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The reign of Reddy Kings: :
Prolaya Vema Reddy established Reddy Dynasty with Addanki as the capital city of his Kingdom. Later it was shifted to Kondaveedu.
Anavota Reddy (1335 - 1364 AD): Anavota Reddy became king of the Reddy dynasty and he conquered many small kingdoms including Nidadavolu(Ruled by Vengi Chalukya's), Vundi (Ruled by Suryavamsa Kshatriya's), Korukonda(Ruled by Kondanayaka's), Pithapuram(Ruled by Koppularaju's) before 1356 AD.
Anavema Reddy (1364 -1386 AD): Anavema Reddy brother of Anavota Reddy was also an able ruler. His ruled his kingdom Nirvajyapuram(Nidadavolu) as his capital city. During his rule he conquered Rajahmahendrapuram, Korukonda, Pithapuram, Kalingam and Simhachalam and annexed them into his kingdom.
Komaragiri(Kumaragiri) Reddy (1386 - 1402 AD): Komaragiri Reddy was the son of Anavota Reddy. Internal disputes raised in the kingdom before his occupation of the throne. Katayavema Reddy (Senapathi) chief of Army of Anavota Reddy and Brother-in-law of Komaragiri Reddy) and PedaKomati Vema Reddy were the root of all the internal disputes. The rulers of different parts of the kingdom announced their Independence and didn't pay their taxes. To suppress the revolt Katayavema Reddy and Anavotareddy, the second visited Rajamahendrapuram.
Harihara Rayalu, the Vijayanagara ruler, married his daughter Hariharamba to Katayavema Reddy on knowing his valor. Though internal disputes stopped for some time, it raised again in no time.
Katayavema Reddy (1395 - 1414 AD): Katayavema Reddy ruled Rajahmundry for 19 years. He fought many wars against Pedakomativema Reddy. He extended his kingdom up to Katam. He had one son, Komaragiri Reddy and two daughters, Anitally and Hariharamba.
Allada Reddy (1414 - 1423 AD): Komaragiri Reddy was only 10yrs old by the time Katayavema Reddy died(in 1414). Allada Reddy ruled the kingdom on his behalf. Unfortunately Komaragiri Reddy also died. Pedakomati Vema Reddy raised a war against the kingdom twice, but Allada Reddy defeated him both the times. Allada Reddy made a treaty with Kalingas and Vijayanagara Emperors.
Veerabhadra Reddy (1423 - 1448): Alladareddy died in the year 1423 AD and Veerabhadra Reddy became the ruler of the Reddy dynasty. Rajamahendravaram was his Kingdom. Devarayalu, the second conquered the Rajamahendravaram and Simhachalam forts. The Reddy dynasty had it's decline started due to the wars raised by the Recharla Velama's and Gajapathi's.
Famous Poets in the Reddy kingdom:
Errana was a great poet in the court of Prolaya Vemareddy (1325-1353), the founder of Reddy dynasty (1325-1424) of Kondaveedu, who ruled Guntur, Prakasam, Nellooru, and Kurnoolu districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh. Errana is also known as Yellapregada or Errapregada. He is honored with the title Prabandha Parameshwara (the supreme lord of Prabandha).He belongs to Kavitrayamu (the trinity of poets) who translated Mahabharatamu. The other two poets are Nannaya and Tikkana. Nannaya translated two and a half parvamulu (books) of Mahabharatamu. Tikkana translated the remaining books starting from the 4th, leaving the half finished third book, Aranya Parvamu (the Book of Forest), for Errana. Tikkana did not touch this part because it was considered to be inauspicious to translate this book, which was left half-finished by Nannaya. He started the remaining half of the Aranya book with the style of Nannaya and ended it with the style of Tikkana as a bridge between the part translated by Nannaya and the rest translated by Tikkana. Just like Nannaya and Tikkana, he used half Sanskrit and half Telugu in his so called Telugu translation of Sanskrit Mahabharatamu. Thus, the Sanskrit Mahabharatamu is translated into Telugu over a period of several centuries beginning with Nannaya (11th AD to 14 century). Ramayanamu, and Harivamshamu are some of his other translations from Sanskrit originals. He dedicated these two translations to the king, Prolaya Vemareddy. Nrusimhapuranamu is his own independent work.
Srinathudu, known as KaviSarvabhowma, is probably the most famous telugu poet. He was a poet and Chief Educational Officer in Pedakomati Vema Reddy's court. His works include Maruttaratcharitra, Salivaahanasaptasati, Panditaaraadhyacharitra, Sringaaranaishadhamu, Haravilaasamu, Bheemakhanda Kaashikhandamulu, Kreedaabhiraamamu, Sivaraatrimahaatmyamu and Palnaativeeracharitramu. His love for women is reflected in his literary works.
This is copyvio from [1]. Thanks! Mattisse 23:11, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
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