Telangana and the language spoken in that region, "Telugu", is thought to have been derived from trilinga , as in Trilinga Desa , "the country of the three lingas". According to a Hindu legend, Shiva descended as linga on three mountains namely, Kaleshwaram , Srisailam and Draksharama , which marked the boundaries of the Trilinga desa. This is roughly the region between Krishna and Godavari rivers or modern Telangana region. The term "Telangana" was designated to distinguish the Telugu region from Marathwada as part of Hyderabad State . Early Reference during Kakatiya rule One of the earliest references to the word Telangana can be seen from the name of Malik Maqbul , who was called Tilangani , which infers that he was from Tilangana. He was born a Hindu named Nagaya Ganna and was called Yugandhar. He was the son of Dadi Nagadeva. Yugandhar was the commander of Warangal Fort ( Kaṭaka pāludu in Telugu). After promotion to commander status, he was addressed as Gannama Nayaka . After the fall of Warangal in 1323, the Kakatiya king Prataparudra and his trusted minister and commander Gannama Nayaka were captured and taken to Delhi . King Prataparudra committed suicide by drowning in the Narmada River . Yugandhar converted to Islam and was given a new name, Khan-i Jahan Maqbul Tilangani .
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 04:58:30 +0000
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