The Jadons of Bayana

Who he is

Name

Kumarapala (Kumarpal) was the raja in 1195 to 1196; his later fate is not recorded in what we reached

Title

Jadon raja of Bayana and Thankar (displaced)

Since

before 1195

Born

not pinned

Family

A Jadon (Yadava) Rajput house; the Bayana page lists a Maharaja Vijayapala for 999 to 1043 without naming his dynasty.

Confidence

low

Wikipedia's Bayana page: Muhammad of Ghor attacked Bayana in 1195 to 1196 and Kumarapala was defeated; the Srivastav history says he resisted from Thangir fort. The Jadons of Karauli (a later foundation) claim descent; we have no source tying a named Jadon to any hill post in 1200.

What it holds

• Possibly the Karauli hill country: not shown

How it was acquired

Old family lordship.

Allies and rivals

Enemy of Tughril; kin by lineage to the Bhatis.

How things stand that morning

Displaced; location of the survivors unknown.

Threats

• Tughril

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1348 (later, recalled)Arjunapala founds Karauli (not rechecked)Depends on: A Jadon recovery in the hills Stopped by: Ghurid or Delhi control of the hills

Where the sources disagree

• The campaign board entry tahangarh-tribhuvanagiri calls it 'the hill fort of the Jadaun chiefs' taken with Bayana; consistent with the Bayana page.

Evidence: One Wikipedia page.

"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.

On the map: A claimed hatch, nothing firm.

Primary sources for Independent Rajput houses

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.

• The Crown of Glorious Deeds, Hasan Nizami (Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn Hasan Nizami of Nishapur) (begun about 1205 at Delhi, carried on to about 1217). The earliest history written in Muslim India and the only contemporary account of Qutb al-Din Aibak's campaigns. Read online
• The Nasirean Generations (a general history of the Muslim dynasties), Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani (completed 1260 at Delhi). The fullest narrative of the Ghurid conquest of northern India. Read online
• Epigraphia Indica: inscriptions of the Chandelas, Paramaras, Gahadavalas, Chaulukyas, Senas and Eastern Gangas, Various (edited for the Archaeological Survey of India by J. Burgess, E. Hultzsch, F. Kielhorn, Sten Konow, F. W. Thomas and successors) (inscriptions of the 1180s to 1210s; the series ran from 1892). The main record series for the Hindu kingdoms of northern India around 1200. Read online
• Historical Inscriptions of Gujarat, Various (the Chaulukya and Vaghela chanceries), edited by G. V. Acharya (inscriptions of the 10th to 14th centuries; edited 1933 to 1942). The standard corpus of Gujarat's inscriptions. Read online
• Inscriptions of the Paramaras, Chandellas, Kachchhapaghatas and two minor dynasties, Various, edited by H. V. Trivedi (inscriptions of the 9th to 14th centuries; edited 1978 to 1991). The collected records of the Paramaras of Malwa (parts 1 and 2) and of the Chandelas of Jejakabhukti (part 3), re-edited from Epigraphia Indica and earlier journals with new finds.
• The Victory of Prithviraja, Jayanaka (a Kashmiri poet at the Chahamana court) (about 1191 to 1192, left unfinished). A court epic written at Ajmer in the months between Prithviraja III's victory at Tarain in 1191 and his defeat and death in 1192. Read online
• The Wishing-Stone of Narratives, Merutunga (a Jain monk of the Nagendra gaccha) (1305 (Vikrama 1361) at Vadhvan in Gujarat). A Jain collection of historical anecdotes about the kings of Gujarat and Malwa, a century after 1200. Read online