Regional houses of the 12th century
Era: Eastern Chalukyas & the Deccan powers, Kakatiyas
- Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
- Present-day state borders, for orientation
- Approximate extent
The countries of the regional houses that held the Telugu coast and southern Telangana between the Chalukya–Chola emperors and the Kakatiyas: Velanadu, the Chandavolu country of the Velanati Chodas; the Six-thousand country of the Kotas of Dharanikota; Konamandala, the Godavari delta of the Kona Haihayas; the Palnadu of the Haihaya chiefs and of the ballad of the Palnadu heroes; and Kandurunadu of the Kandur Chodas. The shaded areas are rough sketches of the extents the sources describe.
Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).
Sources
- F. Kielhorn (articles); E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IV (1896–97) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1897, pp. 33, 84. [Public domain]
- E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. III (1894–95) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1895, pp. 94–95. [Public domain]
- E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VI (1900–01) (opens in a new tab), Government of India, Calcutta, 1901, pp. 148. [Public domain]
- F. R. Hemingway, Madras District Gazetteers: Godavari, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1907, pp. 23. [Public domain]
- 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. 214. [Public domain]
- Robert Sewell, Lists of the Antiquarian Remains in the Presidency of Madras, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1882, Appendix A, i. [Public domain]
- P. V. Parabrahma Sastry, The Kakatiyas of Warangal, Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1978, pp. 64. Cite-only; the extent of Kandurunadu, paraphrased. [All rights reserved (cited, not reproduced)]