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Vikarabad District History

Vikarabad District, located in the western part of Telangana, is historically part of the Deccan plateau and Manjira river basin. The region's strategic position made it a crossroads for major South Indian dynasties. Historically, it was part of the Rashtrakuta, Chalukya, Kakatiya administrative networks and later integrated into the Hyderabad State under the Nizams. Vikarabad District in Telangana State, India was formed on October 11, 2016, with 18 mandals from the erstwhile Rangareddy and Mahaboobnagar Districts. Vikarabad is also known as Gangawaram (ancient name) and is a town named after the 5th Amir of Paigah (1881-1902) and the Prime Minister of Hyderabad, Nawab Sir Vicar-ul-Umra Bahadur. Dharur and Ananthagiri hills were known as the mini hill stations of the Deccan. The Paigah family was a noble family from the former Hyderabad State. The family maintained their own court, individual palaces, and a standing army of about fourteen thousand infantry and ca...

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...

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...

Jayashankar Bhupalpally District History

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 verse in Sardulavikridita that Devaraya, the son of Harihara, performed the tulapurusha on the occasion of his digvijaya. It was obviously under orders of his father Harihara that Prince Devaraya undertook this campaign of Conquest. The Velugoyivarivamsavali alludes to a number of clashes of the Velamas, who sided with the Bahmani Sultans, with the Vijayanagara kings (Further Sources of Vijayanagara History, Vol. I, pp. 82-83). The Panugallu inscription (cf. op.cit., Vol. II, pp. 38-39), dated 6 months later than this record, refers to the capture of the fort of Panungal by Immadi Bukka, assisted by h...

Aggalayya

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 1034 CE :  The Saidapur Jaina Inscription provides a rare and fascinating glimpse into the medical and social landscape of 11th-century Telangana during the reign of the Chalukya king Jagadeka Malla I . Dated to June 4, 1034 AD, the record is inscribed on a three-sided pillar in Saidapur , a village in the Bhongir region of the Nalgonda district. It is uniquely significant for being the first epigraphic evidence to specifically mention Sastra-Chikitsa , or surgery, as a practiced branch of Ayurveda. The central figure of this record is the royal physician Aggalayya , a mas...