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Similarly there are certain confusing statements regarding the order of the Kākatiya rulers, which in view of the more reliable data now available in the inscriptions can be safely rejected. But most of the Kaifiyats say that the Kǎkatiya rule ended in about śaka 1242, A. D. 1320, which is very near to the correct date A. D. 1323, known from other sources.
The Reddis succeeded to power according to the Kaifiyats in A. D. 1320. The founder of the family of these rulers was certain Ankǎreddi who is said to have acquired enormous wealth by means of a miracle stone ParSavedi from a merchant named Vema after whom the Reddi kings are said to have been named as Prolaya Vemareddi, Anavema, Komativema etc, Six kings Prolayavema, Anapota, Anavema, Komaragiri, Komati Vema and Racha Vema ruled the country with Kondavidu as their capital for 100 years from A. D. 1320-1420. With some minor adjustments the account of the Reddi kings is useful for the reconstruction of their history. They are said to have granted 44 villages as agraharas to several brahmanas.
The Kondavidu Kaifiyat refers to Srinǎtha's visit to the Vijayanagara court and describes the single-pillared building. The celebrated poet extolls the greatness of Kondavidu fort before the Vijayanagara king in the following verse.
సీ. పరరాజ్య పరదుర్గ పరవై భవ శ్రీలఁగొనకొని విడనాడు కొండవీడు
పరిపంథి రాజన్య బలముల బంధించు కొమరుమించినబోడు కొండవీడు
ముగురు రాజులకును మోహంబు పుట్టించు గుఱుతైన యుఱిత్రాడు కొండవీడు
చటుల విక్రమ కళాసాహసంబొనరించు కుటిలాత్ములకు గాడు కొండవీడు
జవన ఘోటక సామంత సరసవీర
భటసటానేక హాటక ప్రకటగంధ
సింధురారవమోహనశ్రీలఁదనరు
కూర్మినమరావతికి జోడు కొండవీడు.
Kondavidu really enjoyed such glory under the Reddi Kings.
After the fall of the Reddis, the Kondavidu Kaifiyat states that Lāngūla Gajapati, the lord of Gajapati throne conquered all the hill and land forts from Cuttack to Udaygiri. He ruled for a period of 12 years from śaka 1342 to 1353 (A.D. 1420-1431) when he repaired the old fort and constructed the new ones called Pedamālem-Kota and Chinamālem Kota. This event though not borne out by epigraphs is noticed in several Kaifiyats. The powers that ruled over the region after the fall of the Reddis in A.D. 1420 and before its conquest by Praudha Devaraya II in A.D. 1432, are not known. But the Kaifiyats unanimously mention Voddi-Reddi-Karnatakas in succession, which is to be taken in the order of Reddi-Voddi-Karnātakas.
