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The Greek ambassador to the court of Chandragupta Maurya, Megasthenes of 4th Century B. C. states that there was a powerful Deccan Nation Andrae having 30 walled cities and an army second only to that of the Imperial Mauryas of Magadha. Megasthenes (about 295 B.C.) : he says, their kings had 100,000 foot soldiers, 2000 horses, 1000 elephants, 30 walled towns, and many villages. Forts in Karimnagar Kotilingala Peddabankur Budigapalli Dhulikatta Kondapur Villages Pahnigiri Thirumalgiri

753 AD - 973 AD : Rashtrakuta defeated Badami Chalukyas in 753 AD. Founder : Dantidurga Capitals : Manyakheta (present-day Malkhed in the Kalaburagi district , Karnataka state) Languages : Kannada, Sanskrit Religion : Jainism, Hinduism 753 AD to 973 AD : Vemulavada Chalukyas (vassals to Rashtrakuta Dynasty) ruled Karimnagar and Nizamabad. 753 AD to 973 AD: Kakatiyas ruled as vassals to Rashrakuta ruled with kakatipura in warangal as capital. Also ruled koravi or kurravadi in warangal district. 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. He annexed Maharashtra to his kingdom by defeating Chalukya King Kirtivarma with the help of Vemulawada Chalukya king Yudhamalla I (750 AD - 780 AD). 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 com...