Rivers and water works
Era: Kakatiyas, Vijayanagara & the Qutb Shahis, Mughals, Asaf Jahis & the British
- Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
- Present-day state borders, for orientation
- Canal
The great rivers of the Telugu country with the holy places, crossings and water works the gazetteers of about 1900 describe: the pushkaram town of Rajahmundry and the pilgrim places of Bhadrachalam and Kotipalli on the Godavari; the anicuts at Dowleswaram (1847–1852) and Vijayawada (1852–1855); the Kakatiya tanks of Pakhal, Ramappa, Laknavaram, Bayyaram and Ghanpur; the Vijayanagara-period tanks of Bukkarayasamudram and Porumamilla; the Cumbum tank; the Kurnool–Cuddapah canal; and Kolleru lake. The canal's course is approximate.
Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).
Sources
- Government of India, Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series: Madras, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1908, pp. 159, 162–171, 180–181, 399, 404. [Public domain]
- Government of India, Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series: Hyderabad State (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1909, pp. 4, 99. [Public domain]
- P. V. Parabrahma Sastry, The Kakatiyas of Warangal, Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1978, pp. 204–206. Cite-only; paraphrased. [All rights reserved (cited, not reproduced)]
- V. Rangacharya, A Topographical List of the Inscriptions of the Madras Presidency (collected till 1915), with Notes and References, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1919, pp. 1. [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. 256–257. [Public domain]