The seat of the Ratta chiefs, a Jain-patronising house of the Malaprabha plateau, with the Yellamma hill shrine near by.
The Rattas serve the nearer king; by about 1189 they had not recognised Bhillama V (Veera Ballala II article). On the likely course the capital moves to Belgaum in 1210.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord or keeper of Saundatti
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
The Ratta chief Kartavirya (probably the fourth), by a single Fleet list from memory; see the Ratta record.
Lord in 1200
The Ratta chief Kartavirya (probably the fourth), by a single Fleet list from memory; see the Ratta record.
Overlord
Disputed: Hoysala claim stronger
How things stand that morning
A feudatory seat between two kings.
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.
- 1204 and 1210The Belgaum fort is built by the Ratta chief Bichi Raja (1204); the Ratta capital moves there (1210).Depends on: Ratta independence of action. Stopped by: A Hoysala or Yadava seizure of Saundatti.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The Ratta dynasty article (read) gives the seat and the move to Belgaum; the chief's name is from Fleet by memory.
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia: Ratta dynasty (read this session)
- Wikipedia: Veera Ballala II (read this session)
- J. F. Fleet, Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts (1896), and Epigraphia Indica: from memory, not re-read
- 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.