Rachakonda

Rachakonda is a ruined hill fort east of Hyderabad, built among granite ridges that provide natural defences. It became the seat of a branch of the Recherla Nayakas after the fall of the Kakatiya kingdom. Stone gateways and walls follow the rocky ground, enclosing the remains of a fortified capital.

In the fourteenth century Anapota Nayaka established his court at Rachakonda, while another branch of the family ruled from Devarakonda. The chiefs contended with neighbouring kingdoms and the Bahmani sultans for control of Telangana. Rachakonda eventually fell to the Bahmanis in the fifteenth century, ending its time as the capital of the Recherla rulers. The remains of the fort recall a period when local dynasties competed to fill the space left by the Kakatiyas.