RAS question
The Kakatiya dynasty ruled from which capital?
Correct answer: (B) Warangal (Orugallu).
The Kakatiya dynasty ruled from Warangal, also known in its Kakatiya-period form as Orugallu or Ekashilanagara, in present-day Telangana.
Explanation
The Kakatiya dynasty ruled from Warangal in present-day Telangana. Warangal District Administration, Government of Telangana, gives the old name behind the answer: during Kakatiya rule, their capital was called Orugallu, or Ekashila Nagar, because the fort was associated with a single compact stone, and the place later came to be known as Warangal. Standard exam framing identifies Warangal, also written as Orugallu or Ekashilanagara, as the Kakatiya capital. The dynasty’s political rise is also important for medieval-history questions: they began as feudatories of the Western Chalukyas and later became independent, ruling roughly from 1163 to 1323 CE.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Dwarasamudra does not match the Kakatiya capital; Warangal District Administration, Government of Telangana, identifies Orugallu/Ekashila Nagar as the Kakatiya-period capital that later became Warangal.
- (C) Hampi is not the capital identified for the Kakatiyas; Warangal was formerly Orugallu or Ekashila Nagar.
- (D) Devagiri is ruled out because the Kakatiya capital is Warangal, with Orugallu and Ekashilanagara/Ekashila Nagar given as its older names.
Concept
This tests capital-city associations in medieval Deccan history, where dynasties are often identified through their political centres. RAS repeats such facts because they connect chronology, regional kingdoms and present-day place names in a compact way.