The hill country north-west of Bezawada.
The Kondapalli Fort article (read) has the fort built in the fourteenth century by the Reddi king Prolaya Vema (or in 1360 by Anna Vema Reddy, after he took it from the Mudigonda Chalukyas); none of that exists in 1200. In 1200 it is a hill and wood belt on the ford road, a Chalukya remnant's old country.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord or keeper of Kondapalli
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
A Velanati or Kota officer; not named.
Lord in 1200
A Velanati or Kota officer; not named.
Overlord
Velanati crown
How things stand that morning
A hill belt beside the gap.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The Kondapalli Fort article (read) is clear that the fort is later.
Primary sources for Velanati Chodas (Velanadu)
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
- 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: Kondapalli Fort (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.