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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}}
{{Short description|Medieval dynasty in modern-day India}}
 
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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.