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The title of the blog is inspired by China Miéville's wonderful book of the same name. Like Besźel/Ul Qoma, Hyderabad too has a dichotomy that defies explanation sometimes.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.- The header image is "Tombs of the Kings of Golconda" (1813) by Robert Melville Grindlay. From The British Library's Online Gallery.
Tag Archives: Chalukyas
The Kakatiyas of Eka Sila Nagaram
The Origins The exact origins of the dynasty are unclear. Some historians trace the origins of the Kakatiyas to a Gundaya who died fighting for the Rashtrakutas against the Eastern Chalukyas in the 10th Century. The story is that the … Continue reading
Posted in Before the Sultanate, The Kingdoms
Tagged Beta, Chalukyas, Chola, Golconda, Gundyana, Hanumakonda, History, Hyderabad, Kakatiya, Prataparudra, Prola, Rasthrakuta, Vikramaditya, Warangal
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Hyderabad before Hyderabad – Part IV
The tl;dr Version The Ikshavakus were the last major Telugu dynasty to rule over the region after the Satavahanas in the first millenium CE. The 800 years following the Ikshavakus saw a whole bunch of dynasties – the smaller ones … Continue reading
Posted in Before the Sultanate, The Kingdoms
Tagged Amaravati, Badami, Belur, Chalukyas, Cholas, Deccan, Eastern Chalukyas, History, Hyderabad, Ikshavaku, Kakatiya, Kanchi, Malkhed, Manyakheta, Nagarjunakonda, Paithan, Pallavas, Rashtrakutas, Satavahana, Tanjavur, Vengi, Washim, Western Chalukyas
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