A town on the right bank of the Godavari in the northern upland.
The Manthena inscription of 26 December 1199 already calls Ganapati king (the Manthani article, read), five days before play begins: the best evidence that he is free and recognised in the north on 1 January 1200. The Godavari crossings here (board) are the Kakatiya road to the Yadava march.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord or keeper of Manthani
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
The king's governor; not named.
Lord in 1200
The king's governor; not named.
Overlord
Kakatiya crown
How things stand that morning
Quiet; the dated record of the king's rule.
Places of note
- The Godavari crossings: Fords and ferries of the northern bank (board 'the-godavari-crossings').
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The Manthani and Ganapatideva articles (read) give the inscription's date.
Primary sources for Kakatiya kingdom (Orugallu)
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
- 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
- South Indian Inscriptions (Archaeological Survey of India), Various (Chola, Pandya and other chanceries and temple scribes), edited by E. Hultzsch, V. Venkayya, H. Krishna Sastri and successors (inscriptions of the 7th to 17th centuries; the series ran from 1890). The temple inscriptions printed here are the primary record of the Tamil country in 1200. Read online
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia: Manthani (read this session)
- Wikipedia: Ganapatideva (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.