Country or people · Contested ground · as at first light, 1 January 1200

North Kanara coast

The coast from the Kali to Bhatkal, with Gokarna, Kumta, Honavar and Karwar.

It is a string of river mouths behind a strip of coconut and rice, and the Hoysala-Alupa and Kadamba spheres overlap. Gokarna's Mahabaleshwara temple is the great holy place.

Who holds it

Name
not named for 1 January 1200
Title
No holder pinned
Since
not pinned
Confidence
low

No source we read names the holder for 1 January 1200.

What it holds

  • Gokarna
  • the river-mouth ports

How things stand that morning

Claimed by the Alupa and Hoysala from the south and by the Kadambas of Goa from the north; no one records who collects the dues.

Wealth

Rice, coconut, areca, pepper; no figure.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Province names and extents come from the old Kannada district reckoning (Kamath; Fleet), not re-read here; the holder is not named in our sources.

On the map: A claimed coast; the northern end is a guess.

Sources and studies

  1. Alupas, Wikipedia (read for this sheet)
  2. Kadambas of Goa, Wikipedia (read for this sheet)
  3. OMNIA board notes for the place (a lead, checked against the other sources)

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