Vasai (Bassein, Bajipur)

Who holds it

Name

The Silahara king (through a governor)

Title

lord or governor

Confidence

low

Lord in 1200

The Silahara king (through a governor)

How things stand that morning

A small creek port.

Places of note

• Vasai (Bassein, Bajipur): creek port on Vasai Creek

Where the sources disagree

• The fort of Bassein is a Portuguese building of the sixteenth century and is later.

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