The market town of the Surma valley, Srihatta in the old plates.
See Lords of Sylhet for the lords of "Southern Kamarupa". On 1 January 1200 it is a rice and orange market in a valley that Kamarupa, the Senas and the hill peoples all claim.
Who holds it
- Name
- not named
- Title
- Local lord of Srihatta
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
English Wikipedia (Kamarupa); board.
Lord in 1200
A local lord.
What the town holds
- The market and the Surma crossing
How things stand that morning
A local lord holds it; contested by claim.
Wealth
Rice, oranges, betel, fish.
Communities
Cultivators, Brahmans, hill traders (general knowledge).
Places of note
- Sylhet: Srihatta.
Where the sources disagree
- The campaign board entry the-srihatta-approach is a Sena approach; the sources name no lord.
Evidence: Four undated names in a modern table.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
Primary sources for Kamarupa
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
- Epigraphia Indica: inscriptions of the Chandelas, Paramaras, Gahadavalas, Chaulukyas, Senas and Eastern Gangas, Various (edited for the Archaeological Survey of India by J. Burgess, E. Hultzsch, F. Kielhorn, Sten Konow, F. W. Thomas and successors) (inscriptions of the 1180s to 1210s; the series ran from 1892). The main record series for the Hindu kingdoms of northern India around 1200. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.