Kakatiya

The Kakatiyas were a Telugu dynasty that ruled the eastern Deccan from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with their capital at Orugallu, or Warangal. They claimed sovereignty under Rudradeva in 1163. Ganapati Deva's daughter Rudrama Devi ruled from 1262 and repelled the Yadavas of Devagiri; Marco Polo praised her government. The dynasty built the Thousand Pillar Temple and the forts of Warangal and Golconda.

Delhi's invasions ended the main line: the siege of Warangal in 1310 forced Prataparudra II to pay tribute, and in 1323 Ulugh Khan conquered the kingdom. A branch survived in the east, where Annamadeva, said to be Prataparudra's brother, founded Bastar around 1324 under the goddess Danteshwari. His line later split off Kanker and remained independent until the Maratha advances of the eighteenth century.