Hot springs in the hills above the Tansa and Vaitarna rivers where the plain meets the ghat spurs, a pilgrim place with a shrine and a road up into the forest.
On 1 January it is springs, a shrine and hamlets on the edge of country nobody administers.
Who holds it
- Name
- The Silahara king; the hill headmen
- Title
- lord or governor
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
The Silahara king; the hill headmen
How things stand that morning
A pilgrim spring.
Places of note
- Vajreshwari: hot springs and a shrine at the edge of the hill country
Where the sources disagree
- The great temple of later years does not exist on 1 January 1200.
Evidence: Evidence is thin: the place and its setting are known; its officers and size in 1200 are not in the pages we read.
Primary sources for Silaharas
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 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
- The Book of Roger (the Pleasure of Him who Longs to Cross the Horizons), Muhammad al-Idrisi (completed 1154 at Palermo). The nearest Arabic geography in time to 1200 for the Indian Ocean. Read online
Sources and studies
- OMNIA board notes for the place (a lead, checked against the other sources)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.