Generic and Geographical place names of Nalgonda district, Telangana. Generic and Geographical place names of Nalgonda district, Telangana state, India from earliest times to Kakatiyas

      Аннотация: Naming a place marks an important turning point in the history of human civilization. As well known in the remote past man was nomadic and had no permanent dwelling places as such. “It is only with the appearance of settled agriculture as the economic basis of subsistence of group life that we can really start to think of village planning. The transition from hunting to domestication of animals and from food gathering to food production was indeed a very big change in the process of civilization.The Formation of village, offered man much more security, comforts, and a promise of abundant food with less risk, groups of families started living in villages. In the days of Panini, the village boundaries were marked by the natural forestification such as forests, thickets (Kathina) rivulets, hills, jungles, and Prastara. The Peasant cottages with their roofs made of reed and straws (Chadishya trina) was the commonest type of house in the village. Vasatic was the name of the entire settlement. As the villagers were mostly Agriculturists, the Area surrounding the village settlement, consisted of arable land (Sitya), pasture (gochara), Plantation of bamboo thickets (Vamsa Kathina) etc.

Ключевые слова: Generic names, Geographical names, Nalgonda, Telangana, Kakatiya