page_title: Kurnool district
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kurnool district / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Pre Historic Mid Krishna-Tungabhadra Valley sites are: 1. Peddamarur, 2. Chinnamarur, 3. Veerapuram(submerged), 4. Sathanikota(submerged), 5. Gondimalla, 6. Bastipadu, 7. Seripalli(Sherpally), 8. Kyathur, 9. Pragatoor, 10. Kethavaram, 11. Moorakonda, 12. Budidapadu, 13. Utakooru(submerged), 14. Chagatur(submerged), 15. Uppalapadu(submerged), 16. Krishnapuram, 17. Prathakota(submerged), 18. Gokulapadu, 19. S. Lingapuram, 20. Kudali Sangameswaram(submerged), 21. Katavanikunta, 22. Jwalapuram, 23. Billasargam, 24. Muchatla, 25. Kudaveli Note: The map is created for information and educational purposes. People using the map outside Wikipedia projects are requested to attribute it properly.
context_page_description: Kurnool District is one of the four districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The district is located in the west-central part of the state and is bounded by Mahabubnagar district of Telangana in the north, Raichur district of Karnataka in the northwest, Bellary district of Karnataka in the west, Ananthapur district in the south, YSR Kadapa district in the South East and Prakasham district in the east. The city of Kurnool is the headquarters of the district. It has a population of 4,053,463 of which 28.35% were urban as of 2011. The district is the second largest by area and seventh largest by population in the state.
context_section_description: The Ketavaram rock paintings are dated back to the Paleolithic era (located at a distance of 18 km (11 mi) from Kurnool). Jurreru Valley, Katavani Kunta and Yaganti in the district have some important rock arts and paintings in their vicinity, which are dated back to 35,000 to 40,000 years ago.
  Belum Caves are geologically and historically important caves in the district.  There are indications that Jain and Buddhist monks were occupying these caves centuries ago.  Many Buddhists relics were found inside the caves.  These relics are now housed in Museum at Anantapur. Archaeological survey of India (ASI) found remnants of vessels and other artifacts of pre-Buddhist era and has dated the remnants of vessels found in the caves to 4500 BC.
  Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (Ananthapur District), the 6th President of India has served as Member of Parliament from Nandyal constituency. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, serving as an MLA from the Dhone assembly constituency. In 1970, part of Kurnool district was split off to become part of Prakasam district. Kurnool District is a part of the Red Corridor.
caption: Pre Historic Sites of Krishna-Tungabhadra valley, scattered at different places in Kurnool district
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