History of Bastar is an interesting one. On your Tour to Bastar,
you can try to learn a few things about the same. The early
history of this place is quite obscure. It seems that the
central region of Bastar was formed in the 11th century by the
Nagavanshi family who had the capital of their kingdom at
Barsur. This kingdom later constituted part of the Warangal
Kingdom of the Kakatiya dynasty. The Bastar Raj family asserts
its descent from the Pandu king, Birbhadra of Delhi, who was
granted an arrow by Dillishwari, the family goddess, as his
weapon of war. This Birbhadra subsequently moved to Mathura,
Jeypur (Orissa) and then settled finally at Warangal. Their
family goddess, Manikya Devi was worshipped here (called as
Danteshwari in the Bastar inscriptions) who granted them a sword
when they decided to move into Bastar. All these weapons exist
till date and are even worshipped. The next chapter of Bastar
History is the reign of the Kakatiyas who were great patrons of
learning. The reign of the Kakatiyas was