The old Satavahana and Ikshvaku city of Dhanyakataka on the south bank of the Krishna: a mound with the Amareswara temple (earliest inscription 1129, from the Amaravati article) beside the great brick stupa of the Buddhist age, by now being quarried for stone.
The Kota chiefs hold it; on one reading of the Rudradeva article they are Kakatiya vassals since Rudradeva's generals installed Keta II here; the campaign board calls it contested. We draw it pledged to Warangal, doubtful in practice.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord or keeper of Dharanikota
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
The Kota chief Keta II (Kota Keta II), or his kin; see the Kota record.
Lord in 1200
The Kota chief Keta II (Kota Keta II), or his kin; see the Kota record.
Overlord
Kakatiya crown (doubtful)
How things stand that morning
Pledged to Warangal, answerable to the nearer army.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The Dharanikota, Amaravathi and Rudradeva articles (read).
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: Dharanikota (read this session)
- Wikipedia: Amaravathi, Guntur district (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.