He was the 17th king of Satavahanas. He ruled only for 5 years.
He was Telangana’s first written great poet among kings.
His period was described as the Golden era for prakrit.
Hala was the author of “Gatha Saptashati” in Maharashtri prakrit language.
This book contains 700 romantic love stories which reveal the rural social conditions of that period. This book describes the importance of marriage traditions, betel leaves and parani (which is applied by women on their feet during marriage) and also describes the festival Holi.
Gatha Saptashati is similar to the book “vajjalagga” written by Svetambara jain Monk “Jayavallabha”.
Bana in his book Harshacharita have mentioned that Hala has written Gatha
Hala had titles “Kavi Vatsala” and “Kavi Raja”.
In Kutuhala’s “Leelavathi Parinayam”, it was mentioned that Hala has invaded Simhala (Sri Lanka) and married Simhala Princess Leelavati. According to this book, they were
married in Bheemeshwara temple near Sapta-Godavari.
According to Dr. Sanganabhatla Narsaiah, this place is Bhimeshwara temple on the banks of Godavari near Vempalli Venkat Rao peta in Jagtial district.
Hala felicitated the poets – “Kumarila” and “ Sripalitha”.
The important army commander of Hala was “ Vijayanada”.
