The Brahmaputra port and old capital of Kamarupa (Pragjyotishpura), with the Kamakhya hill (Nilachal) above, North Guwahati across the river (Durjaya) and the Sualkuchi silk looms downstream.
English Wikipedia names the last king dated for the central valley, Vallabhadeva, on an inscription of 1185. The campaign board calls it "contested" and says nothing of who sits here.
Who holds it
- Name
- Vallabhadeva or a successor
- Title
- King of Kamarupa (not pinned)
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
English Wikipedia, Kamarupa.
Lord in 1200
Vallabhadeva or a successor.
What the town holds
- The river port and the Kamakhya hill
- North Guwahati (Durjaya)
- Sualkuchi silk looms
How things stand that morning
A river capital with a temple hill; the ruler on 1 January 1200 is not pinned (Vallabhadeva of Kamarupa).
Wealth
Silk, gold, elephants and the river road.
Military
River boats and archers; no numbers.
Threats
- Bakhtiyar's expedition in 1206
Council
No town council is recorded; royal officers and the guilds of merchants and craftsmen are the usual bodies of a town of this age (general knowledge).
Communities
Brahmans, temple servants, silk weavers, boatmen, hill traders (general knowledge).
Walls and castle
Hill forts and river fortifications are recorded in later chronicles; none for 1200.
Trade and crafts
Silk (eri and muga), gold, aloe wood, ivory, the Tibet road by Tawang.
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.
- 1206The Kamarupa king cuts the road and the bridge for Bakhtiyar's column.Depends on: Lakhnauti is held by the Ghurids. Stopped by: The column turns back.
Places of note
- Guwahati: Old capital.
Where the sources disagree
- The campaign board entry guwahati-pragjyotishpura "contested"; agreed.
Evidence: One inscription of 1185.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
Primary sources for Kamarupa
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 Bengal, vol. 3, Various (the Sena kings' chanceries), edited by N. G. Majumdar (copper plates of the 10th to early 13th centuries; edited 1929). The one-volume edition of the Sena copper plates, the main documentary evidence for Bengal around 1200. 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
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.