about 25 km from Bhadrachalam in Khammam District in the Telangana region. Telangana has been the homeland to the Sathavahanas and Kakatiyas . Kotilingala in Karimnagar was the first capital of the Sathavahanas before Dharanikota . Excavations at Kotilingala revealed coinage of Simukha, the first Satavahana emperor. The region experienced its