Kota Vamsa

Kota Vamsa was a medieval shudra dynasty which ruled in parts of the modern-day Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The Kota prasisti says that they were a de facto independent power who ruled the Shatashasra (that is, the Guntur region on the southern banks of the Krishna River) and the Velanadu (also known as Aarvelanadu) country from the 9th to 12th centuries. The Kotas belonged to Dhananjaya gotra. Kotas traced their ancestry to Durjaya. Kota kings maintained matrimonial alliances with another Shudra Durjaya dynasty of Warangal the Kakatiyas.[1]

Kota kings, who followed the varna system, practised religious tolerance and patronised both Jainism and Hinduism. They favoured Shaivism and their family god was Amareswara of Amaravati. They built several Hindu temples during their reign.

References

  1. ↑ Sastry, P. V. Parabrahma. Kakatiyas. p. 29.
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