Vijayapura, 'city of victory', was founded in the tenth or eleventh century under the Kalyani Chalukyas (Bijapur article, read); the article gives the Yadava period as 1185 to 1312 and the Kalachuri-Hoysala years as 973 to about 1200, so the two ranges overlap and the article does not say who holds the town in 1200.
Jaitugi's record of 25 December 1196 is placed at Bijapur on a reading of the realm record (Fleet's identification from memory), which puts the town in the Yadava minister Sankama's charge. The Adil Shahi city is of the sixteenth century.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord or keeper of Bijapur
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Sankama, Jaitugi's minister and commander, if the Tardavadi-1000 identification holds.
Lord in 1200
Sankama, Jaitugi's minister and commander, if the Tardavadi-1000 identification holds.
Overlord
Yadava crown
How things stand that morning
Yadava on a single record; the Hoysala line is a few days south.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The Bijapur article (read) has overlapping periods; the Yadava record is from the realm record and Fleet from memory.
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: Vijayapura, Karnataka (read this session; no date for 1200)
- Wikipedia: Jaitugi (read this session)
- J. F. Fleet, Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts (1896), and Epigraphia Indica: from memory, not re-read
- 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.