The Bidar article (read) says the Seunas of Devagiri and the Kakatiyas held Bidar for a short period after the Kalyani Chalukyas, without dates, and that the earliest fort is of 1322; the great Bahmani fort and the madrasa are far later.
In 1200 Bidar is a plateau town on laterite ground, one stage from Kalyani on the road to Warangal. Drawn Yadava on the same thin inference as Kalyani.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord or keeper of Bidar
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Held for the Yadavas on thin inference; no governor named.
Lord in 1200
Held for the Yadavas on thin inference; no governor named.
Overlord
Yadava crown (a claim)
How things stand that morning
Yadava on inference; the Kakatiya road runs east from here.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The Bidar article (read) names the Seunas and Kakatiyas without dates.
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
- Wikipedia: Bidar (read this session; no date for 1200)
- Wikipedia: Seuna (Yadava) dynasty (read this session)
- OMNIA board notes for this place (a lead only, checked against the sources above)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.