Town · The Yadavas (Seunas) of Devagiri · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Sinnar

Sinnar (Seunapura) in the Nasik hills is where the Seuna chiefs began, as Chalukya feudatories, before the kings moved to Devagiri (Seuna article, read).

It is now a market and temple town in the heartland. The Gondeshwar temple, a five-shrine Yadava-period temple of the eleventh or twelfth century, stands at the edge of the town (from memory).

Who holds it

Title
Lord or keeper of Sinnar
Since
not pinned
Born
not known
Confidence
low

A Yadava officer; no name known.

Lord in 1200

A Yadava officer; no name known.

Overlord

Yadava crown

How things stand that morning

Quiet core ground; the family's old seat, no longer the court.

Places of note

  • The Gondeshwar temple: Yadava-period temple group (board 'gondeshvara-sinnar').

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The Seuna article (read) gives Sinnar as the origin; the temple date is from memory.

Primary sources for Yadava kingdom (Devagiri)

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
  • Epigraphia Carnatica: inscriptions of the Mysore country, Various (Hoysala chancery and temple scribes), edited by B. Lewis Rice and R. Narasimhachar (inscriptions of the 4th to 19th centuries; the series ran from 1886 to 1905, revised from 1972). The Hoysala kingdom of Veera Ballala II (reigning 1173 to 1220) is documented almost wholly by the inscriptions in this series, arranged by district and taluk with full English translations. Read online
  • Inscriptions of the Silaharas, Various (Silahara chanceries), edited by V. V. Mirashi (inscriptions of the 9th to 13th centuries; edited 1977). Collects the records of the three Silahara houses: North Konkan (Thana), South Konkan, and Kolhapur.
  • 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

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia: Seuna (Yadava) dynasty (read this session)
  2. General knowledge of the medieval Deccan (Bhandarkar, Altekar, Sastri, B. R. Gopal, Suryanath Kamath): from memory, not re-read
  3. 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.