Paper I · 10 History of Telangana & the Statehood Movement · 10.2 Medieval Telangana: Kakatiyas to Qutb Shahis
10.2.1 Kakatiyas: rise, rulers and administration (c. 1158–1323)
The Kakatiyas rose from military chiefs of the Rashtrakutas and feudatories of the Kalyani Chalukyas at Hanumakonda to an independent kingdom under Rudradeva (1163), reached their height under Ganapatideva and Rudrama Devi with Orugallu (Warangal) as capital, ruled through a council, 72 niyogas and the nayankara system, and fell to the Tughlaqs in 1323.
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Key terms
- Kakatiya
- Kakati
- Magallu grant
- Danarnava
- Gundyana
- Rashtrakutas
- Kalyani Chalukyas
- Varaha emblem
- Beta I
- Prola I
- Arigajakesari
- Kesamudram
- Beta II
- Kazipet inscription
- Durgaraja
- Prola II
- Muppamamba
- Rudradeva
- Hanumakonda inscription 1163
- Nitisara
- Mahadeva
- Devagiri
- Recherla Rudra
- Ganapatideva
- Orugallu
- Jayapa
- Motupalli
- Muttukur
- Rudrama Devi
- Rudradeva Maharaja
- Rayagajakesari
- Ambadeva
- Chandupatla inscription
- Prataparudra
- Upparapalli
- Malik Kafur
- Ulugh Khan
- Sultanpur
- nayankara
- Bahattara Niyogadhipati
- ayagars
- nadu
- sthala
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