Warangal Durries
Warangal Durries are handwoven flat-weave rugs and floor coverings produced mainly in Kothawada, Warangal , and surrounding areas of Telangana. The GI application identifies Kanchanpally, Kareemabad, Venkateshwarapally, Rallakunta, Parkal, Rayaparthi and Parthipaka among adjoining production areas. Warangal is about 150 km northeast of Hyderabad . The craft is characterised by weft-interlock weaving, geometric and angular motifs, coloured horizont…
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Shitab Khan
The Telugu Chieftain Who Revived Kakatiya Memory
Warangal, Political Power and the Kakatiya Legacy in the Early 16th-Century Deccan
Late 15th–early 16th century · Telugu Chieftain · Ruler of Warangal ·
Captured Warangal in 1504 · Kakatiya Cultural Revival · Kush Mahal Association
Kush Mahal (Khush Mahal), Warangal Fort — a Tughluq-period audience hall later associated with Shitab Khan
Shitab Khan , known in his 1504 Warang…
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Prataparudra II (1289–1323)
Prataparudra II (c. 1289–1323 CE) – The Last Kakatiya Sovereign · Also known as Kumara-Rudra and Vira-Rudra · Restored Kakatiya authority after the Ambadeva conflict · Upparapalli tradition (1303) · Malik Kafur's campaign (1309–1310) · Kakatiya expansion into the southern Deccan · Kanchi under Kakatiya authority · Defeated by Ulugh Khan in 1323 KAKATIYA DYNASTY · LAST SOVEREIGN · Reign: 1289–1323 CE · Ambadeva conflict · 1303 Delhi expedition…
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