The Krishna temple city on the Yamuna, sacked by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1018 and rebuilt in the two centuries since; it sits on the road from Delhi down to Bayana and is the richest thing on it.
The Keshava Deva temple was built in 1150 under a Gahadavala feudatory (recalled: the Katra inscription; not rechecked). Whether a Ghurid garrison sits in it on this date is not recorded; the road certainly runs through it and the shrines certainly pay.
Who holds it
- Name
- not pinned: a Ghurid post or a Gahadavala remnant
- Title
- Lord or governor
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
The campaign board; the temple history from memory.
Lord in 1200
not pinned: a Ghurid post or a Gahadavala remnant
How things stand that morning
Contested; the holder is not recorded.
Communities
Brahmin and Vaishnava priests; pilgrims.
Where the sources disagree
- The campaign board entry mathura: 'whether a garrison sits in it on this date is not recorded'. The Gahadavalas (Jayachandra d. 1194 at Chandawar) lost the Yamuna country; their successors are in the Ganges plain record.
Evidence: The campaign board; the temple history from memory.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
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.