Velanadu

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Velanadu | native_name = | native_name_lang = te | other_name = | settlement_type = [[List of regions of India|Region of Andhra Pradesh]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | nickname = | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{IND}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|}}[[Andhra Pradesh]] | established_title =  | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = | population_rank = | population_demonym = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +05:30 | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = | registration_plate = AP | blank1_name_sec1 = Largest city | blank1_info_sec1 = | website = | footnotes = | demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] | demographics1_title2 = Others | demographics1_info2 = }} '''Velanadu''' is a region in the [[Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It comprises the east coastal areas of the state lying between the [[Krishna River|Krishna]] and [[Penna River|Penna rivers]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C58sAAAAMAAJ&q=Velanadu|title=Kakatiya Nayaks: their contribution to Dakshinapath's independence, 1300–1370 A.D|last=Ranga|first=N. G.|date=1971-01-01|publisher=Indian Peasant Institute|page=12|language=en}}</ref> [[Tenali mandal|Tenali]] and [[Repalle mandal]]s of present day [[Bapatla district]] and [[Bapatla district]]s are the most notable areas under this region.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C&q=Velanadu|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra|last=Talbot|first=Cynthia|date=2001-09-20|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-803123-9|page=278|language=en}}</ref>

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{{Andhra Pradesh}} [[Category:Sub regions of Andhra Pradesh]] [[Category:Coastal Andhra]]