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The Greek ambassador to the court of Chandragupta Maurya, Megasthenes of 4th Century B. C. states that there was a powerful Deccan Nation Andrae having 30 walled cities and an army second only to that of the Imperial Mauryas of Magadha. Megasthenes (about 295 B.C.) : he says, their kings had 100,000 foot soldiers, 2000 horses, 1000 elephants, 30 walled towns, and many villages. Forts in Karimnagar Kotilingala Peddabankur Budigapalli Dhulikatta Kondapur Villages Pahnigiri Thirumalgiri

753 AD - 973 AD : Rashtrakuta defeated Badami Chalukyas in 753 AD. Founder : Dantidurga Capitals : Manyakheta (present-day Malkhed in the Kalaburagi district , Karnataka state) Languages : Kannada, Sanskrit Religion : Jainism, Hinduism 753 AD to 973 AD : Vemulavada Chalukyas (vassals to Rashtrakuta Dynasty) ruled Karimnagar and Nizamabad. 753 AD to 973 AD: Kakatiyas ruled as vassals to Rashrakuta ruled with kakatipura in warangal as capital. Also ruled koravi or kurravadi in warangal district. 753 AD - 756 AD : Dantidurga (735 AD - 756 AD ) occupied all territories between the Godavari and Vima. Dantidurga is said to have conquered Kalinga, Kosala, Kanchi, Srisril, Malava, Lata etc. He annexed Maharashtra to his kingdom by defeating Chalukya King Kirtivarma with the help of Vemulawada Chalukya king Yudhamalla I (750 AD - 780 AD). 756 AD - 774 AD : Krishna I Dantidurga was succeeded by his uncle Krishna I. He conquered the territories that were still under the Chalukyas and thereby com...

1080 - 1160 A.D : Polavasa Dynasty / Polasa chiefs / Lengonda Dynasty Capital : Polavasa (Current Polas, Jagitial District, Telangana State, India) Founder : Madhava Varma Language: Telugu Religion: Hinduism (Saivism and Vaishnavism), Jainism The Polavasa chiefs seem to have patronized Jainism besides Saivism The Polavasa chiefs were subordinates of the Western Chalukyas, but revolted against their overlords during the early 12th century. Descendants of Rashtrakutas and were based immediately north of the Kakatiya territories. The Polavasa Kingdom bordered river godavari and extended from Polavasa to Narsampet. Madhava varman upto 1080AD : Durgaraja 1080 - 1110 A.D : Medaraja - I Feudatory of  Vikramaditya VI (1076 - 1126 AD ) of Western Chalukyas of Kalyani Medaraja is referred to as Maninagapuradhiraja The 1082 CE Banajipet inscription states that Beta II gifted land and a house site to a Jaina temple established by Medarasa. Polavasa was a capital under the rule of Medaraja (108...

c. 1040 AD - 1268 AD  Founder : Eruva Bhima I Capitals : Panugallu, Kanduru and Vardhamanpura  Language : Telugu Eruva Bhima I , apparently the founder of the dynasty , who hailed from Eruvanādu , was also known as  Panugallupuradhipa, Lord of Panugallu, present day Panugal or Panagal. Telugu word Eru, which means 'river' and naturally it applies to the regions on both the sides of the Krishna river in Telangana and AndhraPradesh. The early two choda members Eruva Bhima and his son Tonda I seem to have ruled Pānugallu-rājya as subordinates to the Western Chalukyas of Kalyana.   Anemarasa or Yanemarasa or Ayyarasa of Haihaya family was ruling Kandurnadu under Somesvara I from 1035 AD - 1104 AD. Kandur Cholas ruled parts of Mahabubnagar (Jadcharla and Acchampet taluks) and Nalgonda (Nalgonda Suryapeta, Devarakonda, Miryalguda taluks) parts of Khammam and Krishna districts in the southern parts with Kanduru, Panugallu and Vardhamanpura as their capitals. These kings a...

845 AD - 1200 AD Founder : Ranamarda Capital : Mudigonda The Mudigonda Chalukyas were based east of the Kakatiya territories. They hailed from the village of Mudigonda (located near modern Khammam), and ruled most of modern-day Khammam district and east area of Warangal between the 8th and 12th centuries. They were originally subordinates of the Chalukyas of Vengi, but later passed under the suzerainty of the Western Chalukyas of Kalyani. From c.1000 onwards, Bottu Beta and his successors ruled as subordinates of the Kakatiyas. The history of family is known to us from the Mogilicheruvula grant of Kusumayudha IV, Kukunuru plates (krivvaka grant) of Kusumaditya and Nattaramesvaram records. Their kingdom bordered the kingdoms of Vengi and Malkhed. Gonagudu I Kokkiraja, Son Ruled from Capital Mudigonda. Kokkiraja was a valorous king who ruled the kingdom with the help of his brother Ranamarda. c. 865 AD - c. 890 AD : Ranamarda, Brother According to Mogilicharla inscription he developed Ma...

753 AD - 973 AD : This dynasty was a branch of the Chalukyas of Badami ruled Telanagan region as Rashtrakuta Vassals came to power defeating  Badami Chalukyas Founder : Vinayaditya Yudhamalla I Capitals : Bodhan (Nizamabad / Podananadu region) Gangadhara, Vemulawada (Karimnagar / Sabbinadu region). One peculiarity with this family is that it traced its descent from the Sun, while many other Chaiukya families considered themselvet as of lunar descent. Tradition associates Vemulawada with poet Bhima Kavi but the famous kannada poet Pampa lived here as the court poet of Arikesari II and dedicated his famous work Bharata or Vikramarjuna Vijaya to him. Vemulawada Chalukyas history is defined by 3 inscriptions, Kollpara copper plates of Arikesari I, Vemulavada rock inscription of Arikesari II and the Parbhan copper plates of Arikesari III. According to the kollipara inscription of Arikesari-I Satyasraya Ranavikrama was the founder of vemulawada chalukya dynasty c.641 - c...

The presiding deity Sri Raja Rajeswara Swamy is also called as Rajanna of Vemulawada is in the form of Neela Lohitha Siva Lingam is known for his boundless benevolence in fulfilling the wishes of the devotees. The shrine is located at the center of the town a top a small hill. The temple has a gateway leading up the hill and a typical south Indian style gopuram marks the entrance to the shrine. The temple attracts maximum devotees during Shivratri and during Kartik Month (November – December) in Telugu Calendar. It is believed that if one pulls a bull around the temple one’s wishes will be fulfilled. Vemulavada is about 180 kms from Hyderabad and 35 kms from Karimanagar. It is believed that the architecturally beautiful shrine was built between 9th and 10th century by Vemulawada Chalukyas. The Rajeswara temple is obviously so named, either because it was built by Rajaditya which was the Biruda of Narasimha I, of the Chalukyas of Vemulavada, who was the grandson...

Hyderabad the capital of Telangana, founded in the year 1591 by Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah, the fifth sultan of Qutb Shahi dynasty, offers a fascinating panorama of the past, with richly mixed cultural and historical tradition spanning over 400 years. It is one of the fastest growing cities of India and has emerged as a strong industrial, commercial, technology center, gives a picture of glimpses of past splenders and the legacy of its old history. 300 BC - 185 BC : Mauryan Empire Archaeologists excavating near the city have unearthed Iron Age sites that can be dated to 500 BCE.The area around Hyderabad was ruled by the Mauryan Empire in the third century B.C during the reign of Ashoka the Great. 230 BC – 220 AD : Satavahanas ( Were vassals of Mauryan Empire)​ After the death of Ashoka (232 BCE), as the Maurya Empire began to weaken and decline, the Sātavāhanas who started out as feudatories to the Mauryan dynasty, declared independence and established their empire in this region. he ...