Dwarka, on the western tip of Kathiawar, is the Krishna sanctuary and port of Okhamandal.
The present temple is later; the 1200 shrine is an older one on the same ground. Okhamandal is a pirate-haunted coast of the Barda and Okha creeks; who rules it on 1 January 1200 is not documented, and the campaign board calls it contested between the Chaulukya, the local Rajput rajas of the Barda and Okha, and the sea-raiding clans.
Who holds it
- Name
- not pinned: the Chaulukya claim, the local raja or the Vagher clans
- Title
- Local ruler (not pinned)
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
The campaign board only.
Lord in 1200
not pinned: the Chaulukya claim, the local raja or the Vagher clans
How things stand that morning
A pilgrim port on a contested coast.
Communities
Brahmin priests; sailors; Hindu and Jain merchants.
Walls and castle
A small walled sanctuary town; details not known.
Trade and crafts
Pilgrimage; the creek harbours.
Where the sources disagree
- The campaign board entry dwarka and okhamandal both say 'likely' and 'contested'; we could not find a source for the rulers in 1200.
Evidence: The campaign board only.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
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
Sources and studies
- OMNIA board notes for the 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.