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Battle of Palnadu

c. 1182 · 12th century · Also known as Palnati Yuddham

The Battle of Palnadu was fought around 1182 at Karempudi in the Palnadu region of Andhra Pradesh, India, between two branches of the Haihaya chiefs of Palnadu and their allies. Led on one side by the minister Nagamma and on the other by Brahma Naidu, it destroyed much of the region's warrior class. It is celebrated in the Telugu oral epic Palnati Virula Katha and is often called the Mahabharata of Andhra.

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