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Kapaya Nayaka

Type Figure Region South India Time 1310–1368 Also known as Musunuri Kapaya Nayaka、Kapaya Nayak、穆苏努里·卡帕耶·纳亚卡、Andhra Suratrana

Kapaya Nayaka (active mid-14th century, died c. 1368) was a military leader of the Telugu region of South India and head of the Musunuri Nayaka famil…

Timeline

  1. 1330–1336Rekapalli (Bhadrachalam forest) · Telugu regionAfter Prolaya Nayaka's death, Kapaya inherited leadership, uniting more than seventy Telugu regional nayakas and using guerrilla tactics against Malik Makbul, the Delhi Sultanate's governor at Warangal, gradually recovering the Andhra interior.
  2. 1336–1360Warangal (Orugallu) · Telugu regionIn 1336 Kapaya captured Warangal, expelled the Delhi garrison, and proclaimed himself 'Andhra Desadishvara'. For the next thirty years he used Warangal as his capital, ruling Telangana and the Andhra coast, forming a north-south counterpart with the concurrently rising Vijayanagara Empire.
  3. 1360–1368Bhimavaram · TelanganaYears of war with the Bahmani Sultanate forced Kapaya to cede fortresses such as Golkonda, while his own commanders like Racharela Nayaka grew disaffected. In the Battle of Bhimavaram in 1368 Kapaya was defeated and killed, and the Musunuri regime collapsed with him.

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