Telangana Statistics Capital City Hyderabad Area 114,840 Sq. Kms. Districts 10 Revenue Divisions 42 Towns (as per Census, 2011) 158 Municipal Corporations 6 Municipalities 38 Nagara Panchayaths 25  Zilla Praja Parishads  9 Mandal Praja Parishads 443 Gram Panchayaths 8778 Revenue Mandals

Head Quarters : Adilabad Revenue divisions : 2 (Adilabad and Utnoor) Mandals : 18 Population : 708,952 Area (km2) : 4,185.97 Rivers : Penganga, Kadem, Mathadivagu, Sathnala The original name of the Adilabad was Edlabad during the rule of Qutub Shahis. Edla is a Gond word for people in woods.Its name was changed to “Adilabad” by erstwhile Islamic ruler of Bijapur, Mohammed Adil Shah. Adilabad, the northern…

25 March 1261 : Malkapuram Inscription  No. 395. (A. R. No. 94 of 1917.) Erected on a huge granite pillar measuring 14.6 X 2.9 X2.9 feet, the inscription has 182 lines engraved in Sanskrit and Telugu indicating the birth of Rudrama Devi, extent of land donated to Visweswara temple and lists out the charitable works taken up in the village including, a rest house, a maternity home and a hospital attached to the temple. Historical texts suggest that …

973 AD - 997 AD : Ahavamalla Nurmadi Taila – II 997 AD - 1008 AD : Alalanakacarita Irive Bedamga Satyasraya 1008 AD - 1015 AD : TribhuvanamallaVikramaditya-V 1015 AD - 1044 AD : Jagadekamalla Jayasimha-II 1044 AD -1068 AD : Trailokyamalla Ahavamalla Somesvara 1068 AD - 1076 AD : Bhuvanaikamalla Somesvara-I 1076 AD - 1127 AD : Tribhuvanamalla Permadi Vikramaditya-VI

1104 AD - 1269 AD : Natavadi Chiefs Capital : Madapalle / Madhira (Khammam district, Telangana), Nandigama (NTR district, AP) The Natavadis or Natavatis ruled over Natavadi vishaya from c.1050 AD - 1269 AD with capital at Madapalli (Khammam).  Madapalle, Madhira (Khammam, Telangana) is part of Natavadi Vishaya and extended until Nidikonda, Raghunathpalle, Jangoan district and Narsampet in Warangal Rural District. 1101 AD : Their earliest inscription…

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 Kondapu…