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Southern neighbours of the Telugu country

Era: Eastern Chalukyas & the Deccan powers, Kakatiyas

Southern neighbours of the Telugu countryGodavariKrishnaKarunakara's march to KalingaThanjavur (Tanjore)Thanjavur (Tanjore)GangaikondacholapuramGangaikondacholapuramKanchipuramKanchipuramHalebiduHalebiduHemavatiHemavatiPenukondaPenukondaGootyGootyPunganurPunganurGudimallamGudimallamSrikalahastiSrikalahastiNelloreNelloreVijayawada (Bezwada)Vijayawada (Bezwada)Vengi (Pedavegi)Vengi (Pedavegi)DraksharamaDraksharamaSamalkot and Chalukya-BhimavaramSamalkot and Chalukya-BhimavaramSimhachalamSimhachalamMahendragiriMahendragiriKolanupakaKolanupakaMadurai (Pandya capital)Kambaduru (Nolambas)Nandalur (Pandyas)Gunupadu (Chola overlord)N0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Route

The southern powers that ruled parts of the Telugu country between about 700 and 1342: the Banas of the Chittoor hills (Gudimallam, Punganur, Kalahasti); the Nolamba-Pallavas of Nolambavadi (Hemavati, Kambaduru, Penukonda, Gooty); the Vaidumbas in the Nellore and Chittoor country; the Cholas of Tanjore and Gangaikondacholapuram, with their records at Draksharama, Samalkot, Bezwada, Simhachalam and Mahendragiri; the Hoysalas of Dorasamudra (Halebid); and the Pandyas of Madurai, who held Nellore and Nandalur for a few years. The line of march of Kulottunga I's army to Kalinga follows the Kalingattupparani.

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

Sources

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