Editing Raichur Doab (section)

==History==
Raichur Doab is inhabited since the Prehistoric cultures.<ref>{{cite book |last1=R |first1=Arjun |title=Landscapes and Settlement Pattern of Neolithic and Iron Age Cultures of Raichur Doab |date=2017 |publisher=PhD Thesis, Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune}}</ref> The early village settlements during the [[Neolithic]] and [[Iron Age|Iron age]] are base for sedentary lifestyles in Raichur Doab, and they exhibit rich faunal ecology of the region through rock art.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Arjun |first1=R. |title=Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology |chapter=Rock Abrading in South India |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-30018-0_3186 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |pages=9212–9221 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-30018-0_3186 |date=2020|isbn=978-3-030-30016-6 |s2cid=240714372 }}</ref> During ancient period, the region was part of [[Maurya Empire]] as its southern capital was [[Kanakagiri]].  

An edict of emperor [[Ashoka]] discovered in the town of [[Maski]], was an important discovery as it solved the mystery of the title '[[Devānāmpriya|devanampriya]]' which was found in many inscriptions scattered throughout the subcontinent. The [[Maski]] edict had the name of [[Ashoka]] written along 'devanampriya' (Beloved of the Gods).<ref>{{cite book |title=Inscriptions of Asoka. New Edition by E. Hultzsch |date=1925 |pages=174–175 |url=https://archive.org/stream/InscriptionsOfAsoka.NewEditionByE.Hultzsch/HultzschCorpusAsokaSearchable#page/n353/mode/2up |language=Sanskrit}}</ref>

After Mauryan empire, the doab came under the control of [[Shatavahana]] dynasty which ruled over central and eastern Deccan. Later in the early medieval period, [[Chalukyas of Badami]], [[Rashtrakutas]] and [[Kalyani Chalukyas]] ruled over the Raichur doab region.In the subsequent centuries, the region was ruled by [[Kakatiyas of Warangal]] and [[Hoysalas]] before being conquered and annexed by the [[Delhi Sultanate]].

As [[Bahmani Sultanate]] was established at [[Gulbarga]] in 1347 AD, the region of Raichur doab was fiercely contested and bloody battles were fought over the forts of [[Mudgal]] and [[Raichur]] between the [[Bahmanis]] and [[Vijayanagar empire]]. 
Forces of Vijayanagar empire under [[Krishnadevaraya]] won the decisive [[Battle of Raichur]] in 1520 CE against [[Sultanate of Bijapur]], and pushed across the Krishna river. But these short-term gains were decisively reversed when a confederate alliance of [[Deccan Sultanates]] defeated the Vijayanagar empire at [[Battle of Talikota]] in 1565 CE.

During late 17th century, the region came under the [[Mughal Empire]] and then passed into the rule of their successors under [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. It remained under the [[Hyderabad State]] until 1948 when the princely state was annexed by the Indian Union.

During reorganisation of states on linguistic basis in 1956, the eastern part of the doab, [[Gadwal]] was incorporated in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]] (currently in [[Telangana]]). The remaining part of the doab that formed Raichur district was incorporated in [[Mysore State]] (Renamed as Karnataka in 1973).
In 1998, a new district of four talukas was formed with [[Koppal]] as administrative headquarter.

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