Rekapalli

Prolaya’s capital

The Vilasa grant says that Prolaya Nayaka drove the Delhi garrisons out of the Telugu country.¹ He then established himself at Rekapalli, on the Godavari at the foot of the Malyavanta mountain, and left the government to his younger brothers.¹ The editors of the grant identified the place with the village of Rekapalli in the Bhadrachalam taluk, then in the East Godavari district.² See Prolaya Nayaka and the Vilasa grant.

A forest fort

The Pentapadu grant of the Telugu Choda chief Bhaktiraja describes the time when the Yavanas (foreign Muslim rulers) held the Andhra country.³⁴ It says that Prolaya and his ally Venga then left the Vengi country for a forest fort surrounded by hundreds of hills.³⁴ From there they reconquered the country.³⁴ The editors of the Vilasa grant thought this unnamed fort could safely be identified with Rekapalli.³⁴ See the Musunuri Nayakas.

Footnotes

1. N. Venkataramanayya and M. Somasekhara Sarma, “Vilasa Grant of Prolaya-nayaka”, Epigraphia Indica XXXII (1957–58), p. 242 (archive.org↗ (opens in a new tab)). Paraphrased. ↩ ↩²

2. Venkataramanayya and Somasekhara Sarma, “Vilasa Grant” (1957–58), p. 256 (archive.org↗ (opens in a new tab)). Paraphrased. ↩

3. Venkataramanayya and Somasekhara Sarma, “Vilasa Grant” (1957–58), p. 253 (archive.org↗ (opens in a new tab)). Paraphrased. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

4. Venkataramanayya and Somasekhara Sarma, “Vilasa Grant” (1957–58), p. 254 (archive.org↗ (opens in a new tab)). Paraphrased. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴