24 Facts About Kakatiya dynasty

Kakatiya dynasty was an Indian dynasty that ruled most of eastern Deccan region comprising present day Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and parts of eastern Karnataka and southern Odisha between 12th and 14th centuries.

Early Kakatiya dynasty rulers served as feudatories to Rashtrakutas and Western Chalukyas for more than two centuries.

Kakatiya dynasty's successfully repelled the attacks of Yadavas of Devagiri into the Kakatiyan territory.

The demise of Kakatiya dynasty resulted in confusion and anarchy under alien rulers for sometime, before Musunuri Nayaks united the various Telugu clans and recovered Warangal from the Delhi Sultanate.

Kakatiya dynasty period saw the construction of reservoirs for irrigation in the uplands called "tanks" many of which are still used today.

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Kakatiya dynasty era saw the development of a distinct style of architecture which improved and innovated upon the existing modes.

Much of the information about the Kakatiya dynasty period comes from inscriptions, including around 1, 000 stone inscriptions, and 12 copper-plate inscriptions.

Besides epigraphs and literature, the forts, temples and tanks constructed during the Kakatiya dynasty period are an important source of information about the contemporary society, art and architecture.

Kakatiya dynasty rulers traced their ancestry to a legendary chief or ruler named Durjaya.

Early members of Kakatiya dynasty family appear to have served as military generals of the Rashtrakutas, as indicated by a 956 CE inscription of the Vengi Chalukya prince Danarnava.

The Kazipet Darga inscription of Tribhuvanamalla Durgaraja states that the Kakatiya dynasty chief Beta was born in the family of Samanta Visti.

Sastry believes that the early Kakatiya dynasty chiefs followed Jainism, which was patronized by the Rashtrakutas, thus strengthening the view that the two dynasties were connected.

Kakatiya dynasty significantly expanded Kakatiya lands during the 1230s when he launched a series of attacks outside the dynasty's traditional Telangana region and thus brought under Kakatiya control the Telugu-speaking lowland delta areas around the Godavari and Krishna rivers.

Kakatiya dynasty organised the building of a massive granite wall around the city, complete with ramps designed for ease of access to its ramparts from within.

Kakatiya dynasty encouraged merchants to trade abroad, abolishing all taxes except for a fixed duty and supporting those who risked their lives to travel afar.

Kakatiya dynasty's continued the planned fortification of the capital, raising the height of Ganapati's wall as well as adding a second earthen curtain wall 1.

Kakatiya dynasty's reign began in 1289 and ended with the demise of the dynasty in 1323.

Kakatiya dynasty kingdom attracted the attention of the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji because of the possibility for plunder.

The first foray into the Kakatiya dynasty kingdom was made in 1303 and was a disaster due to the resistance of the Kakatiya dynasty army in the battle at Upparapalli.

Kakatiya dynasty base was the city of Orugallu in the dry uplands of northern Telangana on the Deccan Plateau.

The entrenched landed nobility that had existed prior to the Kakatiya dynasty found its power to be on the wane; the royal gifting of lands formerly in the possession of nobles to people of lesser status did much to effect this dilution.

The structure of the Kakatiya dynasty polity disintegrated and their lands soon fell under the control of numerous families from communities such as the Reddies and Velamas.

Kakatiya dynasty is said to have left [Orugallu] for the northeast after anointing Prataparudra's son as king.

Kakatiya dynasty presented himself as a legitimate successor to Prataparudra, by portraying both of them as righteous monarchs, meanwhile reconstructing Prataparudra's life and career in a favourable way.