Sangareddy · Medak Bifurcation · Kasavula-70 & Deccan History
Name Origin & History: Sangareddy District is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. It contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region. The district shares boundaries with Medak, Medchal, Vikarabad, Kamareddy and Rangareddy districts and with the state boundary of Karnataka.
Sangareddy District was bifurcated from Medak District according to G.O.M.S 239; Dt: 11-10-2016 by the Government of Telangana. Medak district was divided into three districts: Sangareddy District, Medak District and Siddipet District.
Sangareddy Municipality was constituted in 1954 and is classified as a first grade municipality with 31 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of 13.69 km² (5.29 sq mi).
Ancient & Early Medieval Deccan
The Rashtrakutas defeated the Badami Chalukyas in 753 AD. Their founder was Dantidurga. Krishna III (c. 939–967 AD) was one of their most prominent rulers.
Their political influence included territories in present-day Telangana and neighbouring regions. The wider Kasavula-70 region formed part of this Deccan political landscape.
This inscription is inscribed on a stone slab in front of the Mallikarjuna Swamy temple and is very much worn out. It mentions Maha Samantha Kommana of Panduravadi, who made a gift of wetland measuring 2 marttars as siddhaya as per the thirty span rod, the rajamana in the grama Baliya Pipparige, after washing the feet of Bankeyabhattaraka of Isvaralaya.
The record also refers to Rechayya of the Ayyavamsa, making a corollary gift of land in the grama of Pipparige.
In about 974 AD, the Nolambas were overrun by the Ganga king Marasimha, who boasts of having destroyed the Nolamba family and had the title Nolambakulantaka. He actually ruled for a time over the Nolambavadi country among other provinces.
Not long after this Ganga conquest, the Cholas appear to have started spreading their influence in the Nolamba regions. Inscriptions indicate conflicts between Cholas and Nolambas. In at least two records from the Kolar district, a Nolamdhiraja Chorayya appears as a Nolamba-Pallava ruler under Chola Rajaraja in 1010 AD. It was only after the revival and re-establishment of Chalukya power in the north that the Nolamba Pallavas went over from the Cholas to the Chalukyas. With this change in allegiance, their capital changed to Kampala on the Tungabhadra, to the west of Bellary. The Nolamba chiefs were subordinate to the Ganga kings.
Western Chalukyas of Kalyani — Foundation
The Western Chalukyas of Kalyani, also known as the Kalyani Chalukyas, emerged after the decline of Rashtrakuta power. Their founder was Tailapa II (973–997 AD). Their centres included Manyakheta and later Kalyani, present-day Basavakalyan in Karnataka.
Their period forms part of the broader medieval political history of the Deccan and northern Telangana. The Kasavula-70 region, corresponding to parts of present-day Medak and Nizamabad, was administered by their feudatories and local chiefs.
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.
The inscription is on a pillar in the fields of Narasayya. It records the gift of Veluru agrahara, in confirmation of the earlier one, made in favour of Pambalapala Vennayya, the brahmana, by Samkaraganda, in the cyclic year Vrishabha [921 A.D.].
The present donor Revarasa, ruler of Medaku-30, belonged to Maṭura vamsa, with his headquarters at Balia Ravipol. The members who confirmed the gift were the eight Prabhus and one hundred mahajanas of Velluru. The actual gift comprised the Siddhaya, accrued out of the lands which include Regadu. The gift was made in the presence of Adityaya, Revayaegavunda, Kuchiraju of Ravipol, Doppelige Naranayya, Bejaya Gavunda, and Tooparani Buyyana Gavunda. The gift was made under the orders of King Ahavamalla.
The executors of the gift were Korapara Revarasa, Chavundayya, Kuchiraju, Gundamayya manevergade and Gunasagarabhatta. This record is important as it contains the earliest reference to Medak-300.
This inscription is on the hill called Jinjarakonda, outside the village. The record mentions a gift made by Somayyarsar, feudatory of Ahavamalladeva [Tailapa-II], belonging to the lineage of the Chalukyas, and Thippaiah and his son Gundaiah, measuring 2 matters of Neerunela and 30 matters of black soil to the teacher Somanabhatta, who belonged to the Mulasangha of Yapaniya gachcha of Medak. It also mentions a Jaina Basadi in Medak.
Successors, Local Chiefs & the Kasavula-70 Administration
Satyasraya ruled from 997–1008 AD, and Vikramaditya V ruled from 1008–1015 AD. Their reigns form part of the wider Western Chalukya political sequence in the Deccan.
September 26, 1006 AD: Saka 928 — registers the gift of the village Koduru given to Brahmalingabhatta belonging to the temple of Gangesvera at Pottalakere by the maha samantha Gangayyarasa.
The second inscription registers the grant of lands at Vendikola by Gangayyarasa to the deity Ramesavaradeva of Polparela-tirtha. The gift was entrusted to the Jaina pontiff Vimalachandrapanditabhattarka of Soma-Jinalaya, for the merit of Somayyarasa.
Engraved on a slab lying on the bund of the village tank, the record is dated Saka 931 (1009 AD) and states that when Chalukya king Irivabedemgadeva was staying in his transit camp Ravulakonde, maha samantha Gangayyarasa made the grant of the village Kolur to the deity Ramesvara of Chelevarala on the day of Tula Samkranti.
During the reign of Vikramaditya V, Tribhuvanamalla (A.D. 1010), Pallava Iriva Ghatiyankakaradeva Nolambadhiraja was ruling over Nolamba Padi-32000 and other places around (SII IX I No. 79).
His subordinate, the Mahasamantadhipati, Maha Prachanda Dandanayaka Ghatiyankakara Brahmadhiraja, called Venniya bhattaraka, a brahman, received certain lands from the people of Alur. Here it is not known whether the term means a name or a title, but in the case of the subordinate it is definitely a title indicating his subordinate position to his overlord.
Somarasa Punyamkora, the great prime minister of Pallavarasa, era 933, on the full moon Sunday of Falguna month (February 10, 1012), during the lunar eclipse, washed the feet of Somanatha.
Rajendra Chola of the Chola dynasty killed Ayyana in battle and occupied the Kollipaka region.
Jayasimha II fought with the Cholas and recaptured the Kollipaka region. He was a brother of Vikramaditya V. In an inscription from Shimoga district he is stated to have been known as Nolamba-Pallava Permanadi, being the son of a Pallava princess.
The inscription written in Telugu-Kannada script and Kannada language records the ritual performed on the Lunar Eclipse in the month of Falguna, 1012 AD, when Pallavarasa washed the feet and worshipped Somanatha Guru and donated approximately ninety acres of land to him.
1017 AD: Saka 939 — registers the grant of lands at Vendikola by Gangayyarasa to the deity of Ramesavaradeva of Polparela-tirtha.
1017 AD: Vendikola, Pulkal Mandal, Sangareddy. Of the two Kannada inscriptions, on two different stones set up in the field outside the village, belonging to the Chalukya chief Irivabedemgadeva and dated Saka 939, Parabhava, corresponding to AD 1017, the first records the grant of lands at Vendikola by Bijjayyarasa to soma-Jinalaya.
This inscription is on a stone set up in front of the Dhvajastambha of the temple, dated S. 936; Nala, Uttarayana Samkranti, Thursday. It records the gift of the village Kovuru to the god Namesvara after washing the feet of Vakhana (Vrishana?) deva of Kiriya Kandi by Mahamandalesvara Pampa Permadi. A grant for feeding fifty ascetics and students was also made by other chiefs.
This inscription is on a pillar lying in the fields outside the village. The inscription records the gift of land measuring 10 mattars in the grama (name lost) within Kasavula to Ayyana basadi by Pampa permmanadi after washing the feet of Rama Chandra Siddhanta Bhattaraka of Kanurgana.
1044 CE: Kannapayya Nayaka
24th November A.D. 1044: Simgitam, Zahirabad Taluk, Sangareddy. This inscription is on a pillar in the Anjaneya temple. The inscription registers the gift of Kari [black] land measuring certain marttars under the tank called Kavi cheruvu, included in Kasavula-56, situated to the east of Kasavula to the Kalabasadi by Kannapayya nayaka, sandhivigrahi and son of Vemapermmanadi.
1045 CE: Gundadandanayaka Naranayya
24th February A.D. 1045: Ravipalli, Zahirabad Taluk, Medak. This inscription is on a pillar lying in the fields called ‘Manikgonda chenu’ in the outskirts of the village. The inscription records the gift of 60 marttars of Kariya [black] land under the tank called Baliya Kavi Cheruvu, situated in the administrative division Komara-56 to the south of Kasavula, by Gundadandanayaka Naranayya, while Vema Permmanadi was administering Kasavula. The donor was praised for his qualities of Prabhumantrotsaha Saktitraya. The gift was handed over to Kumarakirtti Siddhanta Bhattaraka of Mulagana.
18th June A.D. 1046: Gorrekal, Andole Taluk (Sangareddy/Medak). This inscription is on three pieces of a pillar in the village. The inscription is broken into pieces and hence fragmentary. It seems to record a land gift by Vema Permanadi, in the village Bhojanadendi. The said donor was in the service of Pampa Pernmadi.
This inscription is on a pillar in the Hanuman Temple. The inscription registers the gift of Pannasa land measuring 150 marttars in the grama of Pattala, included in Kolkuru-42 to Somesvara Pandita, as gurudakshina for imparting education (vidyadana), after washing his feet, by Bibbesvara, who was in the service of Pampa Permanadi, the holder of Bidina vritti. The said gift was made under the orders of Pampa Permanadi, ruler of Kasavulanadu Savalakkebada, in the temple of god Somesvara.
Also registers the gift of land measuring four hundred marttars to the one hundred twenty two Panditas headed by Chakrapani Pandita. 150 Prabhugamundugalu, headed by Kondisetti and Kammakallasetti, were witnesses to the above gift.
Dated Saka 972 (A.D. 1050), the inscription registers some gift (details lost) by Pampa Pennmanadi on the occasion of Pattoddhati of the Yuvaraja Bijjarasa, while Trailokya Malladevarasa was ruling the kingdom.
States that during the reign of Trailokyamalla, a grant of 26 mas was made in Mirdol of Migalanadu to Somesvara Pandita of Pottalakeri (modern Patancheru). Also contains another grant of land, a garden measuring 6 mas, under Hiriyakalwa, and at various other places, pampana palli in Lambhulikinadu, by mahamandalesvara Pamparasar, to the God Pandhesvara.
Vikramaditya VI & Later Western Chalukyas
He was administering the area surrounding Sangareddy and Kandi.
3rd May A.D. 1064: Gaudacherla, Sangareddy. The inscription is on a pillar lying in the fields bearing S.NO. 519 at the entrance of the village. It registers the gift of six marttars of gadde land under the catchment area of the tank, situated to the west of the village, for the five temples [Panchsalayas], names not given, by a certain Maramayya of Piriya Gandi, while Chandrasekhara Choda Maharaja, a Telugu-Choda chief, was administering the area.
1064 AD: Gaudacherla, Medak. Belonging to the time of Trailokyamalla Somesvara of the Western Chalukyas and dated Saka 986, the record, which is a prasasti, states the existence of a hitherto unknown feudatory by name Chandra Nekhara Chola of the Telugu Chola family.
Begins with the Western Ganga prasasti and introduces Chalukya prince Ganga Permanadi Vikramadityadeva and Trailokyamalla Nolamba Permanadi Jayasimghadeva. These two princes, while advancing for the victorious battle with the Cholas, were camping at the nelavidu Manchala. With their permission and at the instance of Choudhara Revadihara Bhadiesvara, a certain chief is said to have made, through the above two princes, a gift of the village Pullimjelu to Bhimarasi Pandita for maintaining a chatra at Srisailam.
This inscription begins with the usual prasasti of the Western Chalukyas and also states that while Somesvara I Trailokyamalla was ruling, it mentions his feudatory, maha mandalesvara Somapermanadi, who probably made a grant. Details of the grant are not clear.
This inscription is in the forsides of a slab built into the Virasangayya-katta. The lower portion of the slab is broken and lost. It seems to register a gift to a basadi constructed by padavala Chavundamayya, a disciple of Subhachandra-siddhantadeva. It refers to Pampapermanadi, who was a subordinate of the king.
1069 AD: Sirur, Narayankhed. This inscription is on a broken slab now kept near the Singoor Project house. It is incomplete. The inscription gives the Prasasti of mahasamanta Aggalarasa, a follower of the Jain goddess Padmavati. It seems to register the gift of gadde land to some deity, not specified.
1074 AD: Singur, Sangareddy. Saka 995, it states that while Chalukya Bhuvanaikamalla was camping at Vankapura, mahasamantha Aggalarasa made a grant of lands to Dharmasagra Siddhantadeva.
1074 AD: Sirur, Narayankhed. This inscription is on a pillar in the donka outside the village. The inscription registers the gift of garden lands and house plots for residence and feeding the students and (rishis) by maha samanta Aggalayya, at the instance of his brother. In this, Aggalarasa is praised for his proficiency in medicine. The said gift was placed in the custody of Dharmasagara Siddhanta Deva of Sri Yapaniya samgha and Maduvagana. The donor himself was an ardent worshipper of Jaina Sasanadevi and Bahubali. The verses extol the heroic qualities of Aggalarasa and the philanthropic qualities of Vallikambe, his wife.
It also registers the gift of land for dwelling purposes and garden land to Dharmasagara Siddhanta Deva of Madhuvagana and Sri Yapaniyasangha, and for the daily offerings of Bahubali by Aggalarasa, the Mahasamantadhipati, at the request of his brother (name not mentioned), for feeding the mendicants on the occasion of a lunar eclipse. Aggalarasa is extolled in chaste Kannada verses.
Adityarasa is mentioned as the commander of the fort at Kohir.
Vikramaditya VI was one of the most prominent rulers of the Western Chalukya dynasty. His reign forms a major period in the medieval history of the Deccan and northern Telangana.
1076 CE: Patancheruvu. Sankarasa (or Sankarayya) of the Karmakula/Karmanvaya lineage and his wife Bhamkambika. Sankarasa was a high-ranking official (Dandanayaka) stationed at Patancheru, which was a major administrative and military hub known as a nelevidu (encampment).
20th June A.D. 1080: Patancheru, Sangareddy. The first part records the gift of 24 marttrs of land for the worship and repairs of the temple of the god Bhogevaradeva and for feeding and maintenance of students of Tamgina-Matha by mahamandalesvara Brahmadhiraja Udayaditya Deva, at the instance of the king and ministers. The gift was handed over to acharya Suryabharaṇa Pandita, the pontiff of the matha, after washing his feet on the occasion of the solar eclipse.
Pottalakere (modern Patancheru) was a vital administrative and religious hub under the Western Chalukyas. The mention of Kuchemuru being gifted suggests it was a prominent village within the administrative circle of the capital.
21st June A.D. 1080: Patancheru. The inscription seems to consist of 39 lines. It refers itself to the reign of Tribhuvanamalladeva and mentions his Brahmin subordinate who attained the rank of Brahmadhara, evidently the same as Kumara Tribhuvanamalla Brahamadiraja Udayadityavan.
This record is dated Chalukya Vikrama year S Randri Jyeslita Amavasya, Sunday (Sunday 21st June 1080 A.D.). It refers to Brahmadhiraja Uderyaditya and his gift of Kuchemuru after washing the feet of Suryabharana pandita. Another piece mentions Pottalakere.
Bhimayya is described as mahapradhana, maneverggaḍe and dandanayaka.
1082 CE: Chintalghat, Zahirabad. Gift of 19 ma's of land and gadda ma's (unspecified) on the western side by mahasamanta the Kottarasar to the Kotta Jinalaya, after washing the feet of Madhava Chandra Siddhantadeva.
Queen: Melaladevi (also called Mailaladevi).
1086 CE: Brammidevayya Nayaka. The inscription records the arrangement made for the collection of water cess, i.e., tax for the use of water from the tanks situated to the east of Kandi, by the Prabhu of Piriya Kandi named Sahavasi Brammidevayya Nayaka.
1090: It registers the gift of land measuring one hundred ankanas by the chief queen to a person named Vamarasa, at the request of the mahajanas of Pushpanagara, the best bhattagrama headed by Remarasa, within the division of Kilatti-50.
11th September A.D. 1084: Alladurgam, Medak District. This inscription dated C.V.E. 9, Raktakshi, Ashwayuja su. 9, Wednesday, A.D. 1084, Sept. 11, registers a gift of wet land for feeding the ascetics in Kirtivilasa Santi Jinalaya by the king’s subordinate Mahamandalesvara Ahavamalla Permanadigal. The gift was made into the hands of Kamaladeva Siddhanti.
27th August A.D. 1086: Mamidipalli, Sangareddy Taluk. This inscription is on a pillar in the field of Lakshman Singh. The inscription records the arrangement made for the collection of water cess, i.e., tax for the use of water from the tanks situated to the east of Kandi, by the Prabhu of Piriya Kandi named Sahavasi Brammidevayya Nayaka.
24th December A.D. 1098: Gadi Peddapur, Andole. Records the gift of land to the god Blibbesvara of Billa Kallu by the queen Melalad of the chief Ahavamalla Permanadi, who was referred to as Valakkamalla. The good qualities of the queen Malaladevi, the donor, were praised.
This inscription is on a pillar in the Hanuman temple. The inscription introduces a certain Somesvarabhatta of the family who bears a string of birudas, which include Pati karyyadurandhara, niyogayaugandhara, Tribhuvanamalladevarajya samuddharana and Karnnaṭa herilala Samdhivigrahi. The donor, who was a minister, registered the gift of land measuring 12 marttars in the village Sirigoppa, his Prabhusvamya, to the god Somesvara, towards the daily rites of the god as well as repairs to the temple.
The said gift was handed over to Pabbesvarapandita after washing his feet, at the confluence of the two rivers, viz., Jara and Gundi. At the end, the two Kannada verses praise the donor as a military general.
29th November A.D. 1108: Patancheru, Sangareddy. Kumara Somesvara, son of Tribhuvanamalla.
This inscription is on a pillar in the field of Krishnarao by the side of a stream. The inscription records the gift of land towards naivedya of the god Badesvara of Ramatirtha by mahamandalesvara Mahadevarasar, along with Karana pramukhas of Banavaya, with the concurrence of the prince Somesvara.
Kumara Somesvara III was a Western Chalukya prince who later ruled as Somesvara III. His period forms part of the later Western Chalukya political sequence.
1122 CE: Choutkur, Andole Taluk. Mahasmantha Mallaraja, ruler of Kosavula-70.
This inscription is on a slab near the P.W.D. project guest house, dated Chalukya Vikrama 47, Subhakrit, Asvayuja su. 15 (mistake for su. 5), Monday lunar eclipse = 1122 A.D. September 18. The lunar eclipse occurred on the previous day. It states that while the king was camping at Jayanthipura, dandanayaka Totaranayya, the governor of the Kosevala-70 division and the brother-in-law of Mallarasa, endowed lands in the villages Chevutakuru, Dakallu and on the Todikute on the occasion of the lunar eclipse.
The donor Mallarasa is described as mahasamanta under Somesvara Deva, the son of mahamandalesvara Chalukya Gangapermmadi Aggeyarasu, who was to protect the grant.
Bhulokamalla Someswara III ruled from 1127–1138 CE. His reign forms part of the later Western Chalukya period in the Deccan.
20th February A.D. 1127: Patancheru, Sangareddy. This epigraph belongs to the reign of the Western Chalukya king Bhulokamalla Somesvara III. It states that according to the oral instructions of the king, his officer Pasayita (Master of Robes) Bammanayya granted the privilege of collection of a measure of grain (Kolaga-daya) in the locality Chintamani-pura of Pottalagere to the astrologer Nanneya Bhatta.
The grant was made on Phalguna su. 7, Sunday, in the Chalukya-Vikrama year 51, Patabhava, on the occasion of the king’s coronation, and this was in recognition of the donee’s service, who had calculated the auspicious date for the king’s expedition on Karttika s.u 9, Thursday, of the same year.
It is gathered from the foregoing details that Somesvara III proceeded on a military expedition on the latter date and subsequently he was crowned on the former. The first of the above dates in Karttika corresponds to A.D. 1126, October 26, the week-day being Tuesday. The second date in Phalguna regularly corresponds to A.D. 1127, February 20. On this date the coronation of Somesvara III took place.
This record establishes the identity of modern Patancheru with the early Chalukya capital Pottalakere.
26th December A.D. 1131: Kankal, Parigi, Vikarabad. This contains two different records dated in two different cyclic years (viz.) Sadharana and Virodhi Krit respectively, engraved on the same pillar. The former registers the gift of land to the God Bijjesvara of Kankalla by mahamandalesvara Soma Permanadi, Heggade Dandanayaka of Kankall and other Pramukh karanas. The latter registers the gift of land by Soma Permanadi, Saudare Govindarasa and other Saudare’s of Kankallanadu, including all Prabhus and Gavundas, to Sri Nemibhattarakadeva, for the daily rituals of God Kesavadeva.
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.
15th November A.D. 1137: Someswaram, Banswada. It records the gifts of land in the territory of Banswada-26 by a feudatory named Soma Permanadi, who bore the titles ‘Savalakkamalla’ and ‘Sanivara Siddhi’, towards the anga and ranga bhogas and Tribhogabhya siddhi. An interesting aspect of this record is the mention of the name of the village ‘Somesvaram’, which is probably named after the donor Soma Permanadi or his master Somesvara III.
Jagadekamalla II ruled from 1138–1151 AD. His reign forms part of the later Western Chalukya period.
Tailapa III ruled from 1151–1163 AD. His reign forms part of the later Western Chalukya period.
This inscription is now in the State Museum, Hyderabad. The inscription, dated in the Chalukya Vikrama era, refers to one mahamandaleshwara Kanduri Gokarna Chola maharaja and his gifts to Gavari … Bhimana Perggada, son-in-law of Gamana perggada, namely, the enjoyment of 10 madas of Gukkadamu 30, and to the latter’s son Doddayyabhatta, to whom, after washing his feet, he gave the enjoyment of Badiye of Naminekalla-70 on the occasion of Uttarayana sankranti.
Bahmani Sultanate & Medieval Deccan
The Bahmani Sultanate was established in 1347 under Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah. Its principal capitals included Gulbarga and later Bidar. The Bahmani period formed an important stage in the political history of the Deccan.
8th January A.D. 1418: Tellapur, Sangareddy. This inscription is on a pillar near a well. The inscription records the construction of a well and gadibhavi along with water carriers by Ojus (artisans) detailed in the inscription in the village Telumganapura.
The most important feature is the name of the modern village Tellapur, which shows that it was originally known as Telumganapura, reminding that during the period the area of Telingana was included in the kingdom of Firuz Shah Bahamani. It also states that Nagoju, one of the artisans of the above constructions, made the golden ornaments to the queen of Feroz Shah Sultan. The scribe is Rudroju Sirigiroju.
Ahmad Shah I ruled the Bahmani Sultanate from 1422–1436 AD.
Wife: Kasavamba, daughter of Recherla Pannaya Nayaka. Daughter: Jayi.
This was a bilingual inscription of ‘Alau’d-Din Shah Bahmani, in the State Museum, Hyderabad. Dated A.H. 848 (A.D. 1444), it records the construction of a stepwell by Makhduma-i-Jahan Bibi Shahnaz, mother of Khan-i-Mu‘azzam Mahmud Khan.
Dated in Saka 1366 (A.D. 1444), this bilingual inscription in Sanskrit and Persian belongs to the period of the Bahmani Sultan ‘Alau’d-Din II and records the victory of his father, Ahmad Shah, over Devaraja, commandant of the fort at Rajahmundry, besides referring to the construction of a well by prince Mahmud Khan after the name of his mother.
Modern History & District Formation
After the breakup of the Bahmani Sultanate, the Qutb Shahi dynasty established the Golconda Sultanate in 1518. Golconda became an important centre of political and commercial activity in the Deccan.
In 1636, the Qutb Shahi state accepted Mughal suzerainty under the settlement associated with Emperor Shah Jahan and his Deccan policy. Mughal rule became direct after Aurangzeb conquered Golconda in 1687.
After the conquest of Golconda in 1687, the territory became part of the Mughal imperial system in the Deccan.
In 1713, Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan was appointed governor of the Deccan and received the title Nizam-ul-Mulk. In 1724, he established effective independent control over Hyderabad after defeating the Mughal governor Mubariz Khan at the Battle of Shakar Kheda.
The Asaf Jahi dynasty ruled Hyderabad from the establishment of Nizam-ul-Mulk’s independent authority in 1724 until the integration of Hyderabad State into the Indian Union in 1948.
In 1798, Hyderabad entered into the Subsidiary Alliance system with the British East India Company under Governor-General Lord Wellesley.
Following the Indian military action known as Operation Polo in September 1948, Hyderabad State was integrated into the Indian Union. The Sangareddy region subsequently remained part of Hyderabad State until the reorganization of Indian states in 1956.
Sangareddy Municipality was constituted in 1954 and is classified as a first grade municipality with 31 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of 13.69 km² (5.29 sq mi).
Under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Telugu-speaking Telangana region of Hyderabad State was merged with Andhra State to form the new State of Andhra Pradesh.
The demand for a separate Telangana state became a major political movement in 1969 and re-emerged strongly during the later statehood movement of the 2000s and early 2010s.
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 created Telangana as a separate state, with the new state coming into existence on 2 June 2014.
IIT Hyderabad was established in 2008 near Sangareddy at Kandi Mandal. Also, JNTUH College of Engineering Sultanpur at Sultanpur, which is nearby the city, has been established recently.
Sangareddy District was bifurcated from Medak District according to G.O.M.S 239; Dt: 11-10-2016 by the Government of Telangana. Medak district was divided into three districts: Sangareddy District, Medak District and Siddipet District.
The district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region and shares boundaries with Medak, Medchal, Vikarabad, Kamareddy and Rangareddy districts and with the state boundary of Karnataka.
Key Heritage Sites & Records
Legacy – A Layered Western Deccan Region
The history of the area now forming Sangareddy District is best understood within the wider history of the western Deccan and northern Telangana. The historical region known as Kasavula or Kosavala-70 — corresponding to the present-day combined districts of Medak (Medaku-30) and Nizamabad — formed an important administrative and political unit under the Western Chalukyas of Kalyani and their feudatories.
The region’s history spans the Rashtrakutas, Nolambas, Gangas, Cholas, Western Chalukyas of Kalyani, Kakatiyas, Bahmanis, Qutb Shahis, Mughals and Asaf Jahis. Inscriptional records such as the Koraprolu inscription (973 AD), Sitarampalli inscription (979 AD), Patancheru inscriptions (1080–1243 AD), Banswada inscriptions (1137 AD) and the Tellapur inscription (1418 AD) help place the district within the broader historical landscape of the Deccan.
Modern Patancheru is identified with the early Chalukya capital Pottalakere, and the region preserves important place-name continuities such as Tellapur from Telumganapura and Banswada from Bansavada.
The modern district emerged from the 2016 bifurcation of Medak District according to G.O.M.S 239; Dt: 11-10-2016, with Sangareddy as its headquarters. Medak district was divided into three districts: Sangareddy District, Medak District and Siddipet District. The district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region and is home to IIT Hyderabad (established 2008 at Kandi Mandal) and JNTUH College of Engineering Sultanpur.
- District Formation: Sangareddy District was bifurcated from Medak District according to G.O.M.S 239; Dt: 11-10-2016. Medak district was divided into Sangareddy, Medak and Siddipet districts.
- Administration: Sangareddy Municipality was constituted in 1954 and is a first grade municipality with 31 election wards, spread over 13.69 km² (5.29 sq mi).
- Boundaries: The district shares boundaries with Medak, Medchal, Vikarabad, Kamareddy and Rangareddy districts and with the state boundary of Karnataka. It contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region.
- Ancient Region: The historical region known as Kasavula or Kosavala-70 corresponds to the present-day combined districts of Medak (Medaku-30) and Nizamabad.
- Earliest Chalukya Record: The Koraprolu inscription of 10th April A.D. 973 is the earliest record of the Chalukyas of Kalyana in Telangana, dated in the regnal year of Tailapa II.
- Local Chiefs: The region was administered by feudatories such as Mahamandalesvara Soma Permanadi, Revarasa of Medaku-30, Pampa Permadi, Vema Permadi, Mahasamantha Aggalarasa and Soma Permanadi III.
- Patancheru / Pottalakere: Modern Patancheru is identified with the early Chalukya capital Pottalakere. It was a major administrative and military hub known as a nelevidu (encampment) and a vital religious centre under the Western Chalukyas.
- Jaina Patronage: Inscriptions from Betolu (987 AD), Vendikola (1017 AD), Mubarakpur (1026 AD), Simgitam (1044 AD) and Sirur (1074 AD) record patronage to Jaina basadis, pontiffs and deities such as Bahubali and Padmavati.
- Bahmani Period: The Tellapur inscription of 8th January A.D. 1418 records the construction of a well in Telumganapura (modern Tellapur) during the reign of Feroz Shah Bahmani. A bilingual Sanskrit and Persian inscription of A.D. 1444 records a stepwell construction during the reign of Alau’d-Din Shah Bahmani.
- Modern Institutions: IIT Hyderabad was established in 2008 near Sangareddy at Kandi Mandal, and JNTUH College of Engineering Sultanpur is located at Sultanpur.
- Modern History: Hyderabad State was integrated into India in 1948, Telangana became a separate state on 2 June 2014, and Sangareddy District was created in 2016.
- Government of Telangana, Sangareddy District: District history, boundaries, municipality and formation from erstwhile Medak District.
- Government of Telangana district reorganization records: G.O.M.S 239; Dt: 11-10-2016, bifurcation of Medak District into Sangareddy, Medak and Siddipet districts.
- Koraprolu inscription, Medak District: 10th April A.D. 973, earliest record of the Chalukyas of Kalyana in Telangana.
- Sitarampalli inscription, Gazvel Taluk, Medak: 25th March A.D. 979, Revarasa ruler of Medaku-30, earliest reference to Medak-300.
- Betolu inscription, Sangareddy: 23rd May A.D. 987, Somayyarasa, Jaina Basadi in Medak.
- Koduru inscription, Pulkal Mandal: Saka 931 (1009 AD), maha samantha Gangayyarasa.
- Vendikola inscriptions, Pulkal Mandal: Saka 939 (1017 AD), Bijjayyarasa, grants to soma-Jinalaya.
- Mubarakpur inscription, Sangareddy: 23rd May A.D. 1026, Pampa Permmanadi, Ayyana basadi.
- Simgitam and Ravipalli inscriptions, Zahirabad Taluk: 1044–1045 AD, Kannapayya nayaka and Gundadandanayaka Naranayya, Kasavula-56 and Komara-56.
- Nagulapalli inscription, Sangareddy: 30th January A.D. 1050, Bibbesvara, gurudakshina for vidyadana.
- Gaudacherla inscriptions, Sangareddy: 3rd May A.D. 1064, Chandrasekhara Choda Maharaja, Telugu-Choda chief.
- Patancheru inscriptions, Sangareddy: 1080–1243 AD, Brahmadhiraja Udayaditya Deva, Sankarasa, Mahadevarasa and Kanduri Gokarna Choda III.
- Malapahad inscription, Sangareddy: 30th April A.D. 1101, Somesvarabhatta, minister and military general.
- Kankal inscriptions, Parigi, Vikarabad: 26th December A.D. 1131, Soma Permanadi, Bijjesvara and Nemibhattarakadeva.
- Banswada inscriptions: 1137 AD, Soma Permanadi, Banswada-26 and Somesvaram.
- Tellapur inscription, Sangareddy: 8th January A.D. 1418, Feroz Shah Bahmani, Telumganapura.
- Bilingual inscription, State Museum, Hyderabad: A.H. 848 / Saka 1366 (A.D. 1444), Alau’d-Din Shah Bahmani.
- Telangana historical and archaeological material: Rashtrakuta, Nolamba, Ganga, Chola, Western Chalukya, Kakatiya, Bahmani, Qutb Shahi, Mughal and Asaf Jahi history.