The large Gond tribe was further divided into many smaller clans.
Each clan had its own raja or rai. About the time that the power of the Delhi Sultans was declining, a few large Gond kingdoms were beginning to dominate the smaller Gond chiefs.
The Akbar Nama, a history of Akbar’s reign, mentions the Gond kingdom of Garha Katanga that had 70,000 villages.
The administrative system of these kingdoms was centralised.
The kingdom was divided into garhs. Each garh was controlled by a particular Gond clan.
This was further divided into units of 84 villages called chaurasi.
The chaurasi was subdivided into barhots which were made up of 12 villages each.