The Story of Pratap Rudra: The Last Sovereign of the Kakatiya Dynasty in the Telegu-Speaking Region (1289-1323) As the sun ascended on a clear morning in the year 1318, Pratap Rudra, the reigning monarch of the Telegu-Kakatiya dynasty found himself at the endgame of the medieval game of thrones. His citadel at Warangal was surrounded by a massive and modernized war machine that had rolled down from the plains of North India to enforce submission on his proud kingdom. Realizing any further resistance to be futile, Pratap Rudra agreed to discuss terms with his invaders. A settlement was soon reached, according to which the Kakatiya kingdom would cede to the Sultan of Delhi a single fortress of Badrkot, a vast amount of gold and jewels, 12,000 horses and a hundred war elephants ‘as huge as the demons’. Negotiations settled, the Kakatiya king ascended the eighteen steps leading to the parapets of his massive fort. There, in full view of the serried ranks of his intrepid Telugu wa
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