Author: Ramanayya, N. Venkata
Title: Velugotivarivamsavali
Description: Madras, University of Madras Press, 1939. boards. 23x15cm, (63),174 pp, A rubberstamp to reverse of title-page. VG.. Recent crude binder's blind cloth-backed boards. Minor rubbing. ¶ Contains a 60-page English introduction. Remainder of text entirely in Telugu characters. "The Velugotivarivamsavali is a work of considerable historical importance. It is a motley collection of verses interspersed with prose passages mostly composed by the bards (Vandis and Magadhas) in praise of the chiefs of the Recerla or Velugodu family who extended to their patronage...The Velugodu family to which the chiefs of Venkatagiri belong is one of the most ancient royal families in South india. They first rose to prominence during the reign of the Kakatiya monarch Ganapati who rules at Warangal from 1198 to 1263 A.D....

Keywords: Telugu Philology, India South Asia, Medieval History, Historiography, Andhra Pradesh, Velugodu, Literature, Literary, Language