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Corrections

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  1. Page: Warangal Fort

    Warangal Fort: a neutral name for the three-shrined temple

    Before
    The fort plan and the site text used the 1900 survey's name for the temple buried in the mud wall as its label.
    Now
    The plan and the text describe it as a temple with three shrines, because the old name reads as a slur in modern Telugu. One sentence keeps the names that the 1900 survey and the review for 1997-98 record.ASI 1900IAR 1997-98
  2. Page: Timeline

    Timeline: the earliest Telugu letters, as one work's view

    Before
    The milestone for 660 read "Earliest use of Telugu letters in Telangana, Amudalapadu", as a plain fact.
    Now
    The milestone gives this as the view of Epigraphia Telanganica. The record of 660 is in Sanskrit. The timeline also records the early Telugu label inscriptions at Keesaragutta, which the sources date earlier.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023Department of Heritage, Telangana: Keesaragutta (Epigraphia Telanganica Vol. I p. 8 ↗)
  3. Page: Timeline

    Timeline: the 660 milestone cites only the work that states it

    Before
    The milestone for the Amudalapadu record of 660 cited Telangana – Land and People together with Epigraphia Telanganica.
    Now
    The milestone cites Epigraphia Telanganica only. Telangana – Land and People, Volume I, does not mention Amudalapadu or the earliest Telugu letters.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023 (Epigraphia Telanganica Vol. I p. 8 ↗)
  4. Page: Timeline

    Timeline: the 566 milestone cites only the work that dates it

    Before
    The milestone for the Vishnukundin copper plates of 566 cited Telangana – Land and People together with Epigraphia Telanganica.
    Now
    The milestone cites Epigraphia Telanganica, which dates the plates. Telangana – Land and People describes the Tummalagudem plates but does not give this date.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023
  5. Page: Inscription database

    Inscriptions: a Panagal grant is not Kakatiya

    Before
    The database counted a grant from Panagal among the Kakatiya inscriptions. The match came from the name Mailambika, which the edition itself marks as uncertain.
    Now
    The grant was made by King Tonda, son of King Bhima, in the Kanduru country. The record belongs to the Kanduri Chodas, so the database no longer counts it as Kakatiya.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023
  6. Page: Warangal Fort

    Warangal Fort: the Swayambhu temple faced east

    Before
    The page said that excavations in 1934–35 showed that the temple faced west and was never finished.
    Now
    The page says that the excavators found the shrine at the western end of the site, with the Nandi pedestal to its east, so the temple faced east. The excavators also found the temple unfinished.Nizam Archaeological Report 1934-35
  7. Page: Sources › HRIDAY Warangal leaflet

    Sources: the publisher of the HRIDAY leaflet

    Before
    The Sources page described the HRIDAY leaflet on Warangal as undated, with no publisher.
    Now
    The entry says that Young INTACH publishes the leaflet online, and dates it to 2015 from the file's own metadata. The leaflet itself names no author or publisher.HRIDAY Warangal leaflet
  8. Page: Timeline › Qutb Shahis

    Timeline: the start of Qutb Shahi rule

    Before
    The entry dated Qutb Shahi rule to 1512–1687, as a settled date.
    Now
    The entry gives c. 1512–1687. The Imperial Gazetteer and Firishta date the start to 1512, but an inscription of 1518 at Golconda still calls Sultan Quli a governor under the Bahmani sultan.Imperial Gazetteer 1909Epigraphia Telanganica 2023
  9. Page: Inscription plates from Epigraphia Telanganica

    Inscription plates: Beta II and Duggaraja

    Before
    The captions of the Kazipet pillar inscription of 1090 called it a record of Beta II, and said that Beta II was also called Duggaraja.
    Now
    The captions call it the Kakatiya pillar inscription at Kazipet. Epigraphia Telanganica titles it the inscription of Duggaraja, the elder son of Beta II, and the sources differ on which of them made the grant.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023
  10. Page: About the site

    About: where the photographs come from

    Before
    The About page said that the photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under open licences.
    Now
    The page says that the modern photographs come from Wikimedia Commons. The old photographs and plates come from publications that are now in the public domain.
  11. Page: Padmakshi Temple

    Padmakshi temple: the donor Melarasa

    Before
    The page said that the inscription of 1117 records a gift of land by Medaraja, the Jain chief of Polavasa.
    Now
    The page follows the edition in Epigraphia Indica IX, where the donor is Melarasa of Ugravadi. Parabrahma Sastry's reading, Medaraja of Polavasa, is kept beside it.Epigraphia Indica IXParabrahma Sastry 1978
  12. Page: Coins, weights and measures of the Kakatiyas

    Coins: the page numbers of the Garavapadu grant

    Before
    The page placed the photograph of the Garavapadu seal on the plate after p. 348, and the edition of the grant on pp. 343-349.
    Now
    The plate is bound after p. 350, and the edition runs over pp. 346-356 of Epigraphia Indica XVIII. The seal picture links to that page of the scan.Epigraphia Indica XVIII (Epigraphia Indica XVIII, pp. 346-356 ↗)
  13. Page: Timeline

    Timeline: "Fall or conquest"

    Before
    The marker for a fall read "Fall of Warangal", even for events such as the fall of the Vishnukundins (612) and the Police Action (1948).
    Now
    The marker reads "Fall or conquest".
  14. Page: Rulers

    Rulers: the first five Kakatiyas were chiefs

    Before
    The Rulers page called all ten Kakatiyas rulers. The milestones for 1052 and 1158 did not say that Prola I and Rudra Deva succeeded as chiefs.
    Now
    The page says that Beta I, Prola I, Beta II, Durgaraja and Prola II were chiefs under the Rashtrakutas and then the Western Chalukyas. Rudra Deva first ruled as an independent king, from 1163.
  15. Page: Timeline › Asaf Jahi Nizams

    Timeline: where the Asaf Jahis ruled from

    Before
    The entry for the Asaf Jahis gave Hyderabad as their seat.
    Now
    The entry gives Aurangabad, and Hyderabad from 1763.Telangana – Land and People III (Telangana – Land and People III, p. 144)
  16. Page: Timeline › Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi

    Timeline: the start of the Eastern Chalukyas

    Before
    The entry dated the Eastern Chalukyas to 640–1070 CE.
    Now
    The entry gives 624 or 640 to 1070 CE. Telangana – Land and People gives 640, and Epigraphia Telanganica dates the first king, Vishnuvardhana, to 624–641.Goel et al. 2022Epigraphia Telanganica 2023
  17. Page: Timeline › Bahmani Sultanate

    Timeline: when the Bahmanis took Warangal

    Before
    The Bahmani entry said that they annexed Warangal in 1422, while its next sentence gave 1422 or 1424.
    Now
    The entry gives one qualified date, 1422 or 1424.
  18. Page: Rulers › Pratapa Rudra

    Pratapa Rudra: Pochu-Lenka and his father

    Before
    The page said that in 1318 Pochu-Lenka, son of Somaya-Lenka, was commander of all the forces.
    Now
    The page says that a 1318 inscription records gifts by Pochu-Lenka. The inscription names his father, Somaya-Lenka, as the commander of all the forces.Lenka, Inscriptions of LenkasEpigraphia Telanganica 2023
  19. Page: Rulers › Rudrama Devi

    Rudrama Devi: the revolt of Harihara and Murarideva

    Before
    The page stated that Rudrama Devi faced a revolt by Harihara and Murarideva.
    Now
    The page says that the later Telugu chronicles describe this revolt. Parabrahma Sastry thinks that the story may be true to some extent, but no other source names Murarideva.Parabrahma Sastry 1978Siddhesvara Charitra (ed. 1960)
  20. Page: Rulers › Rudrama Devi

    Rudrama Devi: the title in the inscription

    Before
    The page gave her title as pattoddhriti, "queen designate".
    Now
    The page gives the inscription's word, pattoddhati, which Parabrahma Sastry reads as pattoddhriti, "queen designate".Parabrahma Sastry 1978
  21. Page: Rulers › Rudrama Devi

    Rudrama Devi: her daughters

    Before
    The page stated that Rudrama Devi had three daughters, Mummadamma, Rudrama and Ruyyama.
    Now
    The page gives this list as Parabrahma Sastry's.Parabrahma Sastry 1978
  22. Page: Administration of the Kakatiya kingdom

    Administration: Yule's Marco Polo of 1903

    Before
    The page said that Henry Yule, writing in 1903, dated the handover of power from Rudrama Devi to Prataparudra to 1292 or 1295.
    Now
    The page says that the 1903 edition of Yule's Marco Polo gives these dates. Henri Cordier revised that edition after Yule's death in 1889.Yule and Cordier 1903, Vol. II
  23. Page: Anumakonda and Orugallu: the two capitals

    Two capitals: the age of Anumakonda

    Before
    The page said that the town of Anumakonda is older than the dynasty.
    Now
    The page says that the town existed before it became a Kakatiya capital. An inscription of 872 already names it.
  24. Page: Anumakonda and Orugallu: the two capitals

    Two capitals: what the Bekkallu records show

    Before
    The page said that the inscriptions show the court moving over several decades.
    Now
    The page says that two Bekkallu inscriptions associate Rudra Deva with Anumakonda in 1176 and with Orugallu in 1195.
  25. Page: Administration of the Kakatiya kingdom

    Administration: who made the Sanigaram gifts

    Before
    The page said that Beta I and Beta II made gifts at Sanigaram with the consent of the local gaudas and reddis.
    Now
    The page says that in 1051 Naranayya, son of Beta I's minister Vaijaraja, made a gift with the consent of the local gamundas. In 1053 Prola I made his gifts after informing the local gavundas.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023
  26. Page: Religion, literature and the arts

    Religion and arts: the date of Shitab Khan's inscription

    Before
    The page dated Shitab Khan's inscription of Saka 1425 to about 1503.
    Now
    The page says that Hirananda Sastri converts the date to 21 January 1504.Hirananda Sastri 1932
  27. Page: Religion, literature and the arts

    Religion and arts: the Satuluru record of 1135

    Before
    The page said that the Satuluru record of 1135 is older than Kakatiya rule.
    Now
    The page says that the record is older than independent Kakatiya rule.
  28. Page: After the Kakatiyas, 1323–1948

    After the Kakatiyas: the end of the line

    Before
    The page said that no Kakatiya king ruled after Pratapa Rudra.
    Now
    The page says that Kakatiya rule at Warangal ended with Pratapa Rudra. Later rulers of Bastar claimed descent from the dynasty, but Cynthia Talbot traces that claim only to an inscription of 1703.Talbot 2001
  29. Page: The Jain monuments of Hanamakonda

    Jain monuments: inscriptions on Aggalayya Gutta

    Before
    The page said that no inscription on Aggalayya Gutta has been reported.
    Now
    The page says that the sources consulted report no inscription on the hill.
  30. Page: Sources › Somasekhara Sarma 1945

    Sources: the year of Somasekhara Sarma's book on the Musunuri Nayaks

    Before
    The Sources page and the History page dated M. Somasekhara Sarma's book on the Musunuri Nayaks to 1948.
    Now
    Both pages give 1945.Somasekhara Sarma 1945
  31. Page: Inscription database

    Inscriptions: records rebuilt from Volumes I, III and IV

    Before
    Many records from Volumes I, III and IV of Epigraphia Telanganica mixed details from neighbouring entries, 111 of 226 in Volume I. Most entries of those volumes had no record at all.
    Now
    Each entry now has its own record, with every detail taken from that entry. The Kakatiya list grew from 553 to 715 records.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023
  32. Page: Architecture

    Temple plans: the dwikuta drawing

    Before
    The dwikuta drawing showed two shrines to the west and east of one hall, with the entrance on the south, and its caption read like the plan of the Voditela temple.
    Now
    The drawing is a generic schematic without a north arrow, because the source gives no orientation or entrance. The caption of the chatuskuta also notes that its example is not a temple of the Kakatiya kings.Murali Krishna 2024
  33. Page: Inscription database

    Inscriptions: thirteen ruler labels

    Before
    The database filed eight records under Prola I, including four of Prola II, two of Beta II and the Vilasa grant of Prolaya Nayaka. Records of other kings named Mahadeva sat under the Kakatiya Mahadeva.
    Now
    Each of these thirteen records now carries the ruler that its own entry in Epigraphia Telanganica names.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023
  34. Page: Architecture

    Architecture: the date of Kridabhiramamu

    Before
    The page called Kridabhiramamu a poem of the Kakatiya period.
    Now
    The page calls Kridabhiramamu a Telugu poem of the fourteenth or fifteenth century.Parabrahma Sastry 1975 (thesis)
  35. Page: Timeline › Chalukyas of Badami

    Timeline: the Amudalapadu record of 660

    Before
    The timeline called the Amudalapadu record of 660 the earliest inscription in Telugu script.
    Now
    The timeline speaks of the earliest use of Telugu letters in Telangana. The record is in Sanskrit, written in the old Telugu–Kannada script.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023
  36. Page: Pillalamarri Temples

    Pillalamarri: the district

    Before
    The site pages placed Pillalamarri in Suryapet taluk of Nalgonda district.
    Now
    The pages place Pillalamarri in Suryapet district. The older sources place it in Nalgonda district, which included Suryapet until 2016.
  37. Page: Inscription database

    Inscriptions: two dates from the wrong entries

    Before
    The database dated the Manur record to 1314 and a Kolanupaka record to 27 December 1105. Both dates came from a neighbouring entry of the corpus.
    Now
    The Manur record is dated 7 January 1315, and the Kolanupaka record 6 April 1106, as their own entries give them.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023 (ET III No. 265 ↗; ET I No. 284 ↗)
  38. Page: Sources

    Sources: two public-domain books

    Before
    The Sources page marked Yazdani's Early History of the Deccan (1960) and Gopalakrishna Murthy's Sculpture of the Kakatiyas (1964) as in copyright.
    Now
    Both entries say that the books are in the public domain in India, as works of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.Yazdani 1960Gopalakrishna Murthy 1964
  39. Page: Sources › Goli Penchala Prasad et al. 2020

    Sources: no open licence for Prasad and others (2020)

    Before
    The Sources page said that the article by Goli Penchala Prasad and others (2020) carries a CC BY licence.
    Now
    The entry says that the article is free to read on the website of the Indian National Science Academy, but that it states no open licence.Goli Penchala Prasad et al. 2020
  40. Page: Sources

    Sources: the editors of Epigraphia Indica IX, XII and XVIII

    Before
    The Sources page named E. Hultzsch alone as editor of Volume IX, Hultzsch and Sten Konow for Volume XII, and F. W. Thomas and others for Volume XVIII.
    Now
    The entries name Hultzsch and Konow for Volume IX, Konow for Volume XII, and H. Krishna Sastri and Hirananda Sastri for Volume XVIII.Epigraphia Indica IXEpigraphia Indica XIIEpigraphia Indica XVIII
  41. Page: Attribution

    Attribution: the image holders

    Before
    The Attribution page listed image holders whose images the site does not use, such as the American Institute of Indian Studies and the Kakatiya Heritage Trust.
    Now
    The page lists the groups of images that the site uses, with the terms for each group.
  42. Page: Sources › Murali Krishna 2024

    Sources: the licence of Murali Krishna (2024)

    Before
    The Sources page marked B. Murali Krishna's article of 2024 as in copyright.
    Now
    The entry says that the article is licensed under CC BY 4.0, and links to it.Murali Krishna 2024

Updates

New pages, sections and features, newest first.

October 2026

  • Plain words in the inscription database

    Each record in the inscription database now explains, under the editors' summary, the date abbreviations and old words that the summary uses. Examples are su. and ba. for the two halves of the lunar month, Saka years, and units such as the marturu and the gadyana. Where the date can be read safely, the record also gives it in plain words.

    See: Inscription database

  • New site: Ursu Gutta

    A new site page describes Ursu Gutta, the hill at Ursu in Warangal where the poet Narasimha's Sanskrit poems are cut on the rocks. The page also gathers what the sources say about Ursu village and its dargah.

    See: Ursu Gutta

  • Years along the top of the timeline

    The chart of Telangana's ruling powers now shows the years along its top edge as well as along the bottom.

    See: Timeline

  • Save and full screen for every drawing

    Every map, plan, chart and the family tree now has buttons to save it as a PNG or SVG image and to view it full screen. A saved image carries its title, the site's credit and every credit for the data it uses.

    See: RulersTimeline

  • Updates and corrections

    A new page lists every correction to a fact on the site, with what changed and why. The page also lists the main updates month by month.

    See: Updates and corrections

  • A licence for the site's own work

    The site's own text, maps, plans, family tree, timelines and charts are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photographs, historical images and map data keep their own licences.

    See: Attribution

  • Timeline: two more powers, and powers that held part of Telangana

    The Chalukyas of Mudigonda and the Telugu Chodas of Kanduru join the timeline. A paler, striped bar marks a power that held only part of Telangana, where a book says so.

    See: Timeline

  • Key inscriptions, and a separate database page

    The Inscriptions page now presents 28 key records as cards, with filters and a map of their find spots. The full list of records, with search and filters, has its own page.

    See: Key inscriptionsInscription database

  • Letters from Brahmi to Telugu

    The letter table now runs from Asokan Brahmi of the 3rd century BCE to modern Telugu. Every letter is cut from Ojha (1918) or Burnell (1878) and linked to its plate.

    See: How to read a Kakatiya inscription › Letters and languages

  • History: a page for each topic

    The History page is now a hub of grouped topics, with one page for each topic. The text, tables and maps of each topic are unchanged.

    See: History

  • How to read an inscription: a guide in five parts

    The guide now has five parts, each with key points and links to the previous and next part. The year converter has its own page.

    See: How to read a Kakatiya inscriptionYear converter

  • Early Telugu labels at Keesaragutta

    The timeline and the guide to inscriptions add the early Telugu label inscriptions at Keesaragutta. The different dates that the sources give are kept, each attributed.

    See: TimelineHow to read a Kakatiya inscription › Letters and languages

  • The Amudalapadu plates of 660

    The guide to inscriptions says where the four Amudalapadu copper plates came from and which village they granted, from D. C. Sircar's edition. Both dates that Epigraphia Telanganica gives are stated.

    See: How to read a Kakatiya inscription › Letters and languages

  • Heritage trails

    Three routes cover Warangal Fort, Hanamakonda and the road to the fort, and Ramappa with the great lakes. Each route has a numbered map, the sites' own cited points and a printable version.

    See: Heritage trails

  • The Kakatiyas at a glance

    A new page gathers short notes, a rulers table, a timeline, a glossary and practice questions. Every note restates a fact already cited on the site.

    See: The Kakatiyas at a glance

  • The 1934 edition of the Anumakonda inscription

    Kambhampati Appanna Sastri's edition of 1934 adds eleven photographs, and cited items on the Thousand Pillar Temple, Anumakonda fort, Padmakshi and several rulers. Where the book disagrees with the site, its view is given separately.

    See: Thousand Pillar TempleAnumakonda FortPadmakshi Temple

  • Rudra Deva's kingdom in 1163

    A map in the Rudra Deva section shows the extent of the kingdom in 1163 as the 1934 edition draws it. The caption gives the other views of the extent, each attributed.

    See: Rulers › Rudra Deva

  • A year converter for inscription dates

    A converter turns the dates of Kakatiya, Chalukya and later Warangal records into years of the common era. Each step shows its rule and the printed page of its source.

    See: Year converter

  • A family tree of the rulers

    A drawn tree shows the ten Kakatiya rulers and the relatives who explain the succession. Disputed links open a panel with every version and its sources.

    See: Rulers

  • The Swayambhu temple

    A new page covers the temple of the family deity at Warangal Fort, with old photographs and a plan of the precinct. Every version of who built it and how it was destroyed is attributed.

    See: Swayambhu Temple, Warangal Fort

  • Kasibugga, Mattewada and Mogilicherla

    Three new site pages draw on Gopalakrishna Murthy's Sculpture of the Kakatiyas and other sources. Most rulers' entries also give Murthy's view of the temples and art of the reign.

    See: Ranganathaswamy Temple, KasibuggaMattewada TemplesEkavira Temple, MogilicherlaRulers

  • Five more site pages

    New pages cover Kaleshwaram, Nagulapadu, Kondaparthi, Nagunur and Panagal. Every disagreement between the sources is attributed.

    See: Kaleshwara-Muktesvara Temple, KaleshwaramNagulapadu TemplesKondaparthi TemplesNagunur TemplesChaya Someswara and Pachala Someswara Temples, Panagal

  • Charts on phones

    On a phone, the era chart and the reign chart show one row for each power or ruler, with the dates as text and a bar on a shared year axis.

    See: Timeline

  • Inavolu temple and Kazipet dargah

    New pages cover the Mallikarjuna temple at Inavolu and the dargah at Kazipet. The Kazipet page describes the Kakatiya and Rashtrakuta pillars that stand in the dargah.

    See: Mallikarjuna Temple, InavoluDargah of Afzal Shah Biyabani, Kazipet

  • Vemulavada temples

    A new page covers the temples of Vemulavada, the capital of the Chalukyas of Vemulavada before the Kakatiyas. Nine inscriptions in the database are linked to the page.

    See: Vemulavada Temples

  • Shivanagar stepwell

    A new page covers the stepwell at Shivanagar in Warangal and its restoration in 2025. The page says plainly that no evidence for its date has been found so far.

    See: Shivanagar Stepwell

  • Gautamesvara temple at Manthani, and Chandrampalli

    New pages cover the Gautamesvara temple at Manthani and the old Siva temple at Chandrampalli. The Manthani page shows photographs from the report of 1927-28 and from 2021.

    See: Gautamesvara Temple, ManthaniChandrampalli Siva Temple

  • Khammampalli Siva temples

    A new page covers two inscriptions of Ganapati Deva's reign that name the royal preceptor Visvesvara Sivacharya. Five photographs of 2021 show the temples.

    See: Khammampalli Siva Temples

  • Chart details in a panel

    Selecting a bar on the era chart or the reign chart opens a panel with its dates, sources and a link to read more. The menu now starts with Home.

    See: Timeline

  • The era chart by kind of power

    The era chart colours each power by kind, with a legend. The Asaf Jahi entry explains why there is no British bar, with the subsidiary treaties of 1798 and 1800.

    See: Timeline › Asaf Jahi Nizams

  • Warangal Fort in 1767

    The fort page shows a redrawing of Henry Montresor's survey plan of 1767. The original engraving of 1793 is on the Old photographs page.

    See: Warangal FortOld photographs of Kakatiya monuments

  • Easier reading

    Body text is darker and larger, at 17 pixels on phones and 18 on desktops. Pages keep their own light or dark theme in browsers that darken pages by themselves.

  • Kakatiya sculpture in 1964

    The 71 photographs of Gopalakrishna Murthy's The Sculpture of the Kakatiyas (1964) are on a new page, grouped by place and theme. Plates of named sites also appear on their site pages.

    See: Kakatiya sculpture in 1964

  • Read an inscription yourself

    A new section shows the method that epigraphists use, with a worked example on the Ramappa pillar of 1213. Two alphabet plates from Burnell (1878) bracket the Kakatiya letters.

    See: How to read a Kakatiya inscription › Read one yourself

  • Khush Mahal

    The Khush Mahal page gives a fuller description and history, from the Nizam Archaeological Department reports and Hirananda Sastri (1932). Different views on its roof are kept, each attributed.

    See: Khasi Mahal

  • Padmakshi and Siddhesvara

    The Padmakshi page gives the full grant of 1117 from its edition in Epigraphia Indica IX. The Siddhesvara page adds the Padmasena legend, checked in the 1960 edition of the Siddhesvara Charitra.

    See: Padmakshi TempleSiddhesvara Temple

  • Shitab Khan's inscription and other pictures

    The four faces of Shitab Khan's inscription of 1504 appear on the Warangal Fort page. New photographs show the Padmakshi pillar and tower and a relief at Siddhesvara.

    See: Warangal FortPadmakshi TempleSiddhesvara Temple

  • Lengths of reigns and periods

    The reign chart and the Rulers page show the length of each reign. The era chart shows the length of each power's period and keeps the uncertainty of the printed dates.

    See: RulersTimeline

  • Notes on the sources

    Points about the sources themselves, such as misprints and date conversions, now sit in a box of notes under their paragraph. The history pages lead with the evidence and attribute each interpretation.

    See: History

  • Suggest a correction

    Every page ends with a link to suggest a correction or add information. The link opens the contact form with the page attached.

    See: Contact

  • A dark theme, and printing

    A button in the header switches between the light and dark themes, and maps, plans and charts follow the theme. Pages print in light colours, with the page address and print date at the top.

  • In short

    A short summary in plain English opens 14 pages and each section of the history pages. The summaries restate only what the pages say with sources.

    See: History

  • Summary tables

    Forty-six tables sit above the paragraphs they summarise, on topics such as taxes, officers, coins and measures. Where sources give different values, each table keeps every version with its source.

    See: History

  • The Kakatiya state and society

    Four cited pages cover administration, taxes and trade, religion and the arts, and agriculture and irrigation. Where sources disagree, every version is kept and attributed.

    See: Administration of the Kakatiya kingdomTaxes, trade and craftsReligion, literature and the artsAgriculture and irrigation

  • Why the temples declined after 1323

    A cited section covers the end of royal patronage, the fall of 1323, later damage and neglect, and what continued in worship and in memory.

    See: After the Kakatiyas, 1323–1948

  • Temple plans: all five types

    The Architecture page shows all five types of temple plan, from one shrine to five.

    See: Architecture

  • Inscription plates

    Sixty-three ink impressions from the plates of Epigraphia Telanganica appear in a new gallery and on their records. Each plate carries the publisher's credit.

    See: Inscription plates from Epigraphia Telanganica

  • More old photographs

    Twenty-nine more historical photographs from 1885 to 1935 join the collection, and Old photos joins the main menu. The home page shows four old photographs that lead into the gallery.

    See: Old photographs of Kakatiya monuments

  • The site opens

    The site went online at kakatiya.info. The first version covered the rulers, the sites, a timeline, the history, the architecture, the inscriptions and a guide to reading them, coins, old photographs and the sources.

    See: Home