Belt · Contested ground · as at first light, 1 January 1200

The Malwa-Gujarat frontier

The hills and plain from Jhabua and Dohad to Ratlam, on the road from Dhara to Cambay and Anhilwara, are the belt where Paramara and Chaulukya power meet and where the Bhil clans of the western Vindhya raid both.

The Chaulukyas held Malwa for a generation until Vindhyavarman recovered Dhara about 1192; Subhatavarman's invasion of Gujarat is later. The campaign board marks this as a frontier belt; the dated evidence for 1199-1200 is missing, so this is a belt of a standing quarrel, not of a campaign.

Who holds it

Title
No holder: a zone
Confidence
low

Allies and rivals

The recovery of Dhara about 1192 is the last dated event; the burning of Lata in the 1200s is later.

How things stand that morning

Bhil clans raid both sides; Paramara and Chaulukya officers hold the forts at Dohad and Jhabua (holders not known).

Military

Paramara: Dhara, Ratlam. Chaulukya: Dohad, Godhra, Pavagadh (niw ground).

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

  1. about 1204 (board; not pinned)Subhatavarman invades Gujarat and sacks Lata and Cambay edge towns (the Paramara record).Depends on: Chaulukya weakness under Bhima II. Stopped by: A Chaulukya or Vaghela recovery.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Standing quarrel inferred; nothing dated for 1199-1200.

On the map: A hand-drawn estimate of a zone whose width is not recorded.

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia, Paramara dynasty
  2. Wikipedia, Vindhyavarman
  3. Wikipedia, Subhatavarman

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.