Natavadi chiefs (Inugurti)

Who he is

Name

Rudra (Vakkadi-malla Rudra)

Title

Chief (nayaka) of the Natavadi family with the fief of Inugurti

Since

not pinned

Born

not known

Family

Natavadi; grandson of Mahadeva's maternal uncle Durga; married both of Mahadeva's daughters (Mailamba, Kundamamba)

Confidence

medium

Wikipedia's Mahadeva, Rudradeva and Ganapatideva articles (read): a Natavadi nayaka accompanied Rudradeva to Palnadu; the Kanaka Durga temple inscription of 1201 at Vijayawada is by Vakkadi-malla Rudra, Ganapati's brother-in-law.

What it holds

• Inugurti fief (the Natavadi country)

Allies and rivals

Brother-in-law and loyal ally of Ganapati; potential rival through his marriage claim.

How things stand that morning

Loyal on the record.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1201Issues the Kanaka Durga temple inscription at Vijayawada, marking the Kakatiya reach to the Krishna.Depends on: The regency holding. Stopped by: Velanati and Kota resistance.

Places of note

• Inugurti: Fief (place approximate).

Where the sources disagree

• Not on the campaign board.

Evidence: Three Wikipedia articles (read).

"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.

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