The southern forests of the Chhattisgarh country, the Dandakaranya, are ruled by a Naga line from Chakrakota (Bastar).
They are a hill and forest kingship of Halba, Gond and Muria peoples, neither under Ratnapura nor Kalinga, whose neighbours the Kalachuris of Ratnapura had beaten one of their kings in 1114. Their stones are in Telugu and Sanskrit. The king of 1200 is not pinned.
Who he is
- Name
- not known for 1200
- Title
- Raja (Chindaka Naga, Nagavamsi)
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- Naga line of Chakrakota (Barsur, Dantewada, Bhairamgarh area). The one king named in our sources is Somesvara, beaten by Jajalladeva I of Ratnapura in 1114.
- Confidence
- low
Wikipedia (Ratnapura): Jajalla-deva I defeated the Chindaka Naga king Somesvara in 1114 and freed him at his mother's request. The page on the Chindakas could not be fetched; the rest is from memory of the dynasty (eleventh to fourteenth century, ended by the Kakatiyas) and is marked unchecked.
Overlord
none known; Ratnapura's claims from 1114
What it holds
- Bastar, the Indravati valley, Barsur and Dantewada
How things stand that morning
Independent hill kingship. No Ghurid or Deccan army has reached it.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: One dated incident (1114); the rest unchecked.
On the map: Roughly Bastar division; the Kakatiya edge is uncertain.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.