Decline of the Yadava Dynasty (1270s)

Name: Decline of the Yadava Dynasty (1270s)
Start: 1270
End: 1279

Type Event Region South Asia Time 1270–1279

In the 1270s, the Yadava dynasty, based at Devagiri, entered decline amid internal laxity, rising regional strongmen, and growing pressure from North…

Timeline

1270–1274Devagiri · MaharashtraEarly in Ramachandra's reign the Yadavas maintained control over Maharashtra and parts of the Deccan interior, and court culture still flourished, but tax collection and management of local vassals had grown lax, and border fortress defenses were underfunded.
1275–1278Western Deccan and the west coast · Malabar CoastLocal chieftains and port merchants grew stronger, and the center struggled to effectively control west coast trade taxes; competition with North Indian sultanates and southern powers such as the Pandyas dispersed Yadava strategic resources, and state power gradually waned.

Sources

History and Culture of the Indian People, Vol. VI: The Delhi Sultanate — R. C. Majumdar (1960)
The Yadavas of Devagiri — A. S. Altekar (1960)