The hill forest of the Melghat on the northern edge of Berar, the Korku cultivators and woodcutters, who answer to the Ellichpur officer in name.
Whatever the king takes, he takes on the hill roads.
Who holds it
- Title
- Korku clan chiefs; no names known
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
The Melghat is the hill wall north of Ellichpur.
Overlord
Yadava claim
How things stand that morning
Hill forest people under a nominal Yadava claim. The Korku hills run on north into Betul and Harda, 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.