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Raichur
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Raichur
Total population
200,000
Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Raichur, also pronounced as Rāyachūru, is a city and headquarters of eponymous Raichur district in the Karnataka state of India. It is located between Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers.
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History
The recorded history of the district is traced as far back as the third century B.C.E. Three minor rock edicts of Ashoka are found in the district, one at Maski in the Lingasugur taluk and the other two near Koppal, which proves that this area was part of the dominions of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka. At that time, this region was under the governance of a Viceroy or Mahamatra of Ashoka. Thereafter, the district appears to have been a part of the kingdom of the Satavahanas. The Vakatakas, who reigned during the 3rd and 4th centuries CE, seems to have held sway over Raichur for some time, after which it appears to have been included in the Kadamba dominions. The next dynasty of importance, which ruled over this region, was that of the Chalukyas of Badami. According to an inscription from Aihole, Pulakeshin II having defeated the Pallavas, occupied this area and made it a province in his empire under the governance of his son Adityavarma. Later the whole of the present Raichur district was included in the dominions of the Rashtrakutas, who rose to power in the eighth century, as could be gathered from the inscriptions of that period found in this district. According to an inscription from Manvi taluk, Jagattunga, a subordinate ruler under the Rashtrakuta king Krishna-II, was ruling the province of Adedore Eradusavirapranta, i.e., the area constituting the present Raichur district. Amoghavarsha Nrupathunga I, a Rashtrakuta king, has described Koppal in his Kannada work, Kavirajamarga, as the great Kopananagara. Here, stone inscriptions have been found in Persian, Urdu, and Arabic which belonged to the bastion of the fort, referring to its construction in 1294. Among the ruins of the immense fort are many irrigation tanks and old temples. The fort was built by Kakatiya king…
Geography
Raichur is located at on the Deccan Plateau. It has an average elevation of 407 metres (1335 ft) The summers are hot in this region with temperatures going beyond 40 °C. It receives rainfall during the months between May and August. Overall, the region is warm and humid during most part of the year. Raichur District comprises 7 administrative sub-divisions, called "Taluks": * Raichur District * Sirwar Taluk * Sindhanur Taluk * Manvi Taluk * Devadurga Taluk * Maski Taluk * Lingasugur Taluk
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Nearby places in Karnataka
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- Manvi24.6 mi away · pop. 40,000
- Devadurga31.7 mi away · pop. 21,000
- Kavitala37.6 mi away
- Yadgiri41.5 mi away · pop. 60,000
- Shorapur45.2 mi away · pop. 40,000
- Hutti45.4 mi away · pop. 25,000
- Gurumathakal46.3 mi away
- Shahapura48.5 mi away · pop. 55,000
- Siruguppa49.5 mi away · pop. 45,000
- Sindhanur49.6 mi away · pop. 60,000
- Kakkera52.2 mi away
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