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The state is divided into 33 districts. The latest two new districts, Mulugu and Narayanpet, were formed on 17 February 2019.[71] The districts are divided into 70 revenue divisions which are further divided into 584 mandals.[72][73] There are a total of 10,909 revenue villages and 12,769 gram panchayats in the state. 

There are a total of 12 cities in the state. Hyderabad is the biggest city in the state and 4th largest city in India. There are 13 municipal corporations and 132 municipalities in the state. History is as below.

• Maurya Empire (320 BCE–180 BCE)

• Satavahana dynasty (180 BCE–220 CE)

• Vakataka dynasty (250 CE–500 CE)

• Vishnukundina dynasty (420 CE–624 CE)

• Chalukya dynasty (543 CE–753 CE)

• Rashtrakuta dynasty (753 CE–982 CE)

• Kakatiya dynasty (1083 CE–1323 CE)

• Delhi Sultanate (1323 CE–1326 CE)

• Musunuri Nayaks (1326 CE–1356 CE)

• Recherla Nayaks (1356 CE–1424 CE)

• Bahmani Sultanate (1347 CE–1512 CE)

• Vijayanagara Empire (1336 CE–1646 CE)

• Qutb Shahi dynasty (1512 CE–1687 CE)

• Mughal Empire (1687 CE–1724 CE)

• Asaf Jahi Dynasty (1724 CE–1948 CE)

The Cholas were from the Kasyapa Gotra and the Surya Vamsa, or Solar Dynasty. The first Chola king was from the Kasyapa Gotra. 

Chola dynasty: ruled the Tamil country during the early Sangam period.  

చోళ చక్రవర్తులు కూడా చంద్ర రాజవంశాలతో తమను తాము అనుబంధించుకున్నారు. వారు క్షత్రియ హోదాను క్లెయిమ్ చేసారు, సమాజంలోని మిగిలిన వారిని సత్ శూద్రులుగా వర్గీకరించారు, వారు ఆ హోదాలో ఉన్నత స్థానంలో ఉన్నారు మరియు తక్కువవారు అసత్ శూద్రులు. 

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Later pandyas were from Thevar caste. Some Pandyan kings were from Devendrar caste. Maravarman sur name of pandyan kings denotes they are from Thevar caste. 

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పల్లవులు బ్రాహ్మణులా?

పల్లవ రాజవంశం {c. 285–905 CE} భరద్వాజ్ గోత్రానికి చెందిన తమిళ బ్రాహ్మణుడు (తమిళ సామన్య రాజవంశం), పల్లవులు ఆంధ్ర (కృష్ణ-గుంటూరు) మరియు ఉత్తర మరియు మధ్య తమిళనాడును పాలించారు. అప్పర్ సాంప్రదాయకంగా పల్లవ రాజు మహేంద్రవర్మను శైవమతంలోకి మార్చిన ఘనత పొందారు.

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పాండ్యులు క్షత్రియులా?

చోళులు మరియు పాండ్యులు అగ్రవర్ణ బ్రాహ్మణేతరులు . భారతదేశంలో మనకు నిజమైన క్షత్రియులు లేరు.

Is gounder high caste?

Gounder (also transliterated as Gavundar, Kaamindan, kavundan) is an administrative caste who were protectors and rulers. It means “Noble protector of the country”. Originally, they belong to the “Kshatriya” varna and the dynastic lineage (Surya Vamsa and Chandra Vamsa)

Which caste is Kongu?

Though the people who practised agriculture are called vellalas, the word “Kongu Vellalar” refers to only Kongu Vellala Goundars who is a landowning and a feudal caste of Tamil Nadu. They are also known as Kongu Vellalars and are a subdivision of the Vellala caste.

Why is Coimbatore called Kongu?

There were mentions of 'Kongu Nadu' in Sangam literature as a separate territory. The name derives from Kongu Vellala Gounder, an OBC community with a significant presence in these districts. The region includes prominent businesses and industrial hubs at Namakkal, Salem, Tirupur and Coimbatore.

The Telugu Chodas or Telugu Cholas were rulers who ruled parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and southern Odissa[2] as samantas (vassals) of the Pallavas, and later as vassals of the Imperial Cholas 

Are Pallavas and Cholas the same?

According to tamil history Pallavas were an off shoot of early cholas and ruling from Kanchipuram as chola vassals in mid third century. Kalabhras a tribal and agrarian tamil kingdom revolted against the established cheras, chola and Pandyas and defeated them in the late 3 rd century.

Aruvela Niyogis(a type of Smartas)=sub-group of Niyogi Brahmins;; found in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; follow the Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya.

What are the different types of Niyogi Brahmins?

Denominational divisions: (1)Sri Vaishnavas=Ramanuja faith (2)Telugu Madhvas. Niyogis are further subdivided into Aruvela Niyogis, Pakanati Niyogis and others.

Niyogi Brahmin=Telugu Brahmin subcaste[2] native to the Indian states of A.P. and Telangana, but are spread throughout South India and Maharashtra.

majority of them took up various secular vocations including military activities and karanams. They were associated with administration, economics, literature, music composing, politics, scholarly, scientific, engineering, defense and warfare careers. 

Niyogin in Sanskrit means "employed", "appointed" or "assigned" and it is probable that Niyogis were given this name because they accept secular employment. 

Niyogis are divided into groups like Aruvela Niyogis, Pakanati Niyogis, Prathamasaki Niyogis, ... ..., Golkonda Vyaparis. The word "vyapari" means trader. While Niyogis were Smartas, Vyaparis are Vaishnavas.[11][12][13] In Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, there are some sections of Niyogis such as Aruvela and Prathamasaki who follow Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya.[ 

Tikkana born in 1205 in Patur village, Kovur, Nellore district during the Golden Age of the Kakatiya dynasty. During this time, conflict occurred between the two sects of Sanātana Dharma, Shaivism and Vaishnavism. Tikkana attempted to bring peace to the warring Shivaites and Vaishnavites. 

Tikkana was a minister of the Nellore Choda ruler 2nd Manuma-siddhi II.[1] In 1248, Manuma-siddhi II faced multiple rebellions, and lost control of his capital. He faced Tikkana as an emissary to the court of his overlord, the Kakatiya king Ganapati-deva. Ganapati received Tikkana warmly, and sent an army that re-established Manuma-siddhi II on the throne of Nellore. 

Nellore Chodas claimed their descent from the famous early Chola ruler, Karikala. They ruled over their kingdom consisting of the Nellore, Cuddapah, Chittoor and Chengalput districts with Vikramasimhapuri (modern Nellore) as their capital. 

The Ranganathaswamy Temple in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India was originally built by the Pallava dynasty in the 7th century. The Chola dynasty later expanded and renovated the temple. 

There are inscriptional evidence from the Satavahana dynasty which place the temple to be existent from the 2nd century. Most modern additions were done during the time of king Harihara I of Vijayanagara Empire (14th and 15th centuries) 

• Satavahana dynasty
  Inscriptions from the 2nd century AD indicate the temple's existence. The Satavahana king Satakarni named himself Mallana after the temple's deity, Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy.

• Chalukya dynasty
  The temple's early construction and architectural style show the influence of the Chalukya dynasty.

Later construction

• Reddi dynasty
  The Reddi kings, Prolay Vemma and Anavema Reddy, built pathways and mandapas in the temple. 

• Vijayanagara dynasty
  King Harihara I of the Vijayanagara Empire made modern additions to the temple in the 14th and 15th centuries. Harihara II built the steps to Pathala Ganga. 

• Sri Krishnadevaraya
  Sri Krishnadevaraya's minister Chandrashekhara built mandapas in the temple. Sri Krishnadevaraya is said to have constructed the gopuras on the temple's southern, eastern, and western sides. 

• Chatrapathi Shivaji
  Chatrapathi Shivaji, the icon of Maharashtra, ordered the construction of the temple's northern Gopuram.