Warangal was taken, Prataparudra was made prisoner and died on the way to Delhi, and the Kakatiya kingdom ended.
01Two sieges
Warangal had two rings of walls, an outer one of earth and an inner one of stone, with the Kakatiya gateways at the centre. In 1321 Ulugh Khan’s camp broke up when false news of the Sultan’s death spread and some officers deserted. In 1323 he came back with a fresh army, cut off the town and forced its surrender. Barani, who wrote in Delhi, describes the capture of the raja with his family and nobles.
02Death on the Narmada
The Vilasa grant of Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka, issued a few years later, says Prataparudra died on the banks of the Narmada while being taken to Delhi. Telugu tradition holds that he gave up his life rather than reach the Sultan’s court. Warangal was renamed Sultanpur. Within about thirteen years the Nayakas who had served him rose and drove the Tughluq governor out.
The end of the Kakatiyas opened the Deccan to Delhi, and the reaction to it produced the Musunuri revolt and, soon after, Vijayanagara.
