Officers: prévôtés, bailiwicks, seneschals · The Yadavas (Seunas) of Devagiri · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Sahadeva (general)

A Yadava commander on the Malwa road, known from one passage: he may have raided Malwa while the Paramara Subhatavarman was occupied in Lata.

The Managuli inscription's grand claims about Malavas, Latas and Gurjaras reduce at most to frontier skirmishes in Malwa and Lata. His post and seat are not known.

Who he is

Name
Sahadeva
Title
General (dandanayaka)
Since
not pinned
Born
not known
Family
not known
Confidence
low

Named in Wikipedia's Jaitugi article as a general who may have raided Malwa while the Paramara king Subhatavarman was fighting in Lata.

What it holds

  • A command on the northern (Malwa and Lata) frontier; seat not known

Allies and rivals

Against the Paramaras (Subhatavarman) and the Chaulukya feudatories of Lata.

Threats

  • Paramara and Chaulukya counter-raids

Places of note

  • Devagiri: Court (seat of the command not known).

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: A single mention in Wikipedia's Jaitugi article.

Primary sources for Yadava kingdom (Devagiri)

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

  • Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts, Various (Kakatiya chancery and temple scribes), edited by P. Sreenivasachar (inscriptions of the 10th to 15th centuries; edited 1940 to 1942). The Kakatiyas of Orugallu (Warangal) are known for 1200 almost entirely from inscriptions, and this Hyderabad Archaeological Series corpus is the main printed collection. Read online
  • Epigraphia Carnatica: inscriptions of the Mysore country, Various (Hoysala chancery and temple scribes), edited by B. Lewis Rice and R. Narasimhachar (inscriptions of the 4th to 19th centuries; the series ran from 1886 to 1905, revised from 1972). The Hoysala kingdom of Veera Ballala II (reigning 1173 to 1220) is documented almost wholly by the inscriptions in this series, arranged by district and taluk with full English translations. Read online
  • Inscriptions of the Silaharas, Various (Silahara chanceries), edited by V. V. Mirashi (inscriptions of the 9th to 13th centuries; edited 1977). Collects the records of the three Silahara houses: North Konkan (Thana), South Konkan, and Kolhapur.
  • Sanskrit and Old Canarese Inscriptions relating to the Yadava Kings of Devagiri, Various (Yadava chancery), edited by J. F. Fleet (inscriptions of the 12th and 13th centuries; edited 1876). The first collected edition of the Yadava (Seuna) records, with texts and translations, from the Indian Antiquary. Read online

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia: Jaitugi (read this session)

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