Padma Nayakas - Theory

1. In which year did the Kakatiya capital fort of Warangal (Orugallu) fall to the Delhi Sultanate's army?

2. Under whose leadership was the campaign that captured Warangal in 1323 conducted?

3. The regions conquered by the Muhammadans in Andhra and Tamil Nadu after 1323 were merged into which province of the Delhi Sultanate?

4. Consider the following statements regarding conditions in the Telugu land following the fall of Warangal in 1323: (I) Temples were destroyed and mosques were built in their place (II) Ripened crops were forcibly seized from cultivators (III) Local Telugu rulers were allowed to retain full autonomy Which of the above is/are correct?

5. Who was chosen as leader by the old dynasties, former Kakatiya armies, and local chieftains to resist Muslim rule and liberate the Telugu land?

6. In which year was the ancient republican political tradition revived in the Andhra region under Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka's leadership?

7. What was the relationship between Kapaya Nayaka and Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka?

8. Since Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka had no children, who succeeded him as ruler of coastal Andhra upon his death?

9. The Recherla dynasty, belonging to the Velama community, established the Padma Nayaka kingdom with its capital at which place?

10. Which ruling family established the Vijayanagara empire, one of the six major kingdoms that had emerged in the Deccan by 1335–36?

11. Before launching their campaign against the Turks, how many nayakas united through a mutual agreement?

12. Consider the following statements regarding the terms of the agreement reached among the 77 nayakas before their campaign: (I) Each nayaka would take control of his own respective territory after driving out the Muhammadans (II) No nayaka would interfere in the territory belonging to another (III) The capital of the united nayakas would permanently remain at Warangal Which of the above is/are correct?

13. Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka shifted his capital from the Vengi region to which place near Bhadrachalam on the banks of the Godavari?

14. In which year did Kapaya Nayaka recapture the Warangal fort from the Muhammadans?

15. Which of the following titles was assumed by Kapaya Nayaka after recapturing Warangal?

16. Which ruler, who controlled a larger portion of Telangana, grew envious of Kapaya Nayaka's ambitions and seized part of his territory?

17. Who gradually brought the forts of Telangana under his own control after Kapaya Nayaka's death?

18. The rise of the Padma Nayakas as feudatories (samanthas) began during the reign of which Kakatiya ruler?

19. The native place of the Padma Nayakas, Amanagallu, is located in which present-day district?

20. Rachakonda town is located in which mandal of Nalgonda district?

21. Consider the following statements regarding the Padma Nayakas of Rachakonda: (I) They were originally Shaivites and later became Vaishnavites (II) They committed themselves to the protection of dharma after Warangal and the Andhra regions came under Muslim control (III) They excluded all religious communities other than their own from Rachakonda Which of the above is/are correct?

22. Who was the court poet of the Padma Nayakas who completed the Bhaskara Ramayanam?

23. Which Rachakonda ruler, himself known as kavisarvabhaumudu (foremost among poets), extended his patronage to the celebrated poet Sreenatha?

24. Which two Telugu poets were most prominently patronized by the rulers of Rachakonda?

25. In whose Telugu rendering of the Bhagavatam did the Telugu language flourish, extolling Sri Rama as the ideal ruler and Ramarajyam as the ideal state?

26. How many years did the Musunuri and Recherla Padma Nayaka rulers govern Telangana after the fall of the Kakatiyas?

27. Consider the following statements regarding the reasons for the decline of the Padma Nayaka kingdom: (I) Continuous warfare with the Bahmani Sultans (II) Persistent hostility with the Delhi Sultans (III) The rising influence of Vijayanagara and the Gajapatis Which of the above is/are correct?

28. By which year had the Padma Nayaka kingdom come to an end?

29. Which of the following was NOT among the tanks built by the Velama rulers to promote agriculture in Telangana?

30. Consider the following statements regarding agriculture and trade during the Nayaka period: (I) Continuous military campaigns disrupted regular crop cultivation in several areas (II) The Deccan kingdoms repeatedly campaigned to capture the fertile Godavari coastal region but could not hold it for more than about ten days (III) Domestic trade carried on by petty traders and cottage-industry workers continued largely independent of the political turmoil Which of the above is/are correct?

31. Which of the following Sanskrit works composed by the Recherla Padma Nayakas is a treatise on dramaturgy (Natyashastra)?

32. Which Sanskrit work composed by the Recherla Padma Nayakas is a commentary on the Amara Kosha?

33. Which of the following is one of the Telugu works composed by the Recherla Padma Nayakas themselves? Telugu Work Simhasana Dvatrimshika Navanatha Charitra Bhagavatam Bhogini Dandakam

34. The Recherla Padma Nayaka rulers were notable not only as patrons of literature but also as what?

35. The fall of Warangal in 1323 marked which development for the Telugu-speaking region?

36. Which coastal region did the Deccan kingdoms repeatedly campaign to capture but were unable to retain for more than about ten days?

9. Padma Nayakas