Remote sensing studies of the Pranhita–Godavari (PG) valley helped to identify five major sets of lineaments trending NW–SE, WNW–ESE, NE–SW, E–W and NNE–SSW to N–S. Based on their spatial extent, they are classified as mega, intermediate and short types. The mega lineaments, trending NW–SE and engraved in the Dharwar and Bastar Craton, seem to be responsible for configuring the Proterozoic basin margins. The PG mega lineament, which follows the Pranhita and Godavari rivers, controlled the deposition of Proterozoic and Gondwana sediments throughout the period of development of the basin. Two NW–SE trending mega lineaments, one about 60 km southwest of the present day Pakhal exposures and the other a little to the northeast of Albaka ridge, appear to define the initial graben margin of the PG valley. Periodic reactivation of NW–SE, WNW–ESE, N–S and E–W trending lineaments appear to have developed fault-bound basins where the Proterozoic Group of rocks belonging to Pakhal, Albaka, Penganga and Sullavai were deposited and preserved. Albaka, however, remained a positive area during Gondwana deposition. The NE–SW trending lineament, uncommon in the main basin, restricted the extension of the Proterozoic basin in the southeast and could be the surface manifestation of the convergence of the Eastern Ghat Belt against the Peninsular cratons. The onset of Gondwana sedimentation seems to have taken place on block-faulted Proterozoic basins that evolved due to repeated sagging along the northwestern set and PG lineament. Pre-Gondwana fracturing of the craton witnessed extension of the NW–SE trending lineament into the Eastern Ghat and this, in association with reactivation of pre-existing NE–SW, WNW–ESE and E–W fractures of the Eastern Ghat sequence, might have been responsible for the evolution of a series of interconnected Gondwana Basins on the older Eastern Ghat.