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{{Short description|Kota Vamsa is the medieval dynasty which ruled in parts of the modern-day Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The Kota prasisti (Praise; a short laudatory hymn: a eulogium) declared that they were the rulers of the Shatashasra (Guntur region on the south}}
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'''Kota Vamsa''' was a medieval dynasty which ruled in parts of the modern-day [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The Kotas belonged to Dhananjaya gotra. Kota chiefs ruled [[Kammanadu]] with [[Dharanikota]] as capital. Kota Kings belonged to the [[Shudra]] varna.<ref>Sastry, P. V. Parabhrama (1978). N. Ramesan, ed. The Kākatiyas of Warangal. Hyderabad: Government of Andhra Pradesh</ref>
'''Kota Vamsa''' was a medieval dynasty which ruled in parts of the modern-day [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The Kotas belonged to Dhananjaya gotra.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=V |first=Yashoda Devi |url=https://archive.org/details/svuorientaljourn015489mbp/page/n65/mode/2up |title=Sri Venkateswara University Oriental Journal |date= |publisher=Sri Venkateswara University Oriental Research Institute |year=1975 |volume=18 |pages=58 |language= |chapter=Social and Economic Structure in Ândhradesa in the Reddi Age}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sōmaśēkharaśarma |first=Mallampalli |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32066/page/n283/mode/2up |title=History of the Reddi Kingdoms (circa. 1325 A.D. to Circa 1448 A.D.) |date= |publisher=Andhra University |year=1946 |pages=267 |language=en}}</ref> According to V. Yashoda Devi, the Kotas are one of the four lineages—alongside the [[Parichchedi|Parichchedis]], [[Kakatiya dynasty|Kakatiyas]], and Varnatas—from whom the Kshatriyas of the Telugu country have descended.<ref name=":0" /> Kota chiefs ruled [[Kammanadu]] with [[Dharanikota]] as capital.  


Kota kings, who followed the [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] system, practised religious tolerance and  patronised both [[Jainism]] and Hinduism. They favoured [[Shaivism]] and their family god was Amareswara of [[Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh|Amaravati]]. They built several Hindu temples during their reign.{{cn|date=September 2018}}
Kota Kings belonged to the [[Shudra]] varna.<ref>Sastry, P. V. Parabhrama (1978). N. Ramesan, ed. The Kākatiyas of Warangal. Hyderabad: Government of Andhra Pradesh</ref><ref name="The Rule Of The Chalukya Cholas In Andhrapradesa">{{cite book |title=The Rule Of The Chalukya Cholas In Andhrapradesa |date=1978 |page=288 |url=https://archive.org/details/the-rule-of-the-chalukya-cholas-in-andhrapradesa/page/287/mode/2up}}</ref> After they became the rulers, they came to be recognized as [[Kshatriya|Kshatriyas]].<ref name="The Rule Of The Chalukya Cholas In Andhrapradesa"></ref> They had marital links with the [[Kakatiya dynasty|Kakatiyas]]. [[Ganapati (Kakatiya dynasty)|Ganapatideva's]] daughter Ganapamadevi was married to the grandson of Kota Keta II.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talbot |first1=Cynthia |title=Precolonial India in practice: society, region and identity in medieval Andhra |date=2001 |publisher=Oxford Univ. Press |location=Oxford |isbn=9780195136616 |pages=156}}</ref>


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Kota Vamsa was a medieval dynasty which ruled in parts of the modern-day Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The Kotas belonged to Dhananjaya gotra.[1][2] According to V. Yashoda Devi, the Kotas are one of the four lineages—alongside the Parichchedis, Kakatiyas, and Varnatas—from whom the Kshatriyas of the Telugu country have descended.[1] Kota chiefs ruled Kammanadu with Dharanikota as capital.

Kota Kings belonged to the Shudra varna.[3][4] After they became the rulers, they came to be recognized as Kshatriyas.[4] They had marital links with the Kakatiyas. Ganapatideva's daughter Ganapamadevi was married to the grandson of Kota Keta II.[5]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 V, Yashoda Devi (1975). "Social and Economic Structure in Ândhradesa in the Reddi Age". Sri Venkateswara University Oriental Journal. Vol. 18. Sri Venkateswara University Oriental Research Institute. p. 58.
  2. ↑ Sōmaśēkharaśarma, Mallampalli (1946). History of the Reddi Kingdoms (circa. 1325 A.D. to Circa 1448 A.D.). Andhra University. p. 267.
  3. ↑ Sastry, P. V. Parabhrama (1978). N. Ramesan, ed. The Kākatiyas of Warangal. Hyderabad: Government of Andhra Pradesh
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Rule Of The Chalukya Cholas In Andhrapradesa. 1978. p. 288.
  5. ↑ Talbot, Cynthia (2001). Precolonial India in practice: society, region and identity in medieval Andhra. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780195136616.