Decoded copper plate of King Kanhardev Yadav of Yadava Dynasty
Q. The Seuna Yadava rulers ruled over- Published on 16 Mar 16a. Surat
b. Ahmednagar
c. Telangana
d. Devagiri
ANSWER: Devagiri
- The Seuna, Sevuna or Yadavas of Devagiri (850–1334) was an Indian dynasty, which at its peak ruled a kingdom stretching from the Tungabhadra to the Narmada rivers, including present-day Maharashtra, north Karnataka and parts of Madhya Pradesh, from its capital at Devagiri (present-day Daulatabad in modern Maharashtra).
- The Yadavas initially ruled as feudatories of the Western Chalukyas.
- Around the middle of the 12th century, as the Chalukya power waned, they declared independence and established rule that reached its peak under Singhana II.
- A plate decoded by researchers from the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) dates back to the time of the Yadava dynasty of Devagiri. It records King Kanhardev Yadav giving a strip of land near Saundatti in Karnataka to some beneficiaries on April 29, 1254.
- Kanhardev ruled the Yadavas before the dynasty was subjugated by Ala-ud-Khilji and incorporated into the Delhi Sultanate in 1294 A.D.
- This plate bears three strips and consists of 104 lines in Sanskrit and Kannada. It also has a seal in the shape of an eagle.
