The hill people of the northern Sahyadri from Trimbak past Harishchandragad and the Naneghat to the Junnar hills: Koli chiefs hold hill villages and watch the passes.
The Yadava crown garrisons the forts and takes tolls on the roads they share.
Who holds it
- Title
- Koli chiefs of the hill forts and passes; no names known
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
The Koli hold hill villages and share the pass tolls.
Overlord
Yadava claim
How things stand that morning
Hill people sharing the pass tolls. The Koli villages run on west of the Ghat crest into the Konkan, which is sik'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.