The Sabara or Savara of the Eastern Ghats hills of southern Odisha and northern Andhra: one of the oldest named peoples of India (the Brahmanas mention Savaras; Pliny and Ptolemy have Suari and Sabarae, according to English Wikipedia).
The Sora villages have hereditary posts (Gomango, secular head; Buyya, religious head). The Jagannatha tradition makes a Savara chief the first keeper of the deity, and the Daitapatis of Puri claim hill descent (English Wikipedia, Jagannath Temple). For 1200 they are a hill people on the Ganga side of the Eastern Ghats.
Who he is
- Name
- not named
- Title
- Gomango (head) and Buyya (priest) of the Savara villages
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- No name or date is recorded for 1200.
- Confidence
- low
English Wikipedia, Sora people and Jagannath Temple.
What it holds
- Terraced hill rice and forest in the Eastern Ghats from Mahendragiri northward
Allies and rivals
The Ganga kings and their governors at Mahendragiri and Paralakhemundi; the Telugu Choda frontier to the south.
How things stand that morning
Independent hill villages with a long relation to the Ganga court.
Wealth
Hill rice, turmeric, forest produce.
Military
Bowmen; no numbers.
Threats
- Ganga tax and levy
- Hill raiding both ways
Places of note
- Paralakhemundi: Savara and Ganga frontier.
Where the sources disagree
- The campaign board entry mahendragiri and paralakhemundi are marked "likely" or "contested" under the Gangas; the Savara live in the same hills.
Evidence: Ancient texts and a modern page; nothing for 1200.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
On the map: The range is drawn as a province (the matching nie-prov record); this record draws no ground of its own.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.