The thousand-village country round Hanamkonda and Warangal from which the Kakatiyas rose, with its tank villages, the Telingana iron fields and the granite quarries of Orugallu (board).
The great tanks of the Kakatiya name are mostly later; the nayaka holdings are the personal bargains by which the kingdom raises soldiers.
Who holds it
- Name
- not known for 1200 (Gangadhara of the Vellaki family under Rudradeva)
- Title
- The Vellaki governors under the Kakatiya king
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
See the Vellaki and Induluri record.
Overlord
Kakatiya crown
How things stand that morning
Kakatiya demesne and home ground.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The Kakatiya and Rudradeva articles (read) for the unit and its governors; the extent is our outline.
Primary sources for Kakatiya kingdom (Orugallu)
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts, Various (Kakatiya chancery and temple scribes), edited by P. Sreenivasachar (inscriptions of the 10th to 15th centuries; edited 1940 to 1942). The Kakatiyas of Orugallu (Warangal) are known for 1200 almost entirely from inscriptions, and this Hyderabad Archaeological Series corpus is the main printed collection. Read online
- Sanskrit and Old Canarese Inscriptions relating to the Yadava Kings of Devagiri, Various (Yadava chancery), edited by J. F. Fleet (inscriptions of the 12th and 13th centuries; edited 1876). The first collected edition of the Yadava (Seuna) records, with texts and translations, from the Indian Antiquary. Read online
- South Indian Inscriptions (Archaeological Survey of India), Various (Chola, Pandya and other chanceries and temple scribes), edited by E. Hultzsch, V. Venkayya, H. Krishna Sastri and successors (inscriptions of the 7th to 17th centuries; the series ran from 1890). The temple inscriptions printed here are the primary record of the Tamil country in 1200. Read online
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia: Kakatiya dynasty (read this session)
- Wikipedia: Rudradeva (read this session)
- OMNIA board notes for this place (a lead only, checked against the sources above)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.