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Kolanupaka is said to be known by different names in the past, Bimbavatipuram, Kottiyapaka, Kollihaka, Kollipaka and Kolanpak, Kollipakanadu is located in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district. Vikrama- ditya VI in 1076 who ruled for half a century in whose period Kollipaka enjoyed peaceful life . There are six inscriptions of this king in Kollipaka. During Vikramaditya VI's ( A.D. 1076-1126 ) reign , his son Somesvara governed many Mandalas of the kingdom with his headquarters at Kollipaka Kollipaka was a great military centre and Jain centre too, Kumara Tailapa constructed a Jain temple at Kollipaka . Kollipaka - 9000 Kollipaka-7000 Pembarthi  Rashtrakutas Ratta Dynasty (875-1250) Ratta dynasty was a minor Indian dynasty who ruled over the Belagavi region of modern Karnataka as a branch of Rashtrakutas and it is held by some authorities that the Rattas were Raddis ( Kan . Radderu ) . It is certain that they still claim descent from Hem Ratti , who , in their tradition, was the son of Kuda...

Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District, is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The administrative headquarters is located at Bhuvanagiri Town. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Nalgonda, Jangaon, Siddipet, Medchal-Malkajgiri and Rangareddy districts. Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district is carved out of erstwhile Nalgonda district. Rashtrakuta Dynasty  907 AD :  Ravi Chandrayya 1st April, 907 AD :  Velmajala, Bhuvanagiri  Telugu and Kannada.  This inscription is on a slab near ruined construction outside the village. The inscription refers to Akalavarsha (i.e. Krishna II) and records the gift of 100  marttars  of land to a basadi; and a garden by Ravi Chandrayya, a subordinate of the king. 913 AD - 972 AD : Mahasamanta   Nurmadidhavala  Ayyanayyarasar Chief : Gommarasa 913 AD : Padaturu, Nalgonda, Nityavarsha (Indra III)  This Kannada inscription, engraved on a pillar, set up in front of Ramalingesvarasvami temple, belongs to the reig...

Name : Aggalayya (1034 AD - 1074 AD) Spouse : Vallikambe Born : c. 1000 AD  Died : c. 1080 AD Profession : Royal Physician (Ayurveda), Mahasamantha  Titles :  Vaidyaratnakara Pranacharya, M ahasamanta and Vaidyasikhamani  Religion : Jainism Inscriptions : Yadadri Bhuvanagiri ( Saidapur or Saidapuram) , Sangareddy (Sirur,  Singuru in  Narayankhed Mandal ) from 1034 AD to 1074 AD Aggalayya who is stated to have been specialist in Sastra (surgery) and Sastra (Science) and was capable of curing even the severe diseases that cannot be cured by other physicians. The records describe the proficiency of Aggalayya in Ayurveda with particular reference to his skill in Sastra-vaidya or treatment of diseases by surgical methods.   It is interesting to note that surgery in the system of Ayurveda was practised with efficiency in those days. Aggalayya is stated to be the royal physician. Aggalayya has not only been praised as an efficient physician or surgeon bu...

Kolanupaka Sri Someswara Temple or Sri Chandikamba Sametha Someshwaraswami temple as called by locals is a Shiva Templelocated in kolanupaka village (also called as Kulpak), Alair or Aler Mandal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in Telangana State, India. The main deity of the temple is lord Shiva in the form of Swayambu or Someshwara Swamy, and his consort is Shakti or devi Chandika. There is a huge Saharsalinga inside one of the temple sanctums, which gives it the name of Veyi Lingala gudi, meaning the temple of the thousand lingas.  The temples in the complex include those of Sri Renukacharya, Sri Mallikarjunaswami, Chandeshwari, Kundamamba, Kotilingeswaraswami, Kala Bhairaviswami, Anjaneya, Rudranidraswami, Veerabhadraswami, Kumaraswami and the Ekadasharudrula temple. The temple has Ganapathi and Nataraja idols and Mahavir in yoga posture of the Chalukya period in the 12th century. This Shiva temple is situated around 82 km from Warangal and located near Kulpak ji, a famous Jain te...

Rock art is a form of landscape art that includes designs that have been placed on boulder and cliff faces, cave walls and ceilings, and on the ground surface. Petroglyphs are rock carvings (rock paintings are called pictographs) made by pecking directly on the rock surface using a stone chisel and a hammerstone.  Of all the questions with regard to rock art the most problematic is its dating. For the relative dating of rock art the following aspects are taken into consideration.  They are: 1. Thematic content 2. Superimposition 3. State of preservation 4. Colour scheme 5. Archaeological evidence. 1. Thematic content The thematic content in the rock art of Telangana mainly consists of animal figures such as deer species, humped bull (Bos indicus), hare, rabbit , mangoose, porcupine, dog, tiger etc., and birds such as peacock, human and anthropomorphic figures, hand prints and geometric figures. The thematic content of the paintings and also the petroglyphs, is useful for under...