Kesamudram Tank
The Kesamudram Tank is identified with the Kesari-samudra that the Bayyaram inscription credits to the early chief Prola I. Prola I named the tank after his title, arigaja-kesari.
- Period
- Early Kakatiya, reign of Prola I
- Commissioned by
- Prola I, according to the Bayyaram inscription
- Location
- 17.7139° N, 79.8892° EWarning: approximate
Source of the position: OpenStreetMap way/864791755
- Condition
- The sources consulted do not describe its condition.
Detail
- The Bayyaram inscription says that Prola I, whose title was arigaja-kesari, had the tank Kesari-tataka dug and named it after that title.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023
- The inscription adds that Prola I thereby uplifted the earth. For this reason his successors adopted the boar as the seal on their coins and cattle.Parabrahma Sastry 1978
- Ganapati Deva's Ekamranatha inscription credits the tank to Prola II instead. The editors of Epigraphia Telanganica prefer the version in the Bayyaram inscription.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023
- The tank is identified with the big tank near Kesamudram village. The village name is a corrupt form of Kesari-samudra.Epigraphia Telanganica 2023Goel et al. 2022
Also recorded as
- Kesamudram
- Kesari-samudra
- Kesari Samudram
- Kesari-tataka
- Jagatikesari-tataka