A Telugu Choda house of the country between the upland and the Krishna, fought down into Kakatiya obedience over two reigns rather than destroyed.
Its seat on the campaign board is Panagal (Nalgonda), where the twin Someswara temples of the period stand. Rudradeva married into it. If the chief of Kanduru-nadu takes the wrong side in a succession quarrel, he cuts the kingdom in half along the road to the Krishna.
Who he is
- Name
- Udaya II (Udayaditya, at Panugallu) or a successor; not pinned for 1200
- Title
- Maharaja of the Kandur Telugu Chodas
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Family
- Kandur Chodas (claim descent from Karikala Chola); Tailapa (died of dysentery), Bhima II at Vardhamana, Udaya II at Panugallu
- Confidence
- low
Wikipedia's Rudradeva and Telugu Cholas articles (read): Rudra defeated Tailapa, invaded Bhima II's Vardhamana, burned Chododaya (probably Udaya II's Panugallu), then let Udaya keep his fief and married his daughter, probably as a peace term. Kandur Tondarasa Chola Maharaja presided over Kollipa (Kolanupaka).
What it holds
- Panagal (Nalgonda) and Kanduru-nadu
- Panugallu (Udaya's seat)
- Kollipaka region (earlier presided over by a Kandur Choda)
Allies and rivals
Kakatiya in-laws and vassals; the Mudigonda Chalukyas next door.
How things stand that morning
Pledged to Warangal.
Places of note
- Panagal: Seat on the campaign board (Nalgonda).
Where the sources disagree
- Board 'nalgonda-panagal': 'fought down into Kakatiya obedience over the last two reigns': matches Wikipedia.
Evidence: Wikipedia's Rudradeva and Telugu Cholas articles (read); chief of 1200 not named.
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: Rudradeva (read this session)
- Wikipedia: Telugu Cholas (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.