The Kakatiyas of Orugallu (Warangal) are known for 1200 almost entirely from inscriptions, and this Hyderabad Archaeological Series corpus is the main printed collection. It holds the records of Rudra (reigning 1158 to 1195), Mahadeva (1195 to 1198, killed fighting the Yadavas) and the young Ganapati (from 1199), whose captivity among the Yadavas and return to the throne, managed by the general Recherla Rudra, is the Kakatiya situation on 1 January 1200. The records also name the Velanadu Chodas and other coastal chiefs with whom the Kakatiyas were contending. Texts are printed in full; translations are summaries.
About this source
- Title
- A Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions
- Author
- Various (Kakatiya chancery and temple scribes), edited by P. Sreenivasachar
- Written
- inscriptions of the 10th to 15th centuries; edited 1940 to 1942
- Language
- Telugu, Sanskrit and Kannada, with English introductions
- Covers
- about 900 to 1500
- Kind
- Inscriptions
The Velanati Chodas of the Andhra coast (Prithvisvara, about 1186 to 1207) have no corpus of their own; their records are in South Indian Inscriptions vols. 4 to 6 and 10 and in Epigraphia Indica. The Telingana corpus part 3 (1956) covers Andhra Pradesh and was not located online.
Where to read it
Editions
- P. Sreenivasachar (ed.), A Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, part 1, Hyderabad Archaeological Series 13 (1942)
- P. Sreenivasachar (ed.), the same, part 2 (1942)