The old Samatata capital on the Lalmai and Mainamati ridge: the town of Pattikera, with the great brick monasteries of the ridge (Shalban, Ananda, Kotila Mura) and the hill-foot town of Devaparvata (board).
English Wikipedia lists Pattikera as the polity that precedes Tripura. A plate of Harikaladeva from 1220 is the nearest dated record we know of the local line. On 1 January 1200 it is the seat of an independent local king, outside the Sena realm, with a Sena claim.
Who holds it
- Name
- not named
- Title
- King of Pattikera (Samatata line)
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Board; English Wikipedia (Twipra Kingdom: Pattikera as preceding polity).
Lord in 1200
A local king, not named.
What the town holds
- The town and its brick monasteries
- The Feni and Gumti crossings
- The hill-foot of Devaparvata
How things stand that morning
The seat of an unnamed local line that the Senas call a dependency; no Sena garrison is recorded.
Wealth
Rice, cotton, gum and timber from the Tripura hills; the road to Chittagong.
Military
Not known; no numbers.
Threats
- Sena claim
- The Tripuri hills
- Arakan to the south
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
Buddhist monks (the ridge monasteries), Brahmans, Tripuri hill neighbours (general knowledge).
Fairs and markets
None recorded.
Militia
None recorded.
Walls and castle
None recorded.
Trade and crafts
Rice, cotton and hill produce; the Feni crossing.
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.
- 1220Harikaladeva of Pattikera is named on a plate (from memory; we could not open the plate).Depends on: The local line survives. Stopped by: A Sena or Deva conquest.
Places of note
- Pattikera: Capital.
Where the sources disagree
- The brief speaks of Samatata lines. The sources we opened name no king for 1200.
- The campaign board entry pattikera and devaparvata-bara-kamta are "contested"/"likely" under the Senas; we draw the line as independent.
Evidence: The campaign board entry and one modern page; the 1220 plate from memory.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
Primary sources for Samatata and Pattikera
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
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.