Country or people · The Yadavas (Seunas) of Devagiri · as at first light, 1 January 1200

East Vidarbha

The Wardha and Wainganga country east of Berar, with Ramtek, Markanda and the old town sites of Nagpur and Bhandak.

The Yadavas claim it and tax the plain; the forest and the hills belong to the Gonds. The Gond kingdoms of later centuries do not yet exist as such.

Who holds it

Title
The Yadava crown's claim; local chiefs hold the ground
Since
not pinned
Born
not known
Confidence
low

No officer is named; the Gond forest begins here.

Overlord

Yadava crown (a claim)

How things stand that morning

A Yadava claim over plain and forest. East of the Wainganga the forest runs on into Chhattisgarh, which is nin's ground (the Kalachuris of Ratanpur).

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: No page read this session covers this unit; the outline and the character follow the realm records, the OMNIA board's lead and general knowledge of the Deccan.

Primary sources for Yadava kingdom (Devagiri)

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.

  • Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts, Various (Kakatiya chancery and temple scribes), edited by P. Sreenivasachar (inscriptions of the 10th to 15th centuries; edited 1940 to 1942). The Kakatiyas of Orugallu (Warangal) are known for 1200 almost entirely from inscriptions, and this Hyderabad Archaeological Series corpus is the main printed collection. Read online
  • 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

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia: Seuna (Yadava) dynasty (read this session)
  2. General knowledge of the medieval Deccan (Bhandarkar, Altekar, Sastri, B. R. Gopal, Suryanath Kamath): from memory, not re-read
  3. 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.