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Sri Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District
— district —
Sri Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore DistrictLocation of Sri Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District
in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates 14.43°N 79.97°E / 14.43°N 79.97°E / 14.43; 79.97Coordinates: 14.43°N 79.97°E / 14.43°N 79.97°E / 14.43; 79.97
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District(s) Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore
Population 2,668,564 (2001[update])
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
For the city, see Nellore.
Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District (Telugu: శ్రీ అమరజీవి పొట్టి శ్రీరాములు నెల్లూరు జిల్లా) is one of the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh. Nellore is famous for high paddy field, and so it got its name from "Nelli". The population of the district was 2,668,564 of which 22.45% were urban as of 2001.

Nellore city is its administrative headquarters. The major cities in the district are Nellore, Kavali and Gudur. It is bordered by the Bay of Bengal to the east, Chittoor to the South, Kadapa to the west, and Prakasam to the north.

It was earlier known as Nellore district. In 2008 June, the government of Andhra Pradesh officially renamed the district as Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District after the name of freedom fighter from this district.

Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Mauryas, Early Cholas and Pallavas
1.2 Eastern Chalukyas, Rastrakutas and Medieval Cholas
1.3 Nellore Chola kings
1.4 Kakatiyas, Pandyas, Vijanagaras etc.
1.5 The Nawabs and the British period
1.6 Post Indian Independence
2 Mythology
3 Geography
3.1 Climate
4 Economy
4.1 Agriculture
4.2 Food & Entertainment
4.3 Industrial
4.3.1 Projects in progress
5 Divisions
6 Transport
7 Demographics
8 Culture
8.1 Art and Literature
8.2 Architecture
8.3 Politics
8.4 Temples
9 Flora and fauna
10 Education
11 Media
12 Sports
13 References
14 External links
15 Further reading


[edit] History
Nellore District had an important role in Telugu history during the emergence of the language and also during the formation of the state.

[edit] Mauryas, Early Cholas and Pallavas
With the rise of the Mauryan Empire, many parts of the Andhra Pardesh including Nellore came under its influence and was part of the Ashoka empire in the third century B.C. The caves near Nellore have inscriptions in the brahmi script used by Ashoka. The Cholas were an important dynasty in the south peninsula. The early Cholas ruled between the 1st and the 4th centuries A.D. The earliest chola inscription from