Yadava dynasty dominates the Deccan

1210

From their rock-citadel of Devagiri, the Yadava kings of the Deccan ruled a prosperous Marathi-speaking kingdom at the peak of its power. Their court patronized Sanskrit grammarians and the mystical bhakti poetry that would later flower into the Varkari tradition. Gold coins bearing their bull crest circulated across the plateau, a measure of the commercial vitality their stable reign had fostered.