Hyderabad, March 06: CLAIMING the discovery of a rock inscription belonging to 1417 AD as a historical evidence of the existence of Telangana for over 600 years, the villagers of Tellapur in Ramachandrapuram mandal in Medak district have urged the district collector that their village be renamed `Telanganapuram’.
Telangana Jagruthi, an NGO headed by TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter Kavitha, today submitted a memorandum to the collector in this regard.
According to Kavitha, the rock inscription, which was excavated near a well in Tellapur in March last year, has 24 lines. The inscription tells that the name of the village was Telanganapuram which in course of time came to be known as Tellapur. This is the first rock inscription found in Telangana region with the name of a place having `Telangana’ on it, she said.
Kavitha said that both historians and archaeologists conducted extensive studies and decided along with the villagers to seek restoration of the name of the village. The village committee, in the presence of the gram panchayat members of Tellapur, passed a resolution in favour of restoration of the name, she said and urged the district collector to take measures in this connection keeping in view of the historical importance of the place.
--Agencies
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