The Fall of the Kākatīyas; the Telugus fight back
We should picture this. It is the second decade of the 14th century and the greatest Hindu Kingdoms of India have fallen like dominoes to the Turks. The Shāhī-s in our own native Gandhara fell the first to the Turkic Ghaznavids, the Cāhamāna-s were next, followed by the Gāhaḍavālas of Kannāuj. In one sweep, a…