After the Kakatiyas: Musunuris, Velamas, Reddis and Gajapatis
This path covers the Telugu chiefs and kingdoms that rose after the fall of Warangal, and the powers that fought over the land. It has 15 pages and takes about 3 hours to read.
- ErasNayakas, Reddis & Bahmanis
The big picture: from the fall of Warangal to the rise of Golconda.
- DynastiesDelhi Sultanate in the Telugu country
How Delhi took Warangal, and how a Telugu rising drove its officers out.
- DynastiesMusunuri Nayakas
The Musunuri chiefs who led the recovery of the Telugu country from Delhi.
- PeopleProlaya Nayaka
The chief who freed the Telugu coast and gave back the villages the conquerors had seized.
- PeopleKapaya Nayaka
The chief who took Warangal and ruled as 'lord of the Andhra country'.
- DynastiesRecherla Velamas
The Velama chiefs who ruled Telangana from the hill forts of Rachakonda and Devarakonda.
- MonumentsRachakonda Fort
The Velama hill fort east of Hyderabad, and the inscriptions of its builder.
- DynastiesReddis of Kondaveedu
The Reddi kings of Addanki and Kondavidu, and the poets of their court.
- PeopleProlaya Vema Reddi
The founder of the Reddi kingdom, remembered for the flights of steps at Srisailam and Ahobilam.
- MonumentsKondavidu fort
The Reddi hill fortress west of Guntur, whose walls run for miles along the hilltops.
- DynastiesReddis of Rajahmundry
The eastern Reddi kingdom of Rajahmundry and the Godavari delta.
- PeopleSrinatha
The poet who served the Reddi kings, whose works are a main source for their history.
- DynastiesBahmanis
The Deccan sultans who took forts from the Telugu chiefs and held western Telangana.
- DynastiesGajapatis of Orissa
The kings of Orissa who conquered the Reddi kingdoms and came down the coast.
- PeopleKapilendra (Kapilesvara)
The founder of the Gajapati line, whose son and nephew took Warangal.