The family around the king: the queen mother Bayyamamba (if alive), the two sisters married to the Natavadi chief Rudra (Mailamba and Kundamamba), the childless Rudradeva's widow Dannama-devi (a 1168 Draksharama lamp gift), and the uncles Harihara and Durggaraja named in Wikipedia's list.
The Bayyaram tank inscription says Mahadeva arranged the marriages of Ganapati and Mailamba. They are power through marriage: the Natavadi connection is the only one with a role in 1201, on the likely course.
Who he is
- Name
- not known by name for 1200 (names below are from Wikipedia and may be dead)
- Title
- Dowager queens, princesses and royal brothers of the Kakatiya house
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Family
- Mahadeva's queen Bayyamamba; daughters Mailamba (Mailama, Melambika) and Kundamamba; brothers Harihara, another Ganapati, Durggaraja (the Wikipedia list for Prola II's sons); Rudradeva's queen Dannama-devi (inscription of 1168)
- Confidence
- low
Wikipedia's Mahadeva article: Mahadeva was Rudradeva's younger brother, named successor by his childless brother; both his daughters married the Natavadi chief Rudra. Which of the older relatives are alive in 1200 is not recorded. How Rudradeva died is not recorded either: the Rudradeva article gives the reading that Jaitugi killed him about 1195 as disputed.
What it holds
- Dower lands and household endowments (not recorded)
Allies and rivals
Allied to the Natavadi chief Rudra by marriage.
How things stand that morning
At court; ages and survival unknown.
Places of note
- Bayyaram: The Bayyaram tank inscription (place approximate: near Mahabubabad).
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Wikipedia's Mahadeva, Rudradeva and Ganapatideva articles (read); fates after 1195 not given.
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: Mahadeva (Kakatiya dynasty) (read this session)
- Wikipedia: Rudradeva (read this session)
- Wikipedia: Ganapatideva (read this session)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.