Open knowledge about the Telugu land and its people

Open Telugu is a group of free websites on the history and heritage of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are built on published sources: every fact is cited, so readers can check it for themselves.

Our websites

Live Telugu History teluguhistory.org The history of the Telugu land, from the Stone Age and Asoka's edicts to the two states of 2014. Kingdoms, people, places, monuments, inscriptions, maps and a timeline, in English and Telugu. Live Kakatiya kakatiya.info An evidence-based reference on the Kakatiya dynasty of Warangal, about 1000–1323 CE: its sites, inscriptions, architecture and water works.

Coming later

Planned Open Telugu Library Public-domain books on Telugu history, searchable page by page.

Planned Open Telugu Records Legislatures, elections and other public records of the Telugu states, from official sources.

How we work

Sources firstEvery fact names a published source and its page, with a link to the scanned book where one is online.
Open licenceOur own writing, maps and charts are under CC BY-SA 4.0. Old books are quoted only where they are in the public domain; other works are summarised and cited.
For everyoneFree to read, written in simple English and in Telugu, for students and for anyone curious about the Telugu land.