The plateau round Saundatti and Venugrama (Belgaum) between the Ghat edge and the Malaprabha: Jain basadis, hill shrines and black-soil villages, held by Ratta chiefs who serve the nearer of the Hoysala and Yadava kings.
Who holds it
- Name
- Kartavirya (probably the fourth)
- Title
- The Ratta chief at Saundatti
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
See the Ratta record.
Overlord
Disputed
How things stand that morning
Between two kings. West of the Ghat crest lie the Kadambas of Goa and south of the Malaprabha the Hoysala plateau, both sik's ground (anchored at Panaji, Sirsi, Hangal, Gadag and Dharwad).
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The Ratta dynasty article (read) for the seat and dates; the extent of the plateau follows the Ratta record.
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia: Ratta dynasty (read this session)
- J. F. Fleet, Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts (1896), and Epigraphia Indica: 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.