The hill cultivators and archers of the northern margin of Khandesh, who hold the passes between the Tapti plain and the Satpura.
The Yadava crown and the Nikumbha chiefs tax the roads and the Bhils raid them when the pay stops; no named chief is on the record.
Who holds it
- Title
- Bhil village chiefs; no names known
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
The Nikumbha keep the roads; the Bhil keep the hills.
Overlord
Yadava claim
How things stand that morning
Hill people on a feudal road. The Bhil country runs on north of the Tapti into the Satpura and west into the Dangs, which are nin's ground.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: No source we read gives the political life of this people in 1200; this is general knowledge, flagged thin. The Project's rule is that powers who ruled without castles are real powers, so the people is carried.
Sources and studies
- General knowledge of the medieval Deccan (Bhandarkar, Altekar, Sastri, B. R. Gopal, Suryanath Kamath): from memory, not re-read
- OMNIA board notes for this place (a lead only, checked against the sources above)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.