Country, people or range · Self-governing peoples of Northern India · as at first light, 1 January 1200

The Tarai and Bhabar

The malarial forest and grass belt at the foot of Kumaon (Udham Singh Nagar): Tharu and Buksa clans and the Raji hunters, with Katyuri and later Chand claims.

It is useless to armies and cut off from the plain by water and fever in the rains; it is a place hill rajas drive cattle through in winter.

Who holds it

Name
not known by name
Title
Tharu and Buksa chiefs
Since
not known
Born
not known
Confidence
low

Later evidence only.

How things stand that morning

The malarial forest and grass belt at the foot of Kumaon (Udham Singh Nagar): Tharu and Buksa clans and the Raji hunters, with Katyuri and later Chand claims.

Where the sources disagree

On the map: A modern-district approximation of an old regional name.

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia, Katyuri dynasty
  2. OMNIA board notes for this place (lead only, checked against the sources above)

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