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Kakatiya inscriptions

Era: Kakatiyas

Kakatiya inscriptionsGodavariKrishnaWarangalWarangalHanamkondaHanamkondaKazipetKazipetPalampetPalampetPakhalPakhalBayyaramBayyaramRayapartiRayapartiKarimnagarKarimnagarKolanupakaKolanupakaPanugallu (Panagal)Panugallu (Panagal)ChandupatlaChandupatlaMellacheruvuMellacheruvuKotagiriKotagiriRaichurRaichurDurgiDurgiTripurantakamTripurantakamMalkapuramMalkapuramChebroluChebroluGanapesvaramGanapesvaramMotupalliMotupalliKanchipuramKanchipuramN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation

Findspots of the Kakatiya inscriptions described on this site, from the capital Orugallu (Warangal) and Anumakonda (Hanamkonda) with Kazipet, the lake records of Palampet, Pakhal and Bayyaram and the Karimnagar, Kolanupaka, Panugallu, Chandupatla and Mellacheruvu pillars in Telangana, to the coastal records at Chebrolu, Malkapuram, Ganapesvaram and the port of Motupalli, the inland records at Durgi and Tripurantakam, the Kotagiri plates, the Raichur fort inscription in the west and the Ekamranatha inscription of Ganapatideva at Kanchipuram in the south.

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

Sources

  1. P. Sreenivasachar (ed.), A Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, Part II: Texts and Translations (opens in a new tab), H.E.H. the Nizam's Government, 1940, pp. 183–199. P. Sreenivasachar, Corpus of Telingana inscriptions II, list of inscriptions with findspots. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
  2. P. Sreenivasachar (ed.), A Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts of Andhra Pradesh, Part III (opens in a new tab), Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1956. Corpus of Telingana inscriptions III (Pakhal, Rayaparti, Warangal, Hanamkonda, Kotagiri). Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
  3. L. D. Barnett (ed.), Inscriptions at Palampet and Uparpalli (Hyderabad Archaeological Series, No. 3) (opens in a new tab), H.E.H. the Nizam's Government, 1919, v, 1. [Public domain]
  4. Archaeological Department, H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, The Kotagiri Plates of the Reign of the Kakatiya Queen Rudramamba, A.D. 1273 (Hyderabad Archaeological Series No. 6) (opens in a new tab), H.E.H. the Nizam's Government, 1925, pp. 1. Kotagiri plates. [Public domain]
  5. Gajjala Vasanta Lakshmi (ed.); Gautam Pingle (gen. ed.), Epigraphia Telanganica, Vol. 2: Imperial Kakatiyas (opens in a new tab), Dr MCR Human Resource Development Institute, Government of Telangana, 2023. Bayyaram tank inscription (reprint of Parabrahma Sastry's edition). Cite only. [All rights reserved (cited, not reproduced)]
  6. J. Ramayya Pantulu (ed.), South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. X: Telugu Inscriptions from the Madras Presidency (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India (Manager of Publications, Delhi), 1948. SII X: Malkapuram, Durgi, Tripurantakam. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
  7. Madras Government (Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy), Annual Reports on Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for 1915-16 to 1919-20 (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1920, pp. 122–127. Annual Report on Epigraphy for 1916-17: Malkapuram. [Public domain]
  8. E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. III (1894–95) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1895. Ganapesvaram inscription. [Public domain]
  9. Sten Konow (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XII (1913–14) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1914. Motupalli pillar inscription. [Public domain]
  10. J. F. Fleet and R. C. Temple (eds.), The Indian Antiquary, Vol. XXI (1892) (opens in a new tab), Education Society's Press, Bombay, 1892, pp. 197–202. Ekamranatha inscription of Ganapati at Kanchipuram. [Public domain]
  11. Dr. P. SREENIVASACHAR, M.A., Ph. D. (London) & Prof. P. B. DESAI, M.A., Andhra Pradesh Government Archaeological Series No. 3. KANNADA INSCRIPTIONS OF ANDHRA PRADESH (opens in a new tab), 1961. Raichur fort inscription. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
  12. J. F. Fleet, Sanskrit and Old-Canarese Inscriptions, No. CXVIII (Kakatya inscription of Rudradeva at Anamkond, Saka 1084), Indian Antiquary, Vol. XI (opens in a new tab), Indian Antiquary (ed. Jas. Burgess), Bombay, 1882, pp. 9, 20. Thousand Pillar Temple inscription. [Public domain]