The old port of the Kundalika estuary (Semylla and Simylla in the Greek sources, Saimur to the Arabs), on the southern edge of the Silahara coast.
It lies between the Thana line and the Kadambas and Kolhapur Silaharas, with a ruler the Silaharas help. The harbour is open in the season.
Who holds it
- Name
- A local ruler under Silahara protection (the campaign board's reading; not named)
- Title
- lord or governor
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
A local ruler under Silahara protection (the campaign board's reading; not named)
What the town holds
Local rule under Silahara protection.
Allies and rivals
Kadamba and Kolhapur Silahara to the south.
How things stand that morning
A frontier port at the southern edge of the Thana line; whose man holds it on 1 January is not clear.
Communities
Koli fishermen, Brahmins, Muslim merchants; a Bene Israel (Jewish oil-pressing) community is not attested for this date in the sources we know
Walls and castle
Port quarter; no wall recorded
Trade and crafts
Estuary shipping, salt, rice, coconut; shipbuilding
Places of note
- Chaul (Revdanda): estuary port
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The harbour and its names are firm; the political status in 1200 is a board reading we could not confirm.
Primary sources for Silaharas
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.
- 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
- The Book of Roger (the Pleasure of Him who Longs to Cross the Horizons), Muhammad al-Idrisi (completed 1154 at Palermo). The nearest Arabic geography in time to 1200 for the Indian Ocean. Read online
Sources and studies
- Shilahara dynasty, Wikipedia (read for this sheet)
- OMNIA board notes for the place (a lead, checked against the other sources)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.