one water system · many inscriptions · Sapta-santana · Dasabandham · Kakatiya · 10th–17th century CE 💧 The Seven Virtuous Acts that ensured immortality The inscriptions of medieval Telangana across the four volumes of Epigraphia Telanganica document a sophisticated history of hydraulic engineering, where the construction of irrigation tanks ( tatakas , cheruvus , or samudras ) was considered one of the "Seven Virtuous Acts" ( Sapta-santana ) that ensured a donor's immortality [554, Vol-II; 1312, Vol-IV]. From the Rashtrakuta-period tank on Velpugonda hill to the massive Dharmakirti-Maila Samudra built by Princess Mailamba, from the Kesari-tataka that inspired the Kakatiya boar seal t…

Irrigation Tanks of Telangana Based on Epigraphia Telanganica (Vol. I–IV) • Verified with modern districts of Telangana (33-district structure) Source: Epigraphia Telanganica (Volumes I–IV). Modern districts verified against Telangana's 33-district structure (created 2016, updated 2019). Places like "Mahabubabad," "Jangaon," "Nagarkurnool," "Jogulamba Gadwal," "Hanamkonda," "Suryapet," "Yadadri Bhuvanagiri," "Siddipet," "Jagtial," "Peddapalli," "Kamareddy," "Rajanna Sircilla," "Jayashankar Bhupalpally," "Mancherial," "Kumuram Bheem Asifabad,…