The kingdoms of the Telugu land, one age at a time
This path gives the whole story in order, with one page for each age, from the earliest times to the present day. It has 10 pages and takes about 2 hours to read.
- ErasPrehistory & megalithic cultures
The stone tools and stone-built burials found across Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema and Telangana.
- ErasMauryas & Satavahanas
How the Telugu lands enter written history with Asoka's edicts, and the age of the Satavahanas and the stupas.
- ErasIkshvakus, Vishnukundins & early kingdoms
The Ikshvakus, Pallavas, Salankayanas and Vishnukundins, kings known almost only from their inscriptions.
- ErasEastern Chalukyas & the Deccan powers
The Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi on the coast, the Deccan powers inland, the first Telugu verse and Nannaya's Mahabharata.
- ErasKakatiyas
How the Kakatiya kings of Warangal brought much of the Telugu-speaking country under one dynasty.
- ErasNayakas, Reddis & Bahmanis
The Telugu chiefs who drove out the Delhi garrisons, the Reddi kings, the Gajapatis and the Bahmanis.
- ErasVijayanagara & the Qutb Shahis
Vijayanagara in Rayalaseema, the Qutb Shahis of Golconda and the founding of Hyderabad.
- ErasMughals, Asaf Jahis & the British
How the Telugu country passed to the Mughals, the Nizams of Hyderabad and the East India Company.
- ErasReform, freedom & people's movements
Social reform, the freedom campaigns, the movements in Hyderabad State and the Andhra movement.
- ErasAndhra State & Andhra Pradesh
The Andhra State, the forming of Andhra Pradesh, the disputes over the Telangana safeguards and the Act of 2014.