kumaragiri fought many wars with the recharlas of rachakonda and the kalinga rulers. he sent his general kataya vema along with prince anavota to conquer the eastern region. this resulted in the annexation of a large tract in the north as far as simhachalam. the newly acquired territory was annexed to the reddi kingdom and constituted into a separate province called the eastern kingdom. prince anavota ruled this province with raja-mahendra-varam as his capital. he died a premature death around 1395 and kataya vema, the general and brother-in-law of kumara giri, was given raja mahendra rajya in appreciation of the services rendered by him to the state. kataya vema's departure to raja mahendra varam led to the seizure of the throne of kondaveedu by force by peda komati vema.