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Hanumakonda District History

Hanumakonda or Hanamkonda district, (formerly Warangal Urban district) is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters are located at Hanumakonda. The district borders the districts of Jangaon, Karimnagar, Warangal, Bhupalpally and Siddipet. The district was formed in 2016 by carving out Warangal Urban district from the erstwhile Warangal district. In August 2021, the Warangal Urban district was renamed as Hanumakonda district.  753 AD - 973 AD : Rashtrakuta defeated Badami Chalukyas in 753 AD. Founder : Dantidurga Bhimarasa 872 AD : Khajipet, Hanumakonda District. Framentary. The inscription introduces Satyasraya Bhimarasa who obtained the privilege of using the pancha-maha sabdas (five musical instruments) and the status of mahasamantadhipati by serving (his overlord Amoghavarsha Sri Prithvi Vallabha Maharajadhiraja Paramesvara Bhattara) and records the grant of money to certain local officials and lays down fine...

Jagitial District History

Jagtial district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is Jagtial. The district shares boundaries with Nirmal, Mancherial, Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Sircilla and Nizamabad districts. 753 AD - 973 AD : Rashtrakuta defeated Badami Chalukyas in 753 AD. Founder : Dantidurga Dharmapuri : This undated inscription was issued by Aitavarmarasa, of the Haihaya family, whose overlord was the Rashtrakuta king Krishna. It refers to the gift of hundred mattars of land situated in the village Tumbula of Veligonda-12, as siddhaya yielding the revenue of drammas by Ayyana on the day of asterism Uttarashadha to one of the mahajanas named Revana. It also mentions the names of Dharmyara along with Mallapura, probably the capital of the Haihaya subordinate. The record may be dated palaeographically to the ninth-tenth century A.D.   Madhavaraya 1613 AD : Dhalapatiraya 15th April A.D. 1613  : Vellulla, Metpalli, Jagitial This inscription is on...

Jayashankar Bhupalpally District History

1128 CE : Muchchanayaka   Pratapagiri, Karimnagar. Engraved on a stone built into the wall of the main entrance of the front in the village, the record states that Muchchanayaka, who bore epithets like Gandagopala, Kanchiraksha-palaka, Chola-rajyasthapanacharya, Pandya-mano-vibhala, Chera-mano-bhayankara, etc.,caused the front to be built in the year Kilaka which, on palaeographical grounds, may be supposed to correspond to A.D. 1128. The inscription explicitly records that Muchchanayaka caused the fort to be built (or specifically the "front" or main entrance) at Pratapagiri Vijayanagara Empire 1377 AD - 1404 AD : Harihara Raya II  1397 AD : Prince Devaraya (1406 AD - 1422 AD)   son of Harihara Raya II 28th February, A.D. 1397 : Kaleshwaram. This inscription is on one pillar of 16-Pillared mandapa of Muktesvara temple from Kaleshwaram, dated Saka 1319, Isvara, 1st day of the year, Wednesday, corresponding to the 28th February 1397 A.D., states in a...

Jogulamba Gadwal District History

Jogulamba Gadwal district, named after the powerful deity Jogulamba and the historic fort of Gadwal, serves as the southern gateway of Telangana. Situated at the confluence of the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers (Veni-Sangamam), it has historically been known as Antarvedi (the land between rivers). In ancient administrative records, the region was a core part of the Ayije-300 (also recorded as Aize or Ayaja) division. Historically, it evolved from the territories of Kandur-Nadu and Puduru-thala into the sovereign Gadwal Samsthanam, a center of art and literature often called the "Vidvadgadvala." Carved out from the Mahabubnagar district on October 11, 2016, its headquarters is located at Gadwal, sharing borders with Narayanpet and Wanaparthy districts, as well as the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. 1. Asmaka Mahajanapada & Pre-History (700 – 300 BCE) Veni-Sangamam Riverine Frontiers Rulers: Riverine Chieftainships The Gadwa...

Wanaparthy District History

Wanaparthy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is Wanaparthy. The district shares boundaries with Gadwal, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Nagarkurnool districts and with the state boundary of Andhra pradesh. It was carved out of Mahabubnagar district.   c.550 AD - 753 AD :  Badami Chalukyas  (543 AD - 753 AD) Pulakeshin I defeated  Vakataka Dynasty  in c.550 AD. Pulakeshin II defeated  Durjaya Dynasty  in 611 AD and defeated  Vishnukundins  in 611 / 624 AD. 655 AD - 680 AD : Vikramaditya I  Vikramaditya I was the third son and followed his father, Pulakesi II on to the Chalukya throne. He restored order in the fractured kingdom and made the Pallavas retreat from the capital Vatapi. 13th April, 660 AD : mudalapadu (Iparumkal), Kollapur Sanskrit. Registered the grant of the village Iparumkal situated in Vamguravati Vishaya by Vikramaditya I while he was camping at the village Marrura. The grant was made...

Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District History

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...

Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi

624 AD -1189 AD : Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi Capitals : Pistapuram, Vengi, Rajamahendravaram Religion : Hinduism Languages : Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit Mudigonda Chalukyas are the vassals ruling in Mudigonda in current Khammam district and Koravi in Mahabubabad district of Telangana. The Chalukyas of Vengi branched off from the Chalukyas of Badami. The Badami ruler Pulakeshin II (610–642 CE) conquered the Vengi region in eastern Deccan, after defeating the remnants of the Vishnukundina dynasty. He appointed his brother Kubja Vishnuvardhana the governor of this newly acquired territory in 624 A.D 624 - 641 AD : Kubja Vishnuvardhana I 641 - 673 AD : Jayasimha I  673 AD, seven days : Indra Bhattaraka 673 - 682 AD - Vishnuvardhana II 682 - 706 AD : Mangi Yuvaraja 706 - 718 AD : Jayasimha II 718 - 719 AD, six months : Kokkili  719 - 755 AD : Vishnuvardhana III 755 - 772 AD : Vijayaditya I Bhattaraka The Alluvalu Grant of Vijayaditya I The find spo...