalyana. It is dated Saka 98[2], Sarvari, Ashadha s`u. 1, Thursday. This date corresponds to A.D. 1060, June 2, the week-day being Friday.

It registers the endowment of land to Tribhuvanasakti Pandita of Papavinas’s for the education of ascetics, made by Pergada Davapayya on the occasion of the Pavitrarohana ceremony.

1067 AD : Of the inscriptions of the Later Chalukyas, one, dated Saka 989 (A.D. 1067) and belonging to the reign of king Trailokyamalladeva (Somesvara I) refers to his feudatory Maha- mandalesvara Chiddanachola-maharaja as governing Ayaje-300 and records a gift of three hundred gadyanas of gold at the rate of one gadyana fan each village in the said division to the temple of Brahmesvara at Alampura.

25th December A.D. 1067 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District 
This inscription commences with a description of the god Brahmesvara the sole lord of the universe, renowned through in the excellent Hantampura.

Next refers itself to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Trailokyamalla Somesvara I. It is dated Saka 989, Plavanga, Uttarayana-sankranti. In the said year Sankranti occurred on Pausha ba. 2 Tuesday, corresponding to A.D. 1067, December 25.

It introduced the king's feudatory Mahamandalesvara Chiddana Chola-Maharaja who was governing that tract of Ayaje-Three-Hundred. The epigraph records a gift of gold income to the god Brahmesvara of Alampur, adorning the western entrance of Sri Parvata, by Kosanaya, the Saudhore of the tract and other officials. The gift was received by Mahasthanadhipati Brahmarshi Bhattaraka of the religious establishment.

24th April A.D. 1073 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District 
After the usual invocation to the god Brahmesvara of Hatampura, this inscription refers to the reign of the Western-Chalukya king Bhuvanaikamalla Somesvara II from Bankapura. It is dated Saka 995, Pramadi, Vaisakha purnima, Monday lunar eclipse. This date corresponds to A.D. 1073, April 24, the week-day being Wednesday.

It introduces the king`s feudatory, Mahamandalesvara Chiddana Chola maharaja of Karikala`s lineage, who was governing the four tracts, comprising Kanne-Three-Hundred, Pedakal-Eignt-Hundred, Naravadi-Five-Hundred, and Ayaje-Three-Hundred.

The epigraph registers an endowment of land made by this chief to the god Brahmesvara of Alampur after leaving the feet of Mahasthanadhipati Brahmarasi Bhattaraka of the religious foundation.

28th December 1074 A.D. : Bichapalli, Alampur Taluk, Mahabubnagar district. : Western Chalukya.
Sanskrit and Kannada.

The date of the inscription occurs in lines 25-33 as Saka 996, Ananda, Pushya su. 8, Sunday. The date corresponds to the 28th December 1074 A.D. king's feudatory Mahamandalesvara Chidda-cholamabaraja as governing the four divisions, of which only the Kanne-nadu is mentioned, after obtaining them, evidently from the king, as a fief called vila-vritti, the exact significance of which is not known. The chief is stated to have undertaken an expedition (dig- vijaga) against a certain Seguna probably Seunachandra II (1050 AD - 1074 AD) and to have defeated and captured him.

1075 AD - 1076 AD Two other inscriptions, both belonging to the reign of Bhuvanaikamalla (Somesvara II), are dated Saka 997 (A.D. 1075) and 998 (A.D. 1076) respectively. 

The former mentions Mahamandalesvara Chiddanachola-maharaja as the feudatory governing Kanne-300, while the latter refers to Dandanayaka Naranamayya of Vatsa-kula. 

9th April A.D. 1076 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District 
This inscription commences with a description of the god Brahmesvara, the sole lord of the universe, renowned through his manifestation in the excellent Hatampura.

Next it refers to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Bhuvanaikamalla Somesvara II. It is dated Saka 998, Nala, Vaisakha s`u. 3, Sunday. This date corresponds to A.D. 1076, April 9, the week-day being Saturday.

It registers gift of income from Vaddaravula tax in the four regions to the god Brahmesvara of Alampur, adorning the western entrance of Sri Parvata by Dandanayaka Naranamayya, officer in charge of Vaddaravula. The gift was received by Mahasthanadhipati (superintendent of the great religious establishment) Brahmarasi Bhattaraka.

1078 AD : A fourth epigraph belonging to king Tribhuvanamalla (Vikramaditya VI) is dated in the Chalukya-Vikrama year 2 (A.D. 1077-78) and mentions the king's feuda-tory Malla- maharaja of the Vaidumba family, who was governing Ayaje-300. These subordinates of the king figure in the epigraphs as donors to the temple of Brahmesvara at Alampura.

1078 AD - 1081 AD: Malla Maharaja of Vaidumba Family

He is said to be the lord of Kalukadapura governing the district of Ayaje three hundred. 

25th December, A.D. 1078 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District 
After extolling the god Brahmesvara as usual, the inscription refers to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya VI. It is dated the Chalukya-Vikrama year 2, Kalayukta, Pushya ba. 3, Monday, Uttarayana-Sankranti. The said Sankranti in the specified year occurred on A.D. 1078, December 25, one day later than the details cited.

The epigraph introduces the king's feudatory Mahamandalesvara Mall Maharaja of the Vaidumba family, lord of the foremost town of Kalkade, who was governing the tract of Ayaje- Three-Hundred. It registers an endowment to Somesvara-rasi Bhattaraka, Mahasthanadhipati of the religious foundation, for the benefit of the god Brahmesvara of Alampur.

20th June A.D. 1080 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District : Western Chalukya
After praising the god Brahmesvara as usual, the inscription refers to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya VI from Kalyana. It cites the Chalukya-Vikrama year (lost), Raudri, Jyeshtha amavasya, solar eclipse. In the said cyclic year during the king's reign, the solar eclipse, as specified, occurred on A.D. 1080, June 20.

It introduces with a string of epithets the king`s feudatory, Mahamandalesvara Malla- maharaja of the vaidumba family, lord of the foremost town of Kalukade who was administering the district of Ayaje-Three-Hundred. The charter seems to register the gift of a village to Mahasthanadhipati Brahmarasi Bhattaraka for the benefit of the god Brahmesvara of Alampur. The epigraph being damaged, some details are lost.

1081 AD  - 1089 AD : Hallavarasa

27th December A.D. 1087 : Puduru, Gadwal 
This inscription is on a slab in the outskirts of the village. States that while Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya VI was ruling in happiness the kingdom of the earth from his Nelevidu at Kalyana, his subordinate mahamandalesvara Hallavarasar installed an image of Parsvanatha and granted the land which was kept in the hands of Jain preceptor Padmanandi Muladhara.

25th, December A.D. 1087 : Pudur, Jogulamba Gadwal District.
This inscription refers to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Tribhuvanamallla Vikramaditya VI from Kalyanapura. It is dated the Chalukya Vikrama year [11] Prabhava, Pushya amavasya, Sunday, Uttarayana Sankranti. This year's date is irregular. In the said cyclic year the Sankranti occurred on Pausha ba. 13, Saturday, corresponding to A.D. 1087, December 25.

It introduces the King's feudatory Mahamandalesvara Hallavarasa of Pundur, who was Jaina by persuasion and assumed the characteristic titles, Master of the throne of Ayodhya and Lord of Kembukundurpura. This chief made gifts of land, graden’s, house-sites, etc. to the Pallava Jinalaya of Dravila Sangha by laying the feet of his preceptor Kanakasena Bhattaraka.

1089AD : Vallabarasa

A.D. 1089 (C.V. Prabhava, Telangana Ins. No. cha.28) we find a record of Chalukya Vikramaditya VI, mentioning a subordinate called Mahamandalesvara Vallabarasa, granting lands.

1097 AD - 1110 AD : Mallarasa or Mallikarjunachoda brother of Tonda II

Lord of Kodurapura

16th January A.D. 1097 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District
After the usual invocation to the god Brahmesvara of Hatampura, this damaged inscription refers itself to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya VI. It is dated the Chalukya-Vikrama year 21, Dhatu, Magha s`u (1), Friday, solar eclipse. In the specified year, a solar eclipse occurred on Pushya Amavasya, Friday. This would be equivalent to A.D. 1097, January 16.

It introduces the king's feudatory Mahamandalesvara (Malla ?)ya Cholamaharaja, of Karikala`s lineage. The epigraph records an endowment made by this chief to the god Brahmesvara of Alampur by laving the feet of Mahasthanadhipati Brahmarasi Bhattaraka of the religious foundation.

27th December A.D. 1106 : Alampur.
This inscription is on a slab set up in front of Bala Brahma temple. Records the gift of Pedakallu-800 by mahamandalesvara Ghaṭiyanka Kara Cholamaharaja, for anga and ranga bhoga, repairs, renovation and white washing, the daily rituals of God Brahmesvaradeva as sarvanamasya after washing the feet of mahasthanadhipati Dharanindra rasi pandita.

25th December A.D. 1107 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District : Western Chalukya
This inscription refers to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya VI. It is dated the Chalukya-Vikrama year 32, Sarvajit, Uttarayana-Sankranti. In the specified year the said Sankranti occurred on A.D. 1107, December 25, Wednesday. It introduces the king's feudatory Mahamandalesvara Mallarasa, lord of the foremost town of Kodur, this chief made a gift of the income accruing from certain taxes and fines collected in the village Kandanavolal on the Tungabhadra to the god Brashmesvara of Alampur after leaving the feet of Mahasthanadhipati Dharanindrarasi Pandita of the religious foundation. Kandanavolal is apparently modern Kurnool.

1107 AD : Alampur

This is a Telugu Chola inscription of the time of Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya VI of the Western Chilukyas of Kalyani dated in the Chilukya Vikrama year, 31 Vyaya, Uttarayana Sankranti from a stone slab unearthed recently near the Balabrahmesvara temple in the village of Alampur

Registers a grant of land, a village whose name is lost (la..madu) in Pedakallu-500 for the worship of the god and for the maintenance of the temple Brahmēsvara at Alampur, entrusted to the care of the priest of the place (? stanadhipati) Dharanindrarási Pandita, after washing his feet.

1110 AD : Chikkarasa of Jimutavahana family - Silahara chiefs
25th December A.D. 1110 : Alampur.

This inscription is on a slab in the local museum, dated Chalukya. Vikrama 35, Vikriti, Pushya, su. 13, Monday, Uttarayana. Sankranti=1110 A.D., December 25. The weekday, however, was Sunday. Damaged. Records some gift to the same god by Mahamandalesvara Chikkarasa of the Jimutavahana family at the instance of the chief queen. Dharanindrarasi- bhattaraka was the recipient of the gift.

1110 AD - 1112 AD : Mahamandalesvara Bikkarasa of Jimutavahana-kula, the lord of Tagarapura - Silahara chiefs

22th December A.D. 1110 : Alampur.
This inscription is on a slab lying in the Museum. Damaged. This inscription states that by an order of the latter, mahamandalesvara Bikkarasa of Jimutavahana-kula, the lord of Tagarapura, having washed the feet of Dharan indra rasi pandita, the mahasthanadhipati of Brahmesvaradeva temple made some gift for the anga-bhoga to the god. The record was engraved by Sarvasi Bhatta.

1112 AD : Alampur Museum,
This inscription is on a slab fixed in the Museum. Damaged. The inscription opens with an invocation of Brahmesvaradeva; then, it mentions Western Chalukya king Tribhuvanamalladeva and his chief queen; next, it proceeds to state that by an order of the latter, Mahamandalesvara Bikkarasa of Jimutavahana-kula, the lord of Tagarapura, having washed the feet of Dharanindrarasi Pandita, the mahasthanadhipati of Brahmesvaradeva's temple made some gift in C.V. 35 Vikriti, Pushya su. 10. So..........Uttarayana sankranti (A.D.1112) for the anga-bhoga of the god

1112 AD - 1116 AD : Mallarasa lord of Kodurapura

1114-1115 AD : Alampur
This inscription is at the main entrance of Brahmesvaralaya. It records a gift for the renovation, white washing, anga - bhogas and five rituals of the God Brahmesvara deva, to Sthanadhipati Vitaranendra rasi pandita by mahamandalesvara Sri Mallarasa.

1136 AD - 1154 AD: Pallava III or Hallavarasa of Pundur

Pallava II or Dekabbarasi

Govindara or Ketalambarasi 

1136 AD : Two of them from Maddurum in Kannada, refer to maha-pradhana danda-navaka Rudrabhattopadhyaya as the aradhya of the king, i.e. Vikramaditya VI of the Chalukya family, and governor of Ayije-300 division. Maha-samanta Hallavarasa of Pundur and maha- mandalesvara Kavana-chola-maharaja of the Telugu-Choda family figure in two other records as the feudatories of the same king. The former of these two made a gift of land in Madduru and Rekaluru for worship of the god Chintaka-Rechesvara and also for the maintenance of musicians and artists.

25th June A.D. 1151 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District
This inscription is from the two sides of a pillar from Yoga-Narasimha temple. Records a gift of land to god Madhavadeva by Chakama, wife of Nagadeva-nayaka who was the padihara (pratihara) of Mahamandalesvara Hallavarasa.

26th June A.D. 1151 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District

Trihuvanamalla, Tailapa III
This inscription refers to the reign of Western Chalukya king Tribhuvanamalla. It is dated Saka 1075, Prajapati, Ashadha s.u. 11, Monday. The Saka year cited must be a mistake for 1073. In the cyclic year rajapati, the said tithi occurred on A.D. 1151, June 26, the week- day being Tuesday. Tribhuvanamalla was the familiar title of Vikramaditya VI; but he does not seem to have been ment here. Unless it is a clerical error, the other possibilities would be to treat this title as referring to either Jagadekamalla II (A.D. 1138-51) or his son Taila III (A.D. 1151-62).

The epigraph registers a gift of land to the god Madhava, made Chakama, wife of Nagadeva-nayaka holding the office of door-keeper of Mahamandalesvara Hallavarasa.

1153 AD : Alampur,
This inscription is dated S. 1075 (mistake for 1073), Prajapati. Registers a gift of land to god Madhava by Chakama, wife of Nagadeva Nayaka holding the office of door keeper of Mahamandalesvara Hallavarasa.

1164 AD - 1181 AD : Kalachuri dynasty of Kalyani
1180 AD - 1183 AD : Ahavamalla
11th January, A.D. 1182 : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District :
This inscription is of the time of the Kalachuri king Ahavamalla, son of Bijjala. It cites the date, his 4th regnal year, Magha s.u. 5, Monday. This date regularly corresponds to A.D. 1182, January 11.

It states that the representatives of the trading corporation of Ayyavale-Five-Hundred, Ubhaya-Nanadesis, Mummuridandas of Thirty-six Bidus, Kannada-Four-Thousand and the chief men of the business centres like Trumbula, Gobbur, Maddur and Alampur, assembled in a conference and made the gift of income derived from tools on various transactions to the Gavaresvara Kesava-rasi, Sthanapati of the temple received the gift.

1199 AD - 1253 AD : Cheraku Bolla II or Cheraku Bollayya Reddy

1262 AD : Alampur inscription records the renovation of a pillar (kambam) of the temple of Brahmesvaradeva by Bammisetti for the merit of Cheraku-Murari Ketaya, Danay-Murari Immadi-Devaya, Dushtarankusa Annaya and Jagadala Marayya.

1253 AD - 1265 AD : Immadi Visvanatha son of Cheraku Bollayya or Bolla II

1265 AD - 1270 AD : Immadi Devaya II son of Immadi Visvanatha

1271 AD - 1305 AD : Immadi Bolla IV

1336 AD - 1485 AD : Sangama Dynasty of Vijayanagara

Founded of Harihara and Bukka

1422 AD - 1424 AD : Vira Vijaya Bukka Raya 
1424 AD - 1446 AD : Deva Raya II 

1446 AD - 1468 AD : Mallikarjuna Raya
1464 AD : Alampur 

This inscription is dated S. 1386 (9), Sarvajit, Magha, ba. 14, Monday, Sivaratri. Records the gift of the village Sarangapura to the head of the religious establishment of Sarangesvara Matha viz, Peddakuppasakanthadeva by Pedakachappodaya at the command of the king. The gift estate was approved by Kadali Bhikshavrtti Ayyangaru, the pontiff of Srisaila throne, by crediting 500 varahas into the treasury of Mallikarjuna.

1467 A.D : Alampur
This inscription is of the time of the Vijayanagara king Mallikarjuna. It is dated Saka 138[9], Sarvajit, Magha ba. 14, Mondy, Sivaratri. This date regularly corresponds to February 22. The epigraph records the endowment of the village Sarangapura to the head of the religious establishment of Sarangesvara-matha, Viz. Peddakuppa-sakanthadeva by Peda Kachapppodeya at the command of the king. The gift estate was purchased earlier with the approval of Kadali-Bhikshavritti-Ayyangaru, the pontiff of the Srisaila throne, by creaditing 500 varahas into the treasury of the god Mallikarjuna

27th February A.D. 1468 : Alampur
On the command of Mallikarjuna Raya and with the permission of Kadali biksha vritti lyyengar seated on Srisaila simhasana Peda Kachappodayalu garu, constructed a village called Sarangapura in the fields of Naramarilla and made it over to Kemidevuni veerayya, the Saranga matadhipati for the merit of his guru and parents.

1465 AD - 1485 AD : Virupaksha Raya II 

Vijayanagara Empire (Saluva dynasty) 

1485 - 1491 : Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya 
1491 AD - 1505 AD : Narasimha Raya II or Immadi Narasimha
29th February A.D. 1504.  : Wanaparthy

Vijayanagara Empire (Tuluva dynasty) 

1505 AD - 1509 AD : Viranarasimha Raya

1509 AD - 1529 AD : Sri Krishna Deva Raya 

Gaura Danayanka Basavapayya

4th May, A.D. 1516  : Nelakondapalli, Khammamet taluk
The following inscription is on three sides of a pillar now planted in the compound of the local library at Nelakondapalli. It is in Telugu prose and records the grant of land to some shrines in Kondapalli, on the orders of Kondamarusayya, who ruled in this region as governor in the reign of Krsna-deva-raya of Vijayanagara.

The actual reconquest by the Gajapati king is proved by the fact that this region was in his Kingdom at the time of Krsna-deva-raya's invasion. Nalagonda (modern Nalgonda), Khammamet. and Khandikonda (Mabbababad  district), are referred to among others, important places in the Gajapati kingdom which Krsna-deva-raya captured.

16th January, 1521 A.D.  : Alampur, Jogulamba Gadwal District
This inscription refers to the Vijayanagara king Vira-Krishnaraya and cites the date Saka 1443, Vrisha, Ashadha s`u. 12. This corresponds to A.D. 1521, January 16, the week-day being Sunday, not mentioned in the record. The epigraph records the endowment of two villages, Chennunipadi and Velampadu, to the god Brahmesvara of Alampur by Gauradanayamkara Narayana of Harita gotra for the religious merit of the king. The gift was made at the instance of Gauradanayamkara Basavapayya who was invested with the authority of Ambaradananayaka over Alampuru-sime by Vira-Krishnaraya after the letter`s subjugation of Rachuru as a result of his successful military campaign in the north.

The god Brahmesvara also called Bala-Brahmesvara, is described in this record as having manifested himself in the excellent Alampur. This statement establishes the identity of Hatampura in other records with Alampur. This place is mentioned as Dakshina Varanasi and Kasi-kshetra on the bank of the Tungabhadra. 

3rd March A.D. 1527 : Alampur
It is a copper plate at Brahmesvara temple. Registers the gift of a village Chennupalli of Alampura sima, for anga ranga vaibhava of Navabrahmesvara by Chinnapeddinayudu, son of Bhudaram Peddinayudu,. Śrī krishnadevaraya Chinnapeddinayudu a palegar of Alampur sima.

23rd April A.D. 1529. : Alampur
This inscription is on the slab in the compound of Chennakesava temple. Records the gift of village Pusalapadu also known as Krishnapuram in Alampuri sima, for the Amuruta padi of Chennakesavadeva of Chennipadu on lunar eclipse by Chandrasekharayya son of Annaji Ayya, for the merit of his over lord Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara and his minister Timmarasayya. The record ends with lengthy imprecatory verses.

Bukka Polavi Reddy

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