The supercontinent, Gondwanaland, was named after the Gondwana region, because it contained some ancient fossil-bearing rock formations.

The first of these was mentioned in 1398, when Narsingh Rai, King of Kherla, Madhya Pradesh, is said to have ruled all the hills of Gondwana.

In the 17th century Chhatar Sal, the Bundela deprived the Mandla principality of part of the Vindhyan Plateau and the Narmada Valley.

In 1743 Raghoji Bhonsle of Berar established himself at Nagpur and by 1751 had conquered the territories of Deogarh, Chanda, and Chhattisgarh.

A number of rebellions against British rule took place throughout the 19th century, some of which focused on the protection of forests against commercial logging.

Many Gondwana Kingdom forts constructed between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries carried this representation on their barbicans and gateways.

[citation needed] The Gondwana express train runs between Raigarh and Hazrat Nizamuddin in India.

This party was founded to demand the new formation of the old Gondwana State for the tribal people of central India.