Balaghat

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Balaghat (बालाघाट) is a city and district in Madhya Pradesh. The town was originally called “Burha” , but this name was replaced by “Balaghat”, which was originally the name of the district only. Balaghat means “above the ghats or passes.” [1]

Author (Laxman Burdak) visited it on 29.01.1987, 31.10.1988

Variants

  • Burha (बूढ़ा) - Original name of town

Location

Balaghat District is bounded by Mandla District of Madhya Pradesh to the north, Dindori District to the northwest, Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh state to the east, Gondia and Bhandara districts of Maharashtra state to the south, and Seoni District of Madhya Pradesh to the west.

The Jabalpur-Balaghat section of South East Central Railway runs north to south through the district, along the valley of the Satpura Mountains and Wainganga River valley . Work is underway to convert the Balaghat-Jabalpur section to broad gauge as well which is complete now and trains run from Vidisha to Gondia. A Broad gauge line runs to west from Balaghat to Katangi. And there is a line to Bharveli for manganese transport

Balaghat is directly connected by bus with larger cities such as Bhopal, Nagpur, Indore Jabalpur, Sagar, Raipur, Durg etc.

Geography

Balaghat District is located in the southern part of Jabalpur Division. It occupies the south eastern portion of the Satpura Range and the upper valley of the Wainganga River. The district extends from 21°19' to 22°24' north latitude and 79°31' to 81°3' east longitude. The total area of the district is 9,245 km2.

The Main language spoken in district is Hindi, Gondi, Chattishgarhi and Powari in Baihar & Ukwa, Powari in Paraswada, Northern parts of Balaghat Tehsil and Bharveli, Kalari in Lanji & kirnapur, Powari in western parts i.e. Waraseoni, Katangi & Lalbarra and Marathi in the southern part of district.

Rivers: The Wainganga and its tributaries are the most important rivers in the district. The town of Balaghat is situated on the Bank of River Wainganga, which flows north to south through the district and Enters in Balaghat District by Merging with Thanwar River near Nainpur of Mandla District. The Bagh River, Nahra River and Uskal River are tributaries of the Wainganga.[2] The Bawanthadi and Bagh rivers define the boundary with Maharashtra.

The southern part of the Vindhyan Range up to Katangi is called Lower Bhander Range. Beyond this point the escarpment enclosing the land-locked valley of Sirampur and the hill range in continuation is called the Kaimur Range.[3]

Geographically the district is divided into three parts:

The southern lowlands, a slightly undulating plain, cultivated and drained by the Wainganga, Bagh, Deo, Ghisri and Son rivers.[4]

The long narrow valley known as the Mau Taluka, lying between the hills and the Wainganga river, and comprising a long, narrow, irregular-shaped lowland tract, intersected by hill ranges and peaks covered with dense jungle, and running generally from north to south.[5]

The plateau, in which is situated the Raigarh Bichhia tract, comprising irregular ranges of hills, broken into numerous valleys, and generally running from east to west. The highest points in the hills of the district are as follows: - Peaks above Lanji, 2300 or 2,500 feet (760 m); Tepagarh hill, about 2,600 ft (790 m).; and Bhainsaghat range, about 3,000 ft (910 m). above the sea. The Banjar, Halon and Jamunia rivers, tributaries of the Narmada, drain a portion of the upper plateau.[6]

Tahsils in Balaghat District

1 Baihar,

2 Balaghat,

3 Lanji,

4 Waraseoni,

5 Kirnapur,

6 Lalbarra,

7 Khairlanji,

8 Paraswada,

9 Katangi,

10 Tirodi,

Source - https://www.census2011.co.in/data/district/324-balaghat-madhya-pradesh.html

Villages in Balaghat tahsil

Towns: 1. Balaghat, 2. Bharveli, 3. Kosmi, 4. Hirapur.


Villages:

1 Agarwada, 2 Ameda, 3 Amgaon, 4 Amoli, 5 Arnameta, 6 Atri, 7 Awlajhari, 8 Bagdara, 9 Bagholi, 10 Bakwada, 11 Barkheda, 12 Barkho, 13 Basegaon, 14 Batuwa, 15 Bhalewada, 16 Bhamodi, 17 Bhandar Khoh, 18 Bhanpur, 19 Bhatera, 20 Bhondwa, 21 Bijapuri, 22 Boda, 23 Bori, 24 Budhena Khurd, 25 Budhiyagaon, 26 Chachan Meta, 27 Chacheri, 28 Chamarwahi, 29 Chanewada, 30 Changotola, 31 Charegaon, 32 Chichgaon, 33 Dauni, 34 Deori, 35 Deosarra, 36 Dhansuwa, 37 Dhapewada, 38 Dhimrutola, 39 Dhuti, 40 Dongarbodi, 41 Dongarbodi, 42 Duglai, 43 Durenda Mal., 44 Durenda Ryt., 45 Gadda, 46 Gangulpara, 47 Ghangharia, 48 Ghunadi, 49 Gonglai, 50 Gudroo, 51 Hardoli, 52 Hatta, 53 Hirbatola, 54 Hirmutola, 55 Jagpur, 56 Janamkhar Mal., 57 Janamkhar Ryt., 58 Jarera, 59 Jhiriyatola, 60 Jhurmur, 61 Kanari, 62 Kanhadgaon, 63 Katangi, 64 Kategaon, 65 Katurli, 66 Kera, 67 Keshlewada, 68 Khaira, 69 Khairgaon, 70 Khairgaon, 71 Khairi, 72 Khami, 73 Khara, 74 Khodseoni, 75 Khursodi, 76 Khursuda, 77 Khutiya, 78 Kochewada, 79 Kohka Dibar, 80 Kokama, 81 Kolhwa, 82 Korthitola, 83 Kota, 84 Kukda, 85 Kumhari, 86 Kumhari, 87 Kumjhar, 88 Lamta, 89 Laweri, 90 Linga, 91 Lohara, 92 Magardarra, 93 Mahake Pata, 94 Maldhar, 95 Manegaon, 96 Manjhara, 97 Manpur, 98 Mau, 99 Meira, 100 Mohgaon Khurd, 101 Mohgaon Mal., 102 Motegaon, 103 Mouriya, 104 Munditola, 105 Murjhad, 106 Nagarwada, 107 Naharwani, 108 Naitra, 109 Narsinga, 110 Nawegaon, 111 Newargaon, 112 Newargaon, 113 Oda, 114 Orma, 115 Pachpedhi, 116 Padriganj, 117 Panchera, 118 Pandewada Mal., 119 Paraspani, 120 Paraswada, 121 Paraswada, 122 Patadeh, 123 Patharwada, 124 Payali, 125 Pendhrai, 126 Pindkepar, 127 Pipartola, 128 Polwatur, 129 Ratnara, 130 Ratta, 131 Rawadbandi, 132 Roshna, 133 Sakri, 134 Samnapur, 135 Sarra, 136 Serwi, 137 Sonkhar Ryt., 138 Sonpuri, 139 Suriya, 140 Surwahi, 141 Takabarra, 142 Talabodi, 143 Tawejhari, 144 Tekadi, 145 Tekadi, 146 Thakurtola, 147 Thema, 148 Tikhakhari, 149 Tilpewada, 150 Tingadhi, 151 Titwa, 152 Tiwadi Kalan, 153 Tiwadi Khurd, 154 Umardauni, 155 Umaria Mal., 156 Umaria Thekedar,

Source - https://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/3672-balaghat-balaghat-madhya-pradesh.html

Jat Gotras in Balaghat district

Jat Gotras Namesake

The study of naming of the peoples or places in Nagpur region of Maharashtra indicates that they have phonetic similarity with Nagavanshi Jat clans or Jat Places. Following partial list provides us such a similarity, which is probably due to the fact that Nagavanshi Jats had been inhabitants/ rulers of this area in antiquity.

There is further need to study ancient history of these places and establish any inter-connection. This compilation does not claim any inter-connection but is to help further research.

Bhandi (भाण्डी) or Phandi (फांड़ी) was a Nagavanshi King. In Buddhist source Mahāvyutpatti [10] we get the name of Nagavanshi King Bhandi (भाण्डी) at S.No. 29. But another Buddhist source mentions Nagavanshi King Phandi (फांड़ी) at S.No. 29 in place of Bhandi. [11] Probably due to linguistic variation Bhandi might have been changed to Phandi, from which originated Phandan Jat clan.
Ancient historical villages situated on the banks of Wainganga River like Bhandi, Puni, Ben, Chutiya in Balaghat district and Pauni in Bhandara district are associated with Nagavanshi Jat History. There is need of further research.

Places of Historical and tourist Interest

Historical places:

Bhandi (भाण्डी) or Phandi (फांड़ी) was a Nagavanshi King. In Buddhist source Mahāvyutpatti [19] we get the name of Nagavanshi King Bhandi (भाण्डी) at S.No. 29. But another Buddhist source mentions Nagavanshi King Phandi (फांड़ी) at S.No. 29 in place of Bhandi. [20] Probably due to linguistic variation Bhandi might have been changed to Phandi, from which originated Phandan Jat clan.

Tourist places:

Source - See https://balaghat.nic.in/en/places-of-interest/

Flora and fauna

About 80% of the district's area is covered with forest. it is also the District of Madhya Pradesh which has maximum Forest Density. Teak (Tectona grandis), sal (Shorea robusta), bamboo and saja are the main trees.

Fauna includes tiger, leopard, bear, nilgai, deer, and gaur, and birds like peacock, Red Bulbul and Koyal. Kanha National Park (Mukki) lies in the district.

History

At the beginning of the 18th century, the district was divided among two Gond kingdoms; the portion of the district west of the Wainganga was part of the Gond kingdom of Deogarh, while the eastern portion was part of the Garha-Mandla kingdom.

The Deogarh kingdom was annexed by the Bhonsle Marathas of Nagpur in 1743, and shortly thereafter conquered all but the northern section of the district. This section, together with the rest of the Garha-Mandla kingdom, was annexed in 1781 to the Maratha province of Saugor, then under control of the Maratha Peshwa. In 1798 the Bhonsles also obtained the former Garha-Mandla territories.

In 1818, at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Maratha War, The Nagpur kingdom became a princely state of British India.

In 1853, the Nagpur kingdom, including Balaghat District, was annexed by the British, and became the new province of Nagpur. Balaghat District was then divided among the British districts of Seoni and Bhandara. Nagpur Province was reorganized into the Central Provinces in 1861.

Balaghat District was constituted during the years 1867 by amalgamation of parts of the Bhandara, Mandla and Seoni districts. The headquarters of the district was originally called “Burha”. Later, however, this name fell into disuse and was replaced by “Balaghat”, which was originally the name of the district only. Administratively, the district was divided into only two tehsils, Baihar tehsil in the north, which included the plateau region, and Balaghat tehsil in south, which included the more settled lowlands in the south. The new district was part of the Central Provinces’ Nagpur Division.

In the middle of the 19th century, the upper part of the district was a lightly settled, And a beautiful Buddhist temple of cut stone, belonging to some remote period, is suggestive of a civilization which had disappeared before historic times. The first deputy-commissioner of the district, Colonel Bloomfield is believed as the pioneer or the Creator of Balaghat District whom encouraged the settlement of Baihar tehsil with Panwar Rajput from the Wainganga Valley. About that time one Lachhman Panwar established the first villages on the Paraswara plateau. Malanjkhand is the most popular copper mine in Asian Region.

The Jabalpur-Gondia railway line through the district was completed in 1904, with six stations in the district.

After Indian Independence in 1947, the Central Provinces became the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In 1956, Balaghat District became part of the Jabalpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, when the districts to the south of Balaghat, including Gondia, Bhandara, and Nagpur districts, were transferred to Bombay State.

In MP Balaghat district has much natural beauty, mineral deposits and also prosperous with forests. The name Barahghat drives because all the names of hills contain the word ghat, In which Masen Ghat, Kanjai Ghat, Ranrama Ghat, Basa Ghat, Dongri Ghat, Selan Ghat, Bhaisana Ghat, Saletekri Ghat, Dongaria Ghat, Kavahrgarh ghat, Ahmadpur ghat, Teepagarh Ghat are important. When this word was sent to Calcutta it merged with ANGL word and the name was Baraghat. When this was returned from there the name changed “L” as Balaghat means in the position of “R” which was permitted. and the District got its name as Balaghat. On 1 November 1956 it was declared as Independent District of newly created State of Madhya Pradesh.

Source - https://balaghat.nic.in/en/history/

Rivers in Balaghat

जाट इतिहास

दलीप सिंह अहलावत[25] लिखते हैं कि कुषाणशक्ति के अस्त और गुप्तों के उदय से पूर्व नागशक्ति शैव धर्मानुयायी रूप से पुनः उदित हुई। इस समय ये लोग शिवजी का अलंकार नाग (सांप) अपने गले में लिपटाकर रखने लगे थे। इन नवोदित नागवंशियों ने शिवलिंग को स्कन्ध पर धारण कर शिवपूजा की एक नई परम्परा स्थापित की थी। अतः इनका नाम भारशिव प्रसिद्ध हो गया। इस नाम को स्पष्ट करनेवाला एक लेख तिरोड़ी (जिला: बालाघाट में मिला है। इसका उल्लेख ‘एपिग्राफिका इण्डिया’ भाग 1 पृष्ठ 269 तथा ‘फ्लीट गुप्त इन्स्क्रिप्शन्स’ 245 में इस प्रकार किया है -

“शिवलिंग का भार ढोने से जिन्होंने शिव को भलीभांति सन्तुष्ट कर लिया था, जिन्होंने अपने पराक्रम से प्राप्त की हुई भागीरथी गंगा के पवित्र जल से राज्याभिषेक कराया और जिन्होंने दश अश्वमेध यज्ञ करके अवभृथ स्नान किया था, इस प्रकार उन ‘भारशिव’ महाराजाओं का राजवंश प्रारम्भ हुआ।”

दलीप सिंह अहलावत [26] ने पुष्टि की है कि नागवंशी जाटों का राज्य कान्तिपुर, मथुरा, पद्मावती, कौशाम्बी, अहिक्षतपुर, नागपुर, चम्पावती (भागलपुर), बुन्देलखण्ड तथा मध्यप्रान्त पश्चिमी मालवा, नागौर (जोधपुर) पर रहा. इनके अतिरिक्त शेरगढ़ कोटा राज्य की प्राचीन भूमि पर, मध्यप्रदेश में चुटिया, नागपुर, खैरागढ़, चक्रकोट एवं कवर्धा में भी इस वंश का राज्य था.

Balaghat Inscriptions of Bharashiva people

Bharashiva gotra started from their ancestral people of Nagavansh who started the new system of worship of Shiva with sivalinga carrying on shoulders. This fact is derived from an Inscription of Bharashiva people found at Balaghat mentioned in Epigraphia Indica Vol.I. [27][28] [29]

Tirodi (Balaghat) Copper Plate Inscription of Pravarasena II

No. 11 : Plate XI
Tirodi Copper Plate Inscription of the Maharaja Pravarasena II (c.400 - 415)

Source - Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, pp.48-52

[p.48]: These plates were found at the manganese mine of Tirodi, 8 miles south-east of Katangi, in the District of Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh. They were made over to me for publication by Mr. T. A. Wellsted, Manager of the Manganese Mines, Mansar. I edited them with facsimiles and English translation in the Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXI, pp. 167 f. They are edited here from the same facsimiles. The plates are now deposited in the Central Museum, Nagpur.

The four in number, each measuring 7.7" x 3'8". The first and fourth plates are on one side only, and the other two on both the sides. Their ends are neither fashioned thicker, nor raised into rims; still the inscription is in a perfect state of preservation...... The characters are of the box-headed variety of the southern alphabets. They resemble those of the grants of Pravarasena II. .....The language is Sanskrit. Except for the legend on the seal and the usual imprecatory verse towards close, the whole record is in prose. The orthography shows the usual reduplication of consonant after r and anusvāra, and of that before y. The use of ri for the vowel ṛi and of li for the vowel ḷi may also be noted; see drishtam, line 1 and sa-klipt-opakliptah, lines 22-23. On the other hand, ṛi occurs for ri in sarvva-kṛiyabhi-, line 24. The final consonant is dropped in some places; see -sthānā, line 1 and -dvādashya, line 31.

The plates were issued from Narattangavari (नरत्तंगवारी) by the Vakataka Maharaja Pravarasena II. His genealogy is given as in his other grants. The inscription opens with drishtam, 'seen'. The object of record the grant of the village Koshambakhanda (कोशम्बखण्ड) to a Brahmana named Varunarya (वरूणार्य) (Of the Harkari and the Atharvaveda, who was a resident of Chandrapura (चान्द्रपुर) and was proficient in three Vedas. The donated village was bounded on the east by Jamali (जमली), on the south by Vardhamanaka (वर्धमानक), on the west by Mrigasima (मृगसिम) and on the north by Mallakapedhaka (मल्लकपेधक). As the order is addressed to the officers and soldiers in the western division (apara-patta)

[p.49]: of Bennakata (बेन्नाकट), it is evident that the donated village was situated in it. The grant was written by the Chief Minister (Rajyadhikrita) (राज्याधिकृत) Chamidasa1 (चमिदास)) by the King’s own order.

The grant is dated, in words, on the twelfth day of the dark fortnight of Magha in the twenty-third year, evidently of Pravarasena II's reign. Unlike most other grants of Pravarasena II, the present grant was not made at the royal capltal2, but at a place called Narattangavari (नरत्तंगवारी) which may have been a tirtha. The month of Magha is specially praised in the Puranas as very sacred, and various legends are narrated in them to evince the great merit of bathing at a holy place during that month3. The eleventh tithi of the dark fortnight of the purnimānta Magha, which is called Shattila Ekadasi and is observed as a fast-day, is highly glorified in the Padmapurdna4. Pravarasena may therefore have gone to the Narattangavari tirtha to bathe there on the Shattila Ekadasi day and may have made the present grant on the following day before breaking his fast. The grant was made by him for his religious merit, life, strength and prosperity, for securing his well-being in this world and the next, as well as for augmenting the religious merit of his mother. As he mentions only his mother and not his father also, who -was long since dead, it is likely that she was living at the time of the present grant and may have accompanied him to the holy place. Only four years before, she had made her own grant recorded in the Riddhapur plates.

As for the geographical names occurring in the present plates,

Narattangavari was probably a tirtha as suggested above. This is probably a joint name like Nagapura-Nandivardhana, and means Vari near Narattanga5. In that case it can be identified with Vari, also called Bhairavagadh (भैरवगढ़), now a deserted village on the river Bān (बाण) or Wān (वाण) in the extreme north-west of the Akot tahsil in the Akola District6. It is only 18 miles to the west of the old fort of Narnala (नरनाला), which probably represents ancient Narattanga, and is still regarded as a holy place.

Kosambakhanda, the donated village, is evidently Kosamba, about 6 miles to the north-east of Tirodi, where the plates were found.

Bennakata was evidently a district7 comprising the territory round the modern village Beni (बेणी), 35 miles to the east of Kosamba in the Gondia tahsil of the Bhandara District, which may have been its headquarters. The district seems to have been divided into two parts by the river Benna (बेन्ना), modern Wainganga8.

Kosamba, which now represents ancient Koshambakhanda, is only 20 miles from the Wainganga, and was evidently included in the western division (apara-patta) of Bennakata.

Of the villages that formed its boundaries, only one can now be traced. Jamali which bounded it on the east is probably modern Jamuntola, 3 miles to the east of Kosamba.

Chandrapura, where the

1. Dr. N. P. Chakravarti suggests that the name may be read as Navamidāsa.

2. It is noteworthy that the expression vaijayike dharmasthana, which, occurs in the grants made at the royal capital, does not occur in this charter.

3. Cf. कामाधेनुर्यया कामं चिन्तामणिस्तु चिन्तितम् । माघस्नानं ददातीह तद्वत्सर्वमनोरथान् ॥ Padmapuram, Uttarakhanda, adhyaya 124, v. 164.

4. Ibid., Uttarakanda, adhyaya 43, vv. 5 f.

5. As there are now and were probably in ancient Vidarbha several villages named Vari or Vārkhcd, Narattanga seems to have been fixed to the place-name to define the position of the place intended.

6. At this place there are ruins of a fort called Bhairavgadh, with an image of Kala-Bhairava. The place may have attained importance in the time of Pravarasena II's ancestor Rudrasena I, -who was a fervent devotee of Kala-Bhairava.

7. Bhojakata is another name ending in kata. The Mahabharata, Sabhaparvan, adhyaya 31, vv. 10-12, states that Sahadeva vanquished the lords of Bhojakata and Venatata. The name of the latter occurs as Venakata (वेणाकट) in many Grantha MSS. of the epic.

8. Bennakarpara-bhoga (बेण्णाकारपर-भोग) mentioned in the Siwani plates is another territorial division named after the river Benna. As shown elsewhere, the villages mentioned as situated therein can be identified in the Amgaon Zamindari, east of the Wainganga.

Tirodi Copper Plate Inscription of the Maharaja Pravarasena II
Tirodi Copper Plate Inscription of the Maharaja Pravarasena II
Tirodi Copper Plate Inscription of the Maharaja Pravarasena II

--- [p.50]: donee was living, is probably identical with Chandpur (चाँदपुर). It lies only twelve miles to the south-east of Kosamba and contains an old fort. The other villages cannot be identified.

Translation

[p.51]: Seen. From the place Narattangavari — .

By the order of the illustrious Pravarasena (II), the Maharaja of the Vakatakas, who was born of Prabhavatigupta, the daughter of the Maharajadhiraja, the illustrious Devagupta, (and) who is the son of the illustrious Rudrasena (II), the Maharaja, of the Vakatakas —

[For translation of lines 1 to 10, see above, pp. 13-14.)

Our officials of noble birth, who are employed by the order of the Sarvadhyaksha (General Superintendent) and who exercise their authority by [Our] command, [Our) soldiers and policemen in the western division [aparapatta) of [the district) Bennakata should be directed by the following command which is already well known [to them ) : —

“ Be it known to you that in order to increase Our religious merit, life, power and prosperity and to secure [Our) well-being in this world and the next, the village named Koshambakhanda (कोशम्बखण्ड), which lies to the west of Jamali, to the north of Vardhamanaka, to the east of Mrigasima, and to the west of Mallakapedhaka, is bestowed here with the pouring

[p.52]: out of water as a grant not previously made, upon Varunarya of the Atharvaveda and the Harkari gotra, who has (mastered) the three Vedas and is a resident of Chandrapura.

(For translation of lines 19 to 26, see above, pp. 14-15 and for that of lines 26 to 29, see above, p. 32.)

(Line 29). And the following verse sung by Vyasa should be regarded as an authority on this point: —

[Here occurs an imprecatory verse.)

[This order was communicated) by the king himself on the twelfth (lunar day) of the dark fortnight of (the month) Magha in the twenty-third (regnal) year. (It has been) written by the Rajyadhikrita Chamidāsa.

Seal

(For translation of the legend on the seal, see above, p. 27.)

Text
Seal:
1. vākāṭaka-lalāmasya
2. kkra(kra)ma-prāpta-nri(nṛ)paśriyam(yaḥ) [|*]
3. rājña[ḥ*]-pravarasenasya|
4. śāsanaṃ ripuśāsanam [||*]
First plate:
1. dri(dṛ)ṣṭam [|*] Narataṅga-vāristhānā[t*]=agniṣṭom-āptoryyām-okthya-ṣoḍaśy-a[ti]rātra-vājapeya-bṛhaspatisa-
2. va-sādyaskra-caturaśvamedha-yājñaḥ Viṣṇuvṛddha-sagotrasya samrāṭ(jo) Vākāṭakānām-mahārāja-śrī-
3. Pravarasenasya sūnoḥ sūnor-atyanta-svāmi-mahābhairava-bhaktasya | aṃsa-bhāra-sanniveśi-
4. ta-śivaliṅg-odvahana-Śiva-suparituṣṭa-samutpādita-rājavaṃśānāṃ parākram-ādhigata-Bhāgī-
5. ratthyā(tthya)-mala-jala-mūrddhn-ā(tddh-ā)bhiṣiktānā-mmahārāja-śrī-Bhavanāga-dauhitrasya Gautamī-
6. putrasya putrasya Vākāṭakānām-mahārāja-śri(śrī)-Rudrasenasya su(sū)noḥ
Second plate, first side:
7. atyanta-māheśvarasya satyā[rjja]va-kārunya(ṇya) śauryya-vikkrama-naya-vinaya-māhātmya-dhi(dhī)matva(ttva)
8. gata-bhantikva-dharmmavijayitva-manonai-mma(nair-mma)ly-a(ly-ā)di-guṇai[ḥ*] samuditasya varṣa-śatam-abhivarddhamā-
9. na-kośa-daṇḍa-sādhana-santāna-putra-pautriṇaḥ Yudhiṣṭhira-vṛtter-Vvākāṭakānām-mahā-
10. rāja-śrī-Pṛthivisenasya sūno[ḥ*] bhagavataś-cakrapāṇeX prasād-opārjjita-śrī-samudayasya
11. Vākāṭakānām-mahārāja-śrī-Rudrasenasya sūnoḥ mahārāj-ādhirāja-śrī-Devagupta-
12. sutāyāṃ(yā)m-Prabhāvatiguptāyām-utpannasya | Vākāṭakānām-mahā-
Second plate, second side:
13. rāja-śri(śrī)-Pravarasenasya vacanā[t*]| Bennākaṭasya aparapaṭṭe || asmat-santakā-ssarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga
14. niyuktā ājñā-saṃcāri-kulaputr-ādhikṛtāḥ bhaṭā-cchātrāś-ca vyuṣata-pūrvvamay-ājñāyā jñāpayitavyāḥ [| *]
15. viditamastu vaḥ yath-eh-āsmābhir-ātmano dharmm-āyur-bbalam-aiśvaryya-vivṛdhaye ih-āmutra-hi-
16. tārtthaṃ mātuX=[pu]ṇy-opacay-ārthaṃ Jamalya aparaparśve Varddhamānakasya uttarapārśve
17. Mṛgasimasya pūrvvapārśve Mallaka-pedhakasya dakṣiṇapārśve Kośambakhaṇḍaṅ nāma grāmaḥ
18. Cāddha(Cāṃdra)pura-vastavy-aathervvāṇa Harkkari-sagotra-Varuṇāryyāya trivedāya dattaḥ
Third plate, first side
19. apūvvadatyā udakapūrvvam-atisṛṣṭaḥ [|*] ucitāṃś-c-āsya pūrvvarāj-ānumatā-cā(tāṃ-cā)turvvaidya-grāma-ma-
20. ryyādā-parihārān-vitarāmaḥ stadyathā akaradāyi(yī) abhaṭa-ccha(cchā)tra-prāveśyaḥ apāraṃ-para-go-
21. balī-vardda[ḥ*] apuṣpa-kṣi(kṣī)ra-sandohaḥ acārā-sanacarmm-āṅgāraḥ alavana(ṇa)-kliṇṇa(nna)-kre-
22. ṇi-khanakaḥ sarvva-viṣṭi-parihāra-parihṛtaḥ sanidhiḥ sopanidhi[ḥ*] sakli(klṛ)pt-o-
23. pakli(klṛ)pta ācandr-āditya-kālīyaḥ putra-pautr-ānugāmī bhuñjato na kenacid-vyāghāta
Third Plate, second side.
24. kartavyaḥ sarvvakṛ(kri)y-ābhissaṃrakṣitavyaX-parivarddhayitavyaś-ca || yaś-c-āsmac-chāsanam-agana(ṇa)ya-
25. mānas-svalpām-api paribādhāt-kuryyāt-kārayita vā tasya brāhmaṇair-veditasya sadaṇḍaṃ nigra-
26. haṃ kuryyāma || asmi(smiṃ)ś-ca dharmm-āddhi(dhi)karaṇe atīt-ānekarāja-dattāṃ sañcīntana-pari-
27. pālana(naṃ) kṛta-puṇy-ānukīrttana-parihār-ārthan-na ka(kī)rttayāmaḥ saṃkalpābhid-yo(yo)gaparā-
28. kram-opajitāvva(n-va)rttama(mā)nān-ājñāpayāmaḥ eṣya-tat-kāla-prabhaviṣṇu-gauravā-
Fourth plate:
29. vbha(d-bha)viṣyān-vijñāpayāmaḥ [|*] Vyāsagītaś c-ātra-śloka pramāṇī-karttavyaḥ [|*] svadattām=para-
30. dattāvvā(ttāṃ vā) yo hareta vasundharāḥ(rām)[|] gavān-śata-sahasrasya | hantur=harati duṣkritaṃ |
31. sāvvatsare trayovītśe | māgha-bahula-pakṣe dvādaśyā[m*]| ājñā-
32. syayaṃ[svayam] [|*] rājyādhikṛtana(tena) Navamidāsena likhitam-iti |

Source - Tirodi Copper Plate Inscription of the Maharaja Pravarasena II, V. V. Mirashi, Inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas, CII 5 (Ootacamund, 1963)

Wiki editor Notes

  • Vardhamanaka (वर्धमानक) = Could not be identified.

Patna Museum Plates of Pravarasena II (Found at Balaghat)

No.15: Plate XV
Patna Museum Plates of Pravarasena II (Found at Balaghat)

Source - Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.69-72

This plate was first brought to notice by Dr. A. S. Altekar, who edited it without facsimiles in the Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society, Vol. XIV, pp. 465 f. Its exact find-spot was long unknown. In his introductory remarks Dr. Altekar stated that it was found ‘ somewhere in the Central Provinces ’. Dr. K. P. Jayaswal remarked in his History of India, 150 A.D. to 350 A.D., p. 74, that it came from Jabalpur. Dr. Hiralal thought, on the other hand, that the present plate belonged to the set of three or four plates found near Ramtek in Vidarbha, most of which are now missing1. The present plate records the grant of a village and mentions its boundaries on all sides, but in the absence of definite information about its provenance none of the places could be satisfactorily identified. After a good deal of correspondence in 1936, I succeeded in settling the provenance of the plate, which enabled me to identify the places mentioned in it. I published a note on it in the Journal of the Nagpur University, No. II, pp. 48 f. I edit it here from an excellent facsimile of it, which I owe to the courtesy of the late Rai Saheb Manoranjan Ghosh, Curator of the Patna Museum.

From the information supplied by Dr. P. N. Sen of Narsinghpur it seems that the plate was discovered in about 1919, while digging the foundation of the bungalow (or one of its out-houses) of the District Superintendent of Police at Balaghat. Dr. P. N. Sen, who was then Civil Surgeon at Balaghat, received the present plate from the District Superintendent of Police (whose name he could not recollect), and sent it to his brother Rai Bahadur Manmath Nath Sen. Dr. Sen does not know what became of the other plates of the set. Mr. M. N. Sen who was then Sub-divisional Officer at Jamatra, Santal Pargana, presented it to the Patna Museum through the Superintendent of Archaeological Survey, Central Circle, Patna. It has since then been deposited in that Museum.

‘The plate measures about 7.25" by 4.2" at the ends; the length is, however, 1-5" in the middle. The thickness is .1". It is quite smooth and nicely preserved; hardly a single letter has been damaged. Its edges are neither fashioned thicker nor raised into rims. Letters are distinct, but not very deep, so that they do not show through on the reverse. The engraving is good Towards the proper right of the plate, about an inch from the centre, there is a hole about .35" in diameter. It was obviously intended for the ring to pass through, which must have for a long time connected this plate with the remaining ones of the set. The weight of the plates is 30 tolas2'.

The characters are of the box-headed variety of the southern alphabets. They resemble those of the other grants of the Vakataka king Pravarasena II....The language is Sanskrit and the extant portion is wholly in prose. As regards orthography, the only peculiarity noticed

1 I.C.P.B.I, p. 5.

2 J.B.O.R.S., Vol. XIV, pp.465-66.

[p.70]: is the reduplication of the consonant following r as in -mārgge, line 3. The visarga is incorrectly omitted in several places. The upadhmāniya occurs in line 6.

The present plate is probably the third plate of a set of four or five plates. As in other grants of Pravarasena II, the first two plates must have contained the name of the place of issue and the genealogy of the donor. The record on the present plate commences with the description of Pravarasena II as the son of Prabhavatigupta and as one who carried the shula obtained by the favour of (the god) Shambhu. This is the only grant of Pravarasena II in which he is described in this manner, the usual expression being Sambhoh prasāda-dhriti(ta)Kārtayugasya meaning that he had established the Krita-yuga or the Golden Age on the earth by the grace of the god Shambhu1. The expression in the present plate makes a better sense and recalls a similar description of the Bharasivas that their royal family was created by the god Shiva, who was pleased by their carrying his linga (or emblem such as trisula) on their shoulders.

The object of the present plate is to record the grant, by the Vakataka Maharaja Pravarasena II, of the village Shriparnaka (श्रीपर्णका) to three Brahmanas, viz-, Gangārya, son of Vedrya, of the Bharadvaja gotra, Vasurārya of the Kaundinya gotra and Rudrārya of the Taittiriya shakha and Kaundinya gotra. The donated village was situated in the mārga of Sundhati (सुन्धाति) and lay to the east of Brahmapuraka (ब्रह्मपुरक) , to the west of Millukadratha (मिल्लुकद्रथ), to the north of Madhukajjhari (मधुकझरी) and to the south of Darbhaviraka (दर्भविरक). The grant was made in exchange for the previous gift of the village Manapallika (माणपल्लिक) which was situated on the mārga of Yashapura (यशपुर) . The reason which necessitated this exchange is not stated. As in the Siwani plates2, the village granted is described as sapanchāshatka, the meaning of which is uncertain. Fleet doubtfully suggested that the expression possibly meant ' with fifty hamlets . This does not appear to be correct. Dr. Altekar thinks that it indicates some fiscal privilege3. Perhaps it means ‘ together with the sales tax amounting to one-fiftieth of the sale price4.

It is noteworthy that the grant was made by Pravarasena II for the accumulation of religious merit and for (well-being in) this world and the next of his mother (mātri-bhattārika) . This shows that the present plate does not belong to the same set as the Ramtek plate5; for the latter records a grant made by Pravarasena II lor the increase of his own religious merit, life, strength and prosperity as well as for his well-being in this world and the next. The extant portion mentions no date.

As for the places mentioned in the present plates, Dr. Altekar thought that Brahmapuraka was the same village which was gifted by Pravarasena II by his Siwani plates6. He identified it with Brahmanawada near Achalpur. This identification is not correct; for Brahmapuraka mentioned in the Siwani plates was situated in the Bennakarparabhoga which, as we have seen, comprised the territory in the vicinity of the Benna or Vainganga7. It could not have been situated so far in west in the Achalpur tahsil of the Amaravati District. Dr. Altekar’s identification of Madhukajjhari with the Madhunadi mentioned in the Chammak plates cannot also be accepted for the same reason. As the plates were discovered at Balaghat, we must search for the places mentioned in them in the vicinity of that town.

1 See, e.g., No. 3, lines 15-16.

2 No. 7, line 20.

3 J.B.O.R.S., Vol. XIV, p. 475.

4 Cf. Manusmriti, VII, 130. पंचाशद्भाग आदेयो राज्ञा पशु हिरण्ययो:।

5 See No. 16, lines 2-3.

6 J.B.O.R.S., Vol. XIV, p. 472.

7 Above, p. 29.

[p.71]: I have been able to identify some of them with the help of detailed Survey maps.

Brahmapuraka (ब्रह्मपुरक) is probably Bahmani, about 12 miles north by west of Balaghat. It lies on the road which connects Lalburra with Samnapur. The latter may represent ancient Sundha or Sundhapura.

Madhukajjhari (मधुकझरी) is probably Murjhar, about 3 miles south-east of Bahmani, and Millukadratha (मिल्लुकद्रथ), modern Mugardara, 2 miles north by east of Bahmani.

Nothing corresponding to Sriparnaka can be traced in the vicinity of these places, but it was probably situated between Bahmani and Mugardara.

Darbhaviraka (दर्भविरक) cannot now be traced.

It will thus be seen that like the villages named in the Tirodi plates1, the villages mentioned in the present grant can be traced in the Balaghat District. As shown elsewhere, the villages mentioned in the Siwani plates can be located in the Bhandara District2. These identifications show that the country under the direct rule of Pravarasena II comprised the modern districts of Balaghat and Bhandara and extended to the western boundary of Dakshina Kosala.

1 Above, pp. 48 f.

2 Above, p. 29.

Translation
(The first two plates of this grant are not forthcoming.)

By the order of the illustrious Pravarasena (II), the Maharaja of the Vakatakas, born of Prabhavatigupta, who, by the grace of Shambhu, wields a spear, ....

(There is) a village named Shriparnaka (श्रीपर्णका) in the territorial division (mārga) of Sundhati (सुन्धाति), (which lies) to the east of Brahmapuraka (ब्रह्मपुरक), to the west of Millukadratha (मिल्लुकद्रथ) and to the north of Madhukajjhari (मधुकझरी) and to the south of Darbhaviraka (दर्भविरक). The householders and residents of the

[p.72]: village should be informed that for the increase of the religious merit and for the well-being, in this world and the next, of Our Queen-Mother, We have donated (this) village extending to its boundaries together with the right to levy a tax of one-fiftieth (of the sale price) to (the Brahmanas) Gangārya, son of Vedārya, of the Bharadvaja gotra, Vasurārya of the Kaundinya gotra (and) Rudrārya of the Kaundinya (gotra) and Taittiriya Shākhā, in exchange for the previously donated Manapallika (माणपल्लिक) in the territorial division (mārga) of Yashapura.

(The subsequent plates of the grant are not forthcoming.)

Wiki Editor Notes

Balaghat Plates of Prithivishena II

No.18: Plate XVIII
Balaghat Plates of Prithivishena II

Source - Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.79-81

[p.79]: These plates were found 'hanging to a tree in the jungle' somewhere in the District of Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh some time before May 1893. They were sent to the Asiatic Society of Bengal and were later entrusted to Dr. Kielhorn for being edited. His article on them together with facsimiles was published posthumously in the Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IX, pp. 267 f. The plates are edited here from the same facsimiles. Their present whereabouts are not known.

‘The plates arc five in number, each between 6.3/4" and 6.7/8" long by between 3.7/8 " and 4" high; two of them contain no writing whatever, while of the three others here described as plates i, ii and iii), the second is engraved on both sides and the first and the third on one side only. Though the plates have no raised rims and arc not fashioned thicker near the edges, the engraving on them is throughout in a perfect state of preservation. The five plates are strung on a ring, which passes through a hole about 1.1/4" distant from the middle of the proper right margin of each plate ’. The ring is circular, about 3/4" thick and between 3" and 3.3/4" in diameter. The ends of it are flattened off and joined by a bolt, which had not been cut when the plates reached Dr. Kielhorn. ‘ On the ring described, there slides a smaller ring, made of a band of copper, the ends of which are fastened by a rivet which also passes through, and firmly holds, a flat disc of copper about 2.3/8" in diameter. Undoubtedly this disc was made to serve as a seal and to bear some writing, but nothing has been engraved on it.1

The plates were intended to record a grant of the Vakataka Maharaja Prithivishena II but for some reason the inscription was not completed. The extant portion of it consists of 35 lines inscribed on four sides of the first three plates. The characters are of the boxheaded variety of the southern alphabets. They resemble in a general way those of the grants of Pravarasena II, but are less angular. The only peculiarities that need be noticed here are as follows: — The rare jh occurs as a subscript letter in Ajjhita-, line 31 ; ḍ and d are clearly distinguished; v appears in two forms, rectangular as in -vāsakād-, line 1 and round as in vachanāt, line 35 ; the jihvāmuliya occurs in line 30 ; the visarga is denoted by two hook-shaped lines. The language is Sanskrit, and the text is wholly in prose. As regards orthography, we may note the use of the vowel ṛi for ri as in -pauiṛinah, line 16, of n for ṇ and vice versa as in kārunya-, line 12 and maṇo-, line 13, and of the guttural and dental nasals for the anusvara in vansha- in lines 8 , 24 etc. and ansa in line 6 .

As stated before, the plates were intended to be issued by the Vakataka Maharaja Prithivishena II. His genealogy up to Pravarasena II occurs as in the latter’s Jamb plates, with the omission, evidently through inadvertence of the writer2, of a long expression in line 10 . Of Pravarasena II the present grant gives the additional description which is noticed only in his Siwani grant that he followed the path laid down by his predecessors and that by his good policy, strength and valour he exterminated all his enemies. Pravarasena II's son was Narendrasena, who is said to have taken away the family’s fortune by means of confidence

1 Ep. Ind,. vol. IX, p. 267.

2 Jayaswal tried to make much capital out of this mistake and thought that Rudrasena I was described here as a Bharashiva Maharaja as he had succeeded as a Bharashiva dauhitra. See his History of India, etc., p. 32. He does not, however, explain why this description occurs only in such a late grant.

[p.80]:in the excellent qualities previously acquired by him. We are further told that his commands were honoured by the lords of Kosala (कोसला), Mekala (मेकला) and Malava (मालवा). His son, from the queen Ajjhitabhattarika (अज्झितभट्टारिका), the daughter of the king of Kuntala (कुंतल), was Maharaja Prithivishena II, who was a devout worshipper of the Bhagavat (Vishnu). The present plates were intended to be issued by him from his camp at Vembara (वेम्बार) which is mentioned in the beginning, but of his order only the word sarvvādhyaksha- was actually written. The unfinished nature of the present charter is also indicated by the absence of the word drishtam ‘ seen ’, which almost invariably occurs as a mark of authorization in all complete charters of the Vakatakas.

As the inscription was not completed, there is no mention of the regnal date or of the writer and the Dutaka.

The place Vembara (वेम्बार) from which the charter was intended to be issued remained unidentified for a long time. In my article on the Durg plate I suggested its identification with Bembal (बेम्बाल), about 28 miles to the east of Chanda and 2 miles to the west of the Wainganga1

1 See Ep. Ind., Vol. XXII, p. 210, n. 6.

Translation

8From the camp fixed at Vembara (वेम्बार)-

By the order of the illustrious Prithivishena (II), the Maharaja of the Vakatakas; who is a devout worshipper of the Bhagavat (Vishnu ; ; who has rescued his sunken family; who is the abode of valour and forgiveness; who was born of the Mahadevi Ajjhitabhattarika (अज्झितभट्टारिका), the daughter of the lord of Kuntala (कुंतल); who is the son of the illustrious Narendrasena, the Maharaja of the Vakatakas, who held in check enemies bowed down by his valour; whose commands were honoured by the lords of Kosala, Mekala, and Malava; who, from confidence in the excellent qualities previously acquired by him, took away the (royal) fortune of (his) family; who was the son of the illustrious Pravarasena (II), the Maharaja of the Vakatakas ....

(For translation of lines 1-25, see above, pp. 13-14)

(Line 35). Our (officers of noble birth) appointed by the Sarvādhyaksha (General Superintendent) ....

(The subsequent portion of the grant was nut inscribed. '- Wiki Editor Notes

बालाघाट परिचय

बालाघाट मध्यप्रदेश का एक जिला है जो महाराष्ट्र की सीमा से लगा हुआ है । प्रदेश की राजधानी भोपाल से इसकी दूरी 436 किमी है। ज़िले का मुख्यालय बालाघाट है।

भूगोल: वैनगंगा नदी बालाघाट नगर के समीप से बहती है, कान्हा बाघ अभयारण्य बालाघाट ज़िले और मंडला ज़िले के बीच स्थित है। यह नक्सल प्रभावित जिला है। बैगा जनजाति यहाँ की प्रमुख जनजाति है। बालाघाट दक्षिण मध्यप्रदेश का एक शान्त, सुन्दर छोटा सा शहर। सतपुडा पर्वतमाला के छोर पर मध्यप्रदेश्, महाराष्ट्र और छत्तीसगढ की सीमा पर बसा यह शहर शुद्ध हिन्दी भाषी है। यह एक नगरपालिका व बालाघाट जिले का प्रशासकीय मुख्यालय है। माना जाता है की इसे पहले "बूढा" के नाम से जाना जाता था और बाद मे इसका नाम बालाघाट पडा परन्तु इस बात का कोई प्रामाणिक स्रोत नही है।

कृषि और खनिज: धान, मोटा अनाज और दलहन वैनगंगा नदी घाटी के उपजाऊ क्षेत्र में उगने वाली प्रमुख फ़सलें हैं। बालाघाट कृषि व्यापार और मैंगनीज खदान केन्द्र हैं। अन्य खदानों के अलावा भरवेली और उक्वा यहाँ की मुख्य खदानें हैं। भरवेली एशिया की सबसे बड़ी मैंगनीज खदान हैं। मलाजखंड तांबा उत्पादन के लिए प्रसिद्ध है।

इतिहास: 18 वीं शताब्दी की शुरुआत में, जिला दो गोंड साम्राज्यों के बीच बांटा गया था; वैनगंगा के पश्चिम में जिले का हिस्सा देवगढ़ के गोंड साम्राज्य का हिस्सा था, जबकि पूर्वी हिस्सा गढ़-मंडला साम्राज्य का हिस्सा था।

1743 में नागपुर के भोंसले मराठों द्वारा देवगढ़ साम्राज्य को कब्जा कर लिया गया था, और इसके तुरंत बाद जिले के उत्तरी खंड पर विजय प्राप्त हुई थी। यह खंड, गढ़-मंडला साम्राज्य के बाकी हिस्सों के साथ, 1781 में सागर के मराठा प्रांत में, फिर मराठा पेशवा के नियंत्रण में कब्जा कर लिया गया था। 1798 में भोंसलो ने पूर्व गढ़-मंडला क्षेत्रों को भी प्राप्त किया।

1818 में, तीसरे एंग्लो-मराठा युद्ध के समापन पर, नागपुर साम्राज्य ब्रिटिश भारत की रियासत बन गया। 1853 में, बालाघाट जिले समेत नागपुर साम्राज्य अंग्रेजों द्वारा कब्जा कर लिया गया, और नागपुर का नया प्रांत बन गया। तब बालाघाट जिला को सिवनी और भंडारा के ब्रिटिश जिलों में विभाजित किया गया था। 1861 में नागपुर प्रांत को केंद्रीय प्रांतों में पुनर्गठित किया गया था।

बालाघाट जिला का गठन भंडारा, मंडला और सिवनी जिलों के हिस्सों के सम्मिलन के दौरान 1867 के दौरान हुआ था। जिले का मुख्यालय मूल रूप से “बूढ़ा” कहा जाता था। बाद में, हालांकि, इस नाम को बदलकर इसे “बालाघाट” इस शब्द द्वारा प्रतिस्थापित किया गया, जो मूल रूप से केवल जिले का नाम था। प्रशासनिक रूप से, जिले को केवल दो तहसील, उत्तर में बैहर तहसील में विभाजित किया गया था, जिसमें पठार क्षेत्र और दक्षिण में बालाघाट तहसील शामिल था, जिसमें दक्षिण में अधिक स्थिर निचले इलाकों शामिल थे। नया जिला केंद्रीय प्रांतों के नागपुर डिवीजन का हिस्सा था।

19वीं शताब्दी के मध्य में, जिले का ऊपरी हिस्सा हल्के ढंग से बस गया था, और कुछ दूरदराज के समय से कट पत्थर का एक सुंदर बौद्ध मंदिर, सभ्यता का संकेत है जो ऐतिहासिक समय से पहले गायब हो गया था। जिले के पहले डिप्टी-कमिश्नर, कर्नल ब्लूमफील्ड को बालाघाट जिले के अग्रणी या निर्माता के रूप में माना जाता है, जिन्होंने वैनगंगा घाटी से पंवार राजपूत को आमंत्रित कर बैहर तहसील में बसने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया। उस समय एक लछमन पंवार ने परसवाड़ा पठार के पहले गांवों की स्थापना की। मालंजखंड एशियाई क्षेत्र में सबसे लोकप्रिय तांबे की खान है।

1868-1869 में बारिश एक महीने पहले बंद हो गई, जिससे निम्न भूमि चावल की फसल और अकाल की विफलता हुई। जिला 1896-1897 के अकाल से बहुत गंभीर रूप से पीड़ित था, जब सभी फसलों का उत्पादन सामान्य रूप से केवल 17 प्रतिशत गिर गया। 1899-1900 में जिला फिर से पीड़ित हुआ, जब चावल की फसल फिर से विफल रही, जो सामान्य रूप से केवल 23 प्रतिशत गिर गई। 1901 में जनसंख्या 326,521 थी, जो अकाल के प्रभावों के कारण 1891-19 01 के दशक में 15% घट गई थी

20 वीं शताब्दी की शुरुआत में, जिले में केवल 15 मील (24 किमी) पक्की सड़कों थीं, साथ ही 208 मील (335 किमी) बिना सवार सड़कों के। जिले के माध्यम से जबलपुर-गोंडिया रेलवे लाइन जिले में छह स्टेशनों के साथ 1904 में पूरी हुई थी।

1947 में भारतीय स्वतंत्रता के बाद, मध्य प्रांत मध्य प्रदेश का भारतीय राज्य बन गया। 1956 में, बालाघाट जिला मध्य प्रदेश के जबलपुर डिवीजन का हिस्सा बन गया, जब गोंडिया, भंडारा और नागपुर जिलों सहित बालाघाट के दक्षिण में जिलों को बॉम्बे राज्य में स्थानांतरित कर दिया गया था।

बालाघाट जिला वर्तमान में लाल गलियारे का हिस्सा है। बालाघाट जिला का गठन भंडारा, मंडला और सिवनी जिलों के कुछ हिस्सों के समामेलन के दौरान 1867-1873 के दौरान हुआ था। इसका नाम “घाटों के ऊपर” दर्शाता है और इस तथ्य के कारण है कि जिला बनाने में सरकार का मूल उद्देश्य घाटों के ऊपर के इलाकों के उपनिवेश को प्रभावित करना था। जिले के मुख्यालय को मूल रूप से बूढ़ा कहा जाता था। बाद में, हालांकि, यह नाम दुरुपयोग में गिर गया और इसे ‘बालाघाट’ द्वारा प्रतिस्थापित किया गया जो मूल रूप से केवल जिले का नाम था।

बालाघाट जिले में बहुत प्राकृतिक सौंदर्य, खनिज जमा और जंगलों के साथ समृद्ध भी है। बालाघाट के नामांकन के लिए कई कहानियां बताई गई हैं। बुढा, यह नाम 1743-1751 समय अवधि के इतिहासकारों द्वारा दिया गया है। बालाघाट भंडारा डिस्ट के नीचे आता है। रघुजी पहला मराठा है जो कि इस जगह किरणापुर साइड से आया था।

1845 में, डलहौसी ने गोद लेने की परंपरा शुरू की (गोद लेने की प्रथा)। इस परंपरा के माध्यम से गोद सम्राटों के राज्यों को ब्रिटिश राज्यों में जोड़ा गया था, उस समय इस जगह का वास्तविक नाम बारहघाट था। इस नाम को ठीक करने के लिए 1911 से पहले उस समय राजधानी कलकत्ता की राजधानी को एक प्रस्ताव भेजा गया था। बारहघाट नाम का नाम है क्योंकि पहाड़ियों के सभी नामों में घाट शब्द होता है, जिसमें मासेन घाट, कंजई घाट, रणराम घाट, बस घाट , डोंगरी घाट, सेलन घाट, भिसाना घाट, सालेटेकरी घाट, डोंगरिया घाट, कवारगढ़ घाट, अहमदपुर घाट, तेपागढ़ घाट महत्वपूर्ण हैं। जब यह शब्द कलकत्ता को भेजा गया तो यह एएनजीएल शब्द के साथ विलय हो गया और नाम बाराघाट था। जब इसे वहां से वापस कर दिया गया तो नाम “एल” बदल गया क्योंकि बालाघाट का मतलब “आर” की स्थिति में था, जिसकी अनुमति थी। और जिला का नाम बालाघाट के रूप में मिला। 1 नवंबर 1956 को इसे मध्य प्रदेश के नव निर्मित राज्य के स्वतंत्र जिले के रूप में घोषित किया गया था।

यातायात: यह मध्य प्रदेश के बड़े शहरों जैसे राजधानी भोपाल, सन्स्कारधानी जबलपुर और उपमहानगरी इन्दौर से सीधे सडकमार्ग से जुडा है। जबलपुर से ब्राडगेज के लौहमार्ग (रेलमार्ग्) से आप जगप्रसिद्ध सतपुडा एक्सप्रेस पकडकर यहा पहुच सकते है। यह महाराष्ट्र की उपराजधानी नागपुर् से औ‍र छतीसगढ की राजधानी रायपुर से भी सीधे सडक मार्ग से जुडा है। नागपुर से आप बडी रेललाईन से मुम्बई हावडा मार्ग पर दो घन्टे मे गोन्दिया शहर आ जाये जहा से बालाघाट सडक/रेल मार्ग से केवल एक घन्टे मे पहुच सकते है। गोंदिया से जबलपुर ब्राड गैज का निर्माण कार्य प्रगति पर है किंतु गोंदिया से समनापुर तक का कार्य पुर्ण हो चुका है जबलपुर छोर से नैनपुर तक हो चुका है जिसमे पैसेंजर ट्रेनों का संचालन किया जा रहा है समनापुर से नैनपुर तक का कार्य चालु है अतः रेल मार्ग से गोंदिया से बालाघाट पहुंचा जा सकता है किंतु जबलपुर जाने मे बाधा है -->प्रमुख सड़क पर स्थित है व रेल जंक्शन भी है। यह मध्य प्रदेश के लगभग सभी बडे शहरो भोपाल, जबलपुर और इन्दौर से सड़क मार्ग द्वारा जुड़ा हुआ है। जबलपुर से ब्राडगेज के रेलमार्ग द्वारा यहाँ पहुँचा जा सकता है। यह महाराष्ट्र के नगर नागपुर से औ‍र छत्तीसगढ़ की राजधानी रायपुर से भी सड़क मार्ग द्वारा जुड़ा है। रायपुर नागपुर से बडी रेल लाईन से मुम्बई हावडा रेल मार्ग पर गोन्दिया शहर पर उतरकर बालाघाट सड़क या रेल मार्ग द्वारा एक घन्टे में पहुँचा जा सकता है।

प्रसिद्ध स्थल:

  • सिहार पाठ पहाड़ी स्थित पंवार राम मंदिर परिसर (बैहर)
  • कान्हा राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
  • हट्टा की बावड़ी या बावड़ी (गोंड राजा द्वारा निर्मित)
  • लांजी का प्राचीन किला (गोंड राजा द्वारा निर्मित)
  • गांगुलपारा बाँध एवं जल प्रपात
  • वैनगंगा नदी पर ढुटी बाँध
  • किरनाई मन्दिर{किरनापुर}
  • रामपायली में स्थित प्राचीन मंदिर, जहां स्वयं श्री राम के चरण पड़े थे।
  • टोंडिया नाला वारासिवनी के नजदीक है।
  • कटंगी के नजदीक बिसापुर में महादेव का मंदिर है
  • रमरमा जलप्रपात एवं शिव मंदिर
  • सर्राटी नदी पर टेकाड़ी बांध
  • मोती तालाब और राजा भोज प्रतिमा
  • बैहर के प्राचीन जोड़ा मंदिर
  • सावर झोड़ी तीर्थ
  • वैष्णव देवी तीर्थ, कायदी।

दिलीपसिंह अहलावत लिखते हैं -

.....नागवंशी भारशिवों की शक्ति का उदय ऐसे ही अन्धकारकाल में हुआ जबकि भारत देश की कोई सत्ता अखिल भारतीय शासक रूप में सामने न थी। वायु पुराण के लेख अनुसार सात नाग राजाओं द्वारा पद्मावती (ग्वालियर में), कान्तिपुर (मिर्जापुर में) और मथुरा पर शासन किया गया। यह लेख कुषाण शासन के अन्त और गुप्तवंश के उदय के मध्य के लिखे हुए हैं। इसी समय शिव के प्रति बढ़ती हुई श्रद्धा का प्रदर्शन करने के लिए नागवंशियों ने ‘भारशिव’ नाम धारण करके जनता के समक्ष अपने आपको नवीन रूप में प्रस्तुत किया। इस नाम से प्रसिद्धि पाने के कारणों पर बालाघाट की चमक प्रशस्ति[37] का लेख पर्याप्त प्रकाश डालता है। उसमें लिखा है कि शिवलिंग का अपने कन्धे पर भार ढोने से जिन्होंने भलीभांति शिव को सन्तुष्ट कर दिया था - जिन्होंने अपने पराक्रम से प्राप्त की हुई भागीरथी गंगा के स्वच्छ जल से राज्याभिषेक कराया और जिन्होंने अश्वमेध करके अवभृथ-स्नान किया था, इस प्रकार के भारशिवों के महाराजा द्वारा नागवंश का पुनरुत्थान किया गया। इनके राजा शिवनन्दी ने पद्मावती का शासन करते हुए कनिष्क से पराजय पाई थी। [38]

Notable persons

Smt. Anuradha Singh Thakur, house wife

  • Aman deep Singh s/o late Sri Ajay Singh Thakur, Saftware engineer.
  • Dr. Anisha Singh
  • In bollywood, there are two gems which are from balaghat. Firstly, Mushtaq khan a television actor, they are from baihar tehsil of balaghat.Secondly, Anil mange a television actor, they are from properly balaghat city.

Population

वर्ष 2011 की जनगणना के अनुसार बालाघाट की जनसंख्या 17 लाख है ।

Source

Santosh Kumar Thakur (Khenwar) Mob.9826546968

External links

References

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  6. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Balaghat". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  7. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.38-42
  8. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  9. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.69-72
  10. ↑ महाव्युत्पत्ति
  11. ↑ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 1894 By L.A. Waddell, M.B., B.R.A.S.,pp.91-92
  12. ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p.242
  13. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.69-72
  14. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.69-72
  15. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.69-72
  16. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.69-72
  17. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.28-32
  18. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), pp.48-52
  19. ↑ महाव्युत्पत्ति
  20. ↑ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 1894 By L.A. Waddell, M.B., B.R.A.S.,pp.91-92
  21. ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter III, p.242
  22. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), pp.48-52
  23. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionium Indicarium Vol IV Part 2 Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era, Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1955, p. 463-473
  24. ↑ Epigraphia Indica & Record of the Archaeological Survey of India, Vol.X, 1909-10, pp.26
  25. ↑ जाट वीरों का इतिहास: दलीप सिंह अहलावत, पृष्ठा.241-242
  26. ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter III, p.242
  27. ↑ Epigraphia Indica Vol.I, p.269
  28. ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter III ,p.242
  29. ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Ādhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p. 272
  30. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.69-72
  31. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.69-72
  32. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.69-72
  33. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.69-72
  34. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.69-72
  35. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.79-81
  36. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.79-81
  37. ↑ It is Tirodi Inscription. Chammak is in Amaravati (Maharashtra).Laxman Burdak
  38. ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter V (Page 488-490)

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