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The Reddi kingdoms of Kondavidu and Rajahmundry

Era: Nayakas, Reddis & Bahmanis

The Reddi kingdoms of Kondavidu and RajahmundryGodavariKrishnaAddankiAddankiKondaviduKondaviduKondapalliKondapalliRajahmundryRajahmundryAmaravati & DharanikotaAmaravati & DharanikotaMotupalliMotupalliSrisailamSrisailamAhobilamAhobilamDraksharamaDraksharamaSimhachalamSimhachalamPithapuramPithapuramPalakolluPalakolluTripurantakamTripurantakamKandukurKandukurBhimavaram (West Godavari)Bhimavaram (West Godavari)PhirangipuramPhirangipuramBellamkonda fortVinukonda fortN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation

Capitals, forts and temples of the Reddi kings (c. 1325–1448): Addanki, the first capital, and the hill fortress of Kondavidu; the forts of Kondapalli, Bellamkonda and Vinukonda; Rajahmundry, capital of the eastern kingdom of Kataya Vema and Allada's sons; the port of Motupalli, where Anavota renewed the Kakatiya charter for sea merchants; and the shrines they endowed, Srisailam and Ahobilam in the west, Amaravati, Draksharama, Palakollu and Pithapuram on the coast and Simhachalam in the north. The grants describe the kingdom as reaching "from the eastern slopes of Srigiri to the eastern sea".

Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain). Redrawn from: Part of the Telugu Country, including Masulipatam, Guntoor, & Rajahmundry (Church Missionary Atlas, 3rd edition) (opens in a new tab), Church Missionary Society, 1862 (Public domain). Attributions

Sources

  1. Archaeological Survey of India, Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VIII (1905–06) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1906, pp. 10–12. Addanki and the Pungi country; Amaravati. [Public domain]
  2. E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. III (1894–95) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1895, pp. 59–64, 286–287. Kondavidu as capital; Srisailam steps; the Godavari delta. [Public domain]
  3. F. Kielhorn (articles); E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IV (1896–97) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1897, pp. 319–321, 328–330. Rajahmundry, Pithapuram, Draksharama. [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. 10. Kondavidu, Bellamkonda, Vinukonda, Kondapalli. [Public domain]
  5. Government of India, Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series: Madras, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1908, pp. 302, 323, 336. Kondavid, Bellamkonda and Kondapalli forts. [Public domain]
  6. V. Rangacharya, A Topographical List of the Inscriptions of the Madras Presidency (collected till 1915), with Notes and References, Vol. II (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1919, pp. 713–714, 744, 758, 824–825, 940, 954, 975, 1084. Motupalli, Amaravati, Tripurantakam, Srisailam, Ahobilam, Chundi (Kandukur). [Public domain]
  7. V. Rangacharya, A Topographical List of the Inscriptions of the Madras Presidency (collected till 1915), with Notes and References, Vol. III (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1919, pp. 1678, 1687. Simhachalam. [Public domain]
  8. F. R. Hemingway, Madras District Gazetteers: Godavari, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1907, pp. 26. Palakollu, Palivela and Draksharama records of Allada. [Public domain]
  9. Sten Konow (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XI (1911–12) (opens in a new tab), Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta (scan of the ASI 1981 facsimile reprint), 1912, pp. 313. Phirangipuram. [Public domain]