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Telugu Historyతెలుగు చరిత్ర

Forts of the Telugu country

Era: Ikshvakus, Vishnukundins & early kingdoms, Kakatiyas, Nayakas, Reddis & Bahmanis, Vijayanagara & the Qutb Shahis, Mughals, Asaf Jahis & the British

Forts of the Telugu countryGodavariKrishnaWarangalWarangalGolcondaGolcondaNagarjunakondaNagarjunakondaKondaviduKondaviduMachilipatnamMachilipatnamBhongirRachakondaDevarakondaKhammamKovilkondaKondapalliElloreBellamkondaVinukondaUdayagiriGandikotaGootyPenukondaChandragiriBobbiliN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation

Hill forts and walled towns that the sources show being besieged, taken or held, from the Ikshvaku citadel at Nagarjunakonda to the siege of Bobbili in 1757 and the storming of Masulipatam in 1759. The story of each is told on the Forts & warfare page.

Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).

Sources

  1. A. H. Longhurst, The Buddhist Antiquities of Nagarjunakonda, Madras Presidency (Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India No. 54) (opens in a new tab), Manager of Publications, Delhi, 1938, pp. 1–3. [Public domain in India]
  2. H. M. Elliot and John Dowson (eds.), The History of India as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period, Vol. III (opens in a new tab), Trübner and Co., London, 1871, pp. 80–84, 202, 231–233. [Public domain]
  3. T. W. Haig, Historic Landmarks of the Deccan (opens in a new tab), Pioneer Press, Allahabad, 1907, pp. 73. [Public domain]
  4. Gordon Mackenzie, A Manual of the Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras (opens in a new tab), Government of Madras (Lawrence Asylum Press), 1883, pp. 17. [Public domain]
  5. Government of India, Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series: Hyderabad State (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1909, pp. 113–114. [Public domain]
  6. Government of India, Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series: Madras, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1908, pp. 323, 336, 489–490. [Public domain]
  7. Muhammad Qasim Ferishta (tr. John Briggs), History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India till the Year A.D. 1612, Vol. III (opens in a new tab), Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, London, 1829, pp. 352–353, 360, 392–393, 409, 437–438. [Public domain]
  8. J. D. B. Gribble, A History of the Deccan, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Luzac & Co., London, 1896, pp. 304–307. [Public domain]
  9. Robert Sewell, A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India (opens in a new tab), Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London, 1900, ch. 10. [Public domain]
  10. C. F. Brackenbury, Madras District Gazetteers: Cuddapah, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1915, pp. 191–192. [Public domain]
  11. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (tr. V. Ball), Travels in India, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Macmillan & Co., London, 1889, pp. 284. [Public domain]
  12. W. Francis, Madras District Gazetteers: Anantapur (opens in a new tab), Government of Madras (Addison & Co.), 1905, pp. 20–22, 155–157. [Public domain]
  13. W. Francis, Madras District Gazetteers: Vizagapatam, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1907, pp. 237–240. [Public domain]
  14. F. R. Hemingway, Madras District Gazetteers: Godavari, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1907, pp. 31–32. [Public domain]