Sringeri is the seat of the Sharada temple on the Tunga and, on the later tradition, the first matha of the Advaita school, said to have been founded by Adi Shankara.
The Wikipedia page we read gives no documentation of the matha before the fourteenth century, so the house as a power in 1200 is a tradition, not a fact we can show. It lies in the Santara country, on the ghat road to the coast.
Who holds it
- Name
- not known for 1 January 1200
- Title
- The head of the Sharada temple's matha, on the later tradition
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No head is named in any source we read.
Overlord
the Santara chief, Veera Ballala II above him
What it holds
- the temple and its village grants (not documented for 1200)
How things stand that morning
A temple town of the Santara country; whatever power the matha has is local and not recorded.
Places of note
- Sharada temple, Sringeri: temple on the Tunga river
Where the sources disagree
- Common accounts give the matha a continuous line of heads from Adi Shankara; the line is a tradition and the documented house begins later.
- The Vidyashankara temple and the Vijayanagara grants to Sringeri are later.
Evidence: No documentation before the fourteenth century in the page we read.
Primary sources for Hoysala kingdom
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Epigraphia Carnatica: inscriptions of the Mysore country, Various (Hoysala chancery and temple scribes), edited by B. Lewis Rice and R. Narasimhachar (inscriptions of the 4th to 19th centuries; the series ran from 1886 to 1905, revised from 1972). The Hoysala kingdom of Veera Ballala II (reigning 1173 to 1220) is documented almost wholly by the inscriptions in this series, arranged by district and taluk with full English translations. Read online
- Inscriptions of the Silaharas, Various (Silahara chanceries), edited by V. V. Mirashi (inscriptions of the 9th to 13th centuries; edited 1977). Collects the records of the three Silahara houses: North Konkan (Thana), South Konkan, and Kolhapur.
- Sanskrit and Old Canarese Inscriptions relating to the Yadava Kings of Devagiri, Various (Yadava chancery), edited by J. F. Fleet (inscriptions of the 12th and 13th centuries; edited 1876). The first collected edition of the Yadava (Seuna) records, with texts and translations, from the Indian Antiquary. Read online
- South Indian Inscriptions (Archaeological Survey of India), Various (Chola, Pandya and other chanceries and temple scribes), edited by E. Hultzsch, V. Venkayya, H. Krishna Sastri and successors (inscriptions of the 7th to 17th centuries; the series ran from 1890). The temple inscriptions printed here are the primary record of the Tamil country in 1200. Read online
Sources and studies
- Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Wikipedia (read for this sheet)
- OMNIA board notes for the place (a lead, checked against the other sources)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.