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Devagiri through time

Now Daulatabad, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra

  1. Theme 12d · 543 to 1200 CE; the Hoysalas and Yadavas to 1346

    The Deccan: Chalukyas to Yadavas

    The Yadava capital, captured by Ala ud din Khalji in 1296

  2. Theme M4 · 1070 to 1323 CE

    South India before the Sultanate: the last Cholas, Hoysalas, Pandyas and Kakatiyas

    The Yadava capital, rivals of Ballala II; Malik Kafur's first Deccan campaign, 1307 to 1308

  3. Theme M5 · 1206 to 1526 CE

    The Delhi Sultanate: five dynasties, 1206 to 1526

    The Yadava capital, raided by Alauddin from Kara in 1296 and by Malik Kafur in 1307 to 1308; renamed Daulatabad when Muhammad bin Tughlaq moved the capital here in 1327