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Hata-Batiagarh-Kaithora-Fatehpur-Bhiloni in Damoh, MP

Batiagadh (बटियागढ़) is an ancient historical town and tahsil in Damoh District of Madhya Pradesh. It is site of many Sati pillar and other important inscriptions. It was centre of pargana first for Mughals and later on Marathas. Author (Laxman Burdak) visited it on 04.12.1990.

Variants

  • Batihagadh (बटिहागढ़)
  • Batiagarh (बटियागढ़)
  • Batiyagarh (बटियागढ़)
  • Batiagarh (बटियागढ़), जिला दमोह, म.प्र., (AS, p.602)
  • Batihadim/Batihadima (बटिहाड़िम) = Batiagarh (बटियागढ़), (AS, p.602)
  • Badiharina/Badiharin (बड़िहारिन), दे. Batiagarh (बटियागढ़), (AS, p.604)

Location

Batiagarh is located about 40 km north of Damoh situated on Damoh-Chhatarpur.

Jat Gotras Namesake

  • Kharap (खरप)/Kharab (खरब) (Jat clan) = Kharapara (खरपर). Kharapara (खरपर) is mentioned in Batihagarh stone Inscription of the Vikrama Year 1385 (1328 AD)[1] states that Jallala was the representative of Hisamuddin, son of Julachi, who was appointed Commander of the Kharapara armies and Governor of Chedi country by Sultan Mahmud of Yoginipura or Delhi. This Mahmud must be Nasiruddin Mahmud of the Slave dynasty who reigned between 1246 and 1266 A.D. It was in 1251 that he conquered Chanderi and Malava and appointed a Governor there.[2] The mention of Kharapara armies gives importance to this record. They are apparently identical with the Kharaparikas of Samudragupta's inscription on the Allahabad pillar. They must have been a powerful tribe to deserve mention by that great Emperor in the 4th Century A.D. The record is dated in the Vikrama year corresponding to 1328 A.D. [3] 1328 A.D. is the year when The Mongols invade India. Batiagadh (बटियागढ़) is an ancient historical town and tahsil in Damoh District of Madhya Pradesh. It is site of many Sati pillar and other important inscriptions.

Villages in Batiagadh Tahsil

1 Achalpura, 2 Agara, 3 Ahrora, 4 Alampur, 5 Angori, 6 Anjani, 7 Badagaon, 8 Bakayan, 9 Bamhori Bhat, 10 Bamhori Lidai, 11 Bandha, 12 Bari Kanoda, 13 Bari Madiyado, 14 Barkhera Keshav, 15 Barkhera Nahar, 16 Barkuwain, 17 Barno, 18 Baroda Kalan, 19 Baroda Madiya, 20 Bartlai, 21 Basiya, 22 Batiyagarh, 23 Bela Purwa, 24 Beli, 25 Berkhedi, 26 Bharota, 27 Bhatera, 28 Bhiloni, 29 Bhiyana, 30 Bijori Naval Shah, 31 Borda, 32 Chainpura, 33 Chaupra Madiyado, 34 Chuna Sagoni, 35 Daha, 36 Dalputpura, 37 Deodara, 38 Deogaon, 39 Dhoraj, 40 Dugrupura, 41 Dulauna Malgujari, 42 Dulauna Ryt, 43 Fatehpur, 44 Furtal Ryt, 45 Futera Kalan, 46 Gadhola Balju, 47 Gadhola Khande, 48 Ganj Barkheda, 49 Garruwa, 50 Geedan, 51 Ghanshyam Pura, 52 Ghora Khuri, 53 Ghughas, 54 Ghurata, 55 Guda, 56 Gugra Kalan, 57 Harat, 58 Hardua Jamsa, 59 Hingwani, 60 Hinota Malwari, 61 Hinoti Udesha, 62 Imaliya, 63 Itwa Magola, 64 Jalna, 65 Jangupura, 66 Jhagri Kabirpur, 67 Jhira, 68 Kabirpur, 69 Kaithora, 70 Kanora Kalan, 71 Kanora Ramnagar, 72 Kariya Pipar, 73 Kerbana, 74 Khaderi, 75 Khamariya, 76 Khejra Balju, 77 Khejra Kabirpur, 78 Kheri Ramdas, 79 Khiriya Asli, 80 Khutiyani, 81 Kumharwar, 82 Ludhani, 83 Ludhora, 84 Lukayan, 85 Madiya Baroda, 86 Madiya Buzurg, 87 Magron, 88 Mahuwa Kheda, 89 Mahuwat, 90 Malwari, 91 Mangola, 92 Menwar, 93 Motha, 94 Muhali Batiyagarh, 95 Narayanpura Asli, 96 Nayagaon, 97 Neem Kheda Fatehpur, 98 Neem Kheda Tikri, 99 Neemi, 100 Nibora Kalan, 101 Nibora Ramnagar, 102 Padajhir, 103 Pathariya Kaithora, 104 Pemukhedi, 105 Perwara, 106 Pipariya Chand, 107 Pipariya Ghanshyam, 108 Pipariya Shahnai, 109 Piprodha, 110 Pondi Fatehpur, 111 Purwa, 112 Ramnagar, 113 Rampur, 114 Ranjhi, 115 Riyana, 116 Ronsara, 117 Rusando, 118 Sadpur, 119 Sagoni Fatehpur, 120 Sagoni Madho, 121 Sagron, 122 Sakari, 123 Sakatpur, 124 Sariya, 125 Sedara, 126 Semar Kachhar, 127 Semra Ramnagar, 128 Shahjad Pura, 129 Shahpura Khurd, 130 Shahpura Mal, 131 Shekhpura, 132 Sigon, 133 Sihera, 134 Simri Chinta, 135 Singhpur, 136 Sirsiya, 137 Sorai, 138 Summer, 139 Sunwaha, 140 Talgaon, 141 Tikariya, 142 Tikri Neem Kheda, 143 Tinduwa, 144 Tirmuda,

Source - https://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/3456-batiyagarh-damoh-madhya-pradesh.html

History

1290-1315: The Khiljis had the regional administrative center of the Chanderi province at Batihadim (Batiagarh) which was transferred to Damova (Damoh). Damoh fort inscription.

14th century: Muslim rule inscriptions at Salaiya and Batiyagarh mention Khilji and Tuglaq as Sultans.

Damoh rose to importance in the 14th century. An inscription was discovered at Batiagadh of the year V.S 1385 = 1328 AD which records Muslims as Sakas. It mentions Muhammad Tuglak. It tells us that Delhi was also known by the name Yoginipura.[4] This historic town was the erstwhile headquarters of the Khojas before the center of power was transferred to Damoh. The Khojas had the regional administrative center of the Chanderi province at Batihadim (Batiagarh) which was transferred to Damova (Damoh). Damoh was the seat of Maratha governors.

Tej Ram Sharma[5] mentions about Kharaparikas (खरपरिक) (No. 1, L. 22) : One of the tribes who were subjugated by Samudragupta. D. R. Bhandarkar takes them to be the Kharparas (खरपर) mentioned in the Batihagadh Inscription[6] of the Damoh district of M.P. Kharpara means a thief, a rogue or a cheat. The name Kharaparika does not occur elsewhere in inscriptions or literature. The Markandeya Purana mentions a tribe called Khara-sagara-rāśis, along with the Gandharas and the Yaudheyas; and the Matsya Purana refers to a country named Kharapatha, watered by the river Nalini. It is difficult to say whether Khara-sagara-rasi and Kharapatha (खरपथ) had anything to do with the Kharaparikas. K.P. Jayaswal expresses the probability of the identification of the Kharaparikas with the five Karpaṭas of the Mahabharata.

बटियागढ़

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[7] ने लेख किया है .....बटियागढ़, जिला दमोह, म.प्र., (AS, p.602): मध्य प्रदेश का एक ऐतिहासिक स्थान है। इस स्थान पर विक्रम संवत 1385 ई. (=1328 ई.) का एक अभिलेख प्राप्त हुआ था (एपिग्राफिका इंडिया-12,42) जिसके बारे में विशेष बात यह है कि इसमें मुस्लिमों को शक कहा गया है। इस स्थान से प्राप्त अभिलेख में मुहम्मद तुग़लक़ का उल्लेख है। मुहम्मद तुग़लक़ के समय में सुल्तान की ओर से जुलचीख़ाँ नामक सूबेदार चंदेरी में नियुक्त था और सूवेदार का नायक बटियागढ़ में रहता था। उस समय इस नगर को बटिहाड़िम या बड़िहारिन कहते थे। प्राप्त अभिलेख में दिल्ली का एक नाम 'जोगिनीपुर' भी दिया हुआ है। एक दूसरा शिलालेख विक्रम संवत 1381 (=1324 ई.) का यहाँ के प्राचीन महल के खंडहरों में मिला है, जिसमें गयासुद्दीन तुगलक का उल्लेख है, जिसके सूबेदार ने इस महल को बनवाया था।

बटियागढ़ : यह दमोह के उत्तर पश्चिम में 34 किलोमीटर दूर बांक नदी के किनारे बसा ऐतिहासिक महत्व का स्थान है. यह पहले मुगलों का तथा बाद में मराठों के परगना का केंद्र रहा था. [8]

Damoh Sati Inscriptions

There are a number of Sati pillars in this district, those at Hata, Hindoria and Batihagarh being well known. One of them at Hindoria is dated in 1056 AD, Bhiloni, Phutera, Jamata, Kanoda Ryotwari, Kanti, Kaithora Khamargor, Muhas, Marhiadoh, Narainpura, Piparia Ghanshiam, Raneh, Sunwaho and Sakhor contain more or less illegible inscriptions.

Reference - Hira Lal: Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar,p.53

(70) Batihagarh stone Inscription of the Vikrama Year 1385 (1328 AD)

(70) Batihagarh stone Inscription of the Vikrama Year 1385 (1328 AD)
(Deposited in the Nagpur Museum?)

Source- Hira Lal:Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar, p.50

[p.50]: Batihagarh is a village 21 miles north-west of Damoh. The inscription refers itself to Jallala Khoja, a local Muhammadan Governor at Batihadim (the present Batihagarh). It states that Jallala was the representative of Hisamuddin, son of Julachi, who was appointed Commander of the Kharapara armies and Governor of Chedi country by Sultan Mahmud of Yoginipura or Delhi. This Mahmud must be Nasiruddin Mahmud of the Slave dynasty who reigned between 1246 and 1266 A. D. It was in 1251 that he conquered Chanderi and Malava and appointed a Governor there.1 The mention of Kharapara armies gives importance to this record. They are apparently identical with the Kharaparikas of Samudragupta's inscription on the Allahabad pillar. They must have been a powerful tribe to deserve mention by that great Emperor in the 4th Century A.D. The record is dated in the Vikrama year corresponding to 1328 A.D.

(Epigraphia Indica, Volume XII, page 44 ff.)

1. Briggs' Firishtā, Volume I, page 232, and Tabakāt-i-Nasīri as quoted in Dowden's Elliott, Volume VI, page 351, and Cunningham's archaeological Reports, Volume II. page 402,

Wiki editor Notes:For details description of this inscription see No.9. Batihagarh stone Inscription Samvat 1385 (1328 AD) given below.

  • Bhojak (भोजक) (Jat clan) → Bhojuka (भोजूक). Bhojuka (भोजूक) is mentioned Verse-12 of No.9. Batihagarh stone Inscription Samvat 1385 (1328 AD)[15] .... (V.12) (Born) in the auspicious family of Shilapatta (शिलापट्ट), the conspicuous architects (were) Bhojuka (भोजूक), Kamadeva (कामदेव), and the wise Hala (हला), who were perfect in (their) work.
  • Dhnoa (धनोवा) (Jat clan) → Dhanau (धनोवा). Dhanau (धनोवा) is mentioned in Verse-11 of No.9. Batihagarh stone Inscription Samvat 1385 (1328 AD)[16] ....(V.11) His servant by name Dhanau (धनोवा) was appointed as manager. (He was) devoted to, his master, valiant, intelligent and a friend of his lord the King.
  • Gomat (गोमत) (Jat clan) → Gomatha (गोमठ). Gomatha (गोमठ) is mentioned in Verse- 8 and 9 of No.9. Batihagarh stone Inscription Samvat 1385 (1328 AD)[17].... (V. 8) The son of Isakaraja (ईसाकराज), was the clever, wise and very heroic Jallala Khoja (जल्लाल खोजा), who considering his stock of religious merit in his mind caused to be made the place known by the name of Gomatha (गोमठ).....(V. 9) This auspicious Gomatha (गोमठ) was caused to be made in the beautiful town of Batihadim (बटिहाड़िम). (It is) a shelter to all beings like another Kailasa.
  • Hala (हाला) (Jat clan) → Hala (हला). Hala (हला) is mentioned Verse-12 of No.9. Batihagarh stone Inscription Samvat 1385 (1328 AD)[18] .... (V.12) (Born) in the auspicious family of Shilapatta (शिलापट्ट), the conspicuous architects (were) Bhojuka (भोजूक), Kamadeva (कामदेव), and the wise Hala (हला), who were perfect in (their) work.
  • Kharap (खरप)/Kharab (खरब) (Jat clan) = Kharapara (खरपर). Kharapara (खरपर) is mentioned in Batihagarh stone Inscription of the Vikrama Year 1385 (1328 AD)[26] states that Jallala was the representative of Hisamuddin, son of Julachi, who was appointed Commander of the Kharapara armies and Governor of Chedi country by Sultan Mahmud of Yoginipura or Delhi. This Mahmud must be Nasiruddin Mahmud of the Slave dynasty who reigned between 1246 and 1266 A.D. It was in 1251 that he conquered Chanderi and Malava and appointed a Governor there.[27] The mention of Kharapara armies gives importance to this record. They are apparently identical with the Kharaparikas of Samudragupta's inscription on the Allahabad pillar. They must have been a powerful tribe to deserve mention by that great Emperor in the 4th Century A.D. The record is dated in the Vikrama year corresponding to 1328 A.D. [28] 1328 A.D. is the year when The Mongols invade India. Batiagadh (बटियागढ़) is an ancient historical town and tahsil in Damoh District of Madhya Pradesh. It is site of many Sati pillar and other important inscriptions.
  • Shaka (शक) (Jat clan) - Shakendra (शकेन्द्र). Shakendra (शकेन्द्र) is is mentioned in Verse-3 of No.9. Batihagarh stone Inscription Samvat 1385 (1328 AD)[31].... (V.3) In the Kali (age) there was a King, the Shaka-Lord (शकेन्द्र), the ruler of the earth, who having established himself in Yoginipura (योगिनीपुर) (Delhi) ruled the whole earth.

No.9. Batihagarh stone Inscription Samvat 1385 (1328 AD) Source - Epigraphia Indica & Record of the Archaeological Survey of India, Volume XII, 1913-14, p. 44 ff. Ed by Sten Konow, Published by Director General Archaeological Survey of India, 1982.

By Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, B.A., M.R.A.S., Nagpur.

[p.44]: This stone inscription is at present lying in the compound of the Deputy Commissioner’s bungalow at Damoh, the headquarters of the district of the same name in the Central Provinces and situated on the Indian Midland Railway, 127 miles from Jabalpur, the direct distance by road being 66 miles. The stone was originally brought from Batihagarh, a village 21 miles north-west of Damoh and included in the Hatta tahsil. Batihagarh was once the seat of Musalman governors sent from Delhi and there are ruins of a fort and other remains of its past greatness including inscriptions both in Sanskrit and in Persian.

The one I edit is engraved on a slab 1'11" X 1'6" and is in a good state of preservation. The language is Sanskrit written in Nagari characters, the average size of letters being 1/2". The writing covers a space of 1' 7" x 1'. The whole record is in verse except the word Siddhih at the commencement and subham bhavatu at the end, together with the details of the date repeated in figures in line 14. There are altogether 15 verses in the 16 lines which the inscription contains.

The only noticeable orthographical peculiarities are the indifferent use of s for ś as in line 7 where śastra and -śāstra - are written sastra- and -sāstra- respectively, and the employment of sh to do duty for kh in some places, for instance in line 8, where Khoja (खोजा) is written Shoja (षोजा), and in line 14 where we find Vaiśākha- as Vaisasha-. This is however quite in keeping with the Bundelkhandi practice, which is even now followed by writers of the old school, who always express their kh by sh. In this inscription kh has also been expressed by its ordinary symbol, as in - khamdam of the first line and lilekha of the last. The letter i appears in its antiquated form in line 8. Note also the use of the akshara va with a dot underneath in order to denote va as distinguished from ba in bhauva-, 1.1. This is quite in accordance with the ordinary Bundelkhandi practice, but does not occur in other places in the inscription.

The inscription records that a local Muhammadan ruler Jallala Khoja (जल्लाल खोजा), son of Isaka (ईसाक), caused a Gomatha (गोमठ) to be made in the town of Batihadim (बटिहाडिम), as also a garden and a stepwell. Jallala, i.e., Jalal-ud-din is stated to have been appointed as his representative by Hiśamadim (Hisam-ud-din) also called Chhipaka (छिपक), probably a corruption of Śafiq, son of Malik Julachi, who was made commander of the Kharpara (खर्पर) armies and governor of the Chedi country by Sultan Mahmud. This Mahmud is described as Śakendra (शकेन्द्र) or lord of the Śakas (शक), ruling from Yoginipura (योगिनीपुर) after having conquered other kings. The inscription further states that Jallala appointed his servant Dhanau as manager of the institutions named above, the principal architects whereof were Bhojuka (भोजूक), Kamadeva (कामदेव), and Hala (हला) of the Shilapatta1 (शिलापट्ट) family. The composer of the inscription was the Kayastha Baijuka (बैजूक) of the Mathura (माथुर) sub-division, and the writer another Mathura named Vasu, son of Sahadeva.

The date is given in the 13th verse as Wednesday, the 3rd day of the bright fortnight of the Vaisakha month in the Vikrama year 1385. The year is expressed by symbolical words, and to make it clear, the substance of the verse is repeated in prose immediately after wards, the year and the tithi being given in figures. The date regularly corresponds to Wednesday, the 13th April 1328 A.D.2

1 Shilapatta (शिलापट्ट) is now known as the Silawat caste, who are masons and found in the neighbourhood of Damoh.

2. As calculated by Mr. Gokul Prasad Ishvaradas, Tahsildar of Dhamtari. He remarks that the year in this case must be taken as Ashadhadi or Karttikadi. If it is taken as Chaitradi the current Samvat would be 1386, and it would have to be supposed that the year given in the inscription was the expired year 1385. But as there is nothing in this inscription leading to this conclusion, the probability is that the year was Karttikadi, taking consideration the locality where the inscription was found.

[p.45]: There can be little doubt that Mahmud of Yoginipura (another name of Delhi) was no other than the Turk Nasir-ud-din Mahmud of the Slave dynasty who reigned between 1246 and 1266 A.D. Mahmud subdued the Bundelkhand country, or, more correctly Chanderi and Malwa in 1251 A.D., over which he appointed a governor. 1

This governor, whose name does not appear to be mentioned in the Persian histories, was apparently Malik Julachi. Between the conquest of Mahmud and the record of our inscription there is an interval of 77 years, spread over 3 governors, the Malik, his son Hisam-ud-din, and Jalal-ud-din, giving a fair normal average duration of administration for each. It is well known that these Musalman conquests in this part of the Country were not permanent, but in A.D. 1321 we find Tughlaq Shah despatching his son with the troops of Chanderi, Badaun and Malwa against Telingana,2 only 7 years before our inscription was engraved. It is therefore evident that the Musalmans had a hold over the country at the time, at least there can be no doubt that the Damoh district was under a Musalman governor. This is however only of local interest. But what makes the inscription very interesting, is the mention of the Kharpara armies, the Chedi country and the title of Mahmud as Shakendra. I think that the Kharparas of our inscription are identical with the Kharparikas mentioned in Samudragupta’s stone pillar inscription of Allahabad.3 They are there mentioned amongst the tribes conquered by this great monarch in the 4th century of the Christian era. They must have been a war-like people and must have offered not a little resistance to have deserved notice. Mr. V.A. Smith4 a decade ago stated that the Kharparikas may have occupied Seoni or Mandla district of the Central Provinces. How very near the mark this surmise was, is evident from the present inscription. Seoni and Mandla are not very far away from Damoh which was apparently garrisoned by the Kharpara armies in the 13th century. That Damoh was included in the Chedi country, is another inference which may be drawn from this record and which goes to support in a way Justice Pargiter's localisation5 of the Chedi country. Some have held that Chanderi, if it is not a corruption of Chedi, was at least in the centre of that ancient country, and it is to Chanderi that Mahmud sent his forces in 1251, and there he left a governor, who in our inscription is designated as Chedideshahipa (चेदिदेशाधिप). Lastly the title Shakendra of this monarch may be noted. The word shaka here as in several other instances6, means Musalman.

The geographical names mentioned in the inscriptions are Yoginipura, Chedi and Batihadim, all of which have been incidentally identified above.

Yoginipura mentioned in Chand Bardai’s Prithviraja Raso7 as Jugginipura, is an old name of Delhi.

Chedi is the well-known classical name of the country with the rulers of which the history of the northern and eastern portions of the Central Provinces was associated for many centuries. It was in this country that Batihadim, the present Batihagarh, was included. Batihadim in the local dialect means a heap of a collection of cow-dung cakes, and the name seems to have changed its dim to garh when a fort was later on built there. A step-well still exists there containing a fragmentary Persian inscription which informs us that it was constructed in the time of Jalal Isahaka or Jaial-ud-din, who killed Usman and became Naib with the title of Akhta, in the reign of the just and pious monarch to whom the whole of Hindustan paid respect and by whose sword the whole of Turkistan was subdued. This well may be identical with the one referred to in our inscription, but there are two other old ones, one of which, called chaurasi baoli, is situated

1 See Brigg’s Ferishta, Volume I, p 239, and Tahakat-i-Nasiri as quoted in Dawson-Elliott, Volume II p. 351.

2 See Cunningham’s Reports, Volume II, p. 402.

3 Gupta Inscriptions, p. 18.

4 Journal, Royal Asiatic Society, 1897, p. 893.

5 Journal, Bengal Asiatic Society, 1895, p. 249 ff.

6 Compare Ep. Ind., Vol. II, p. 409; Ind. Ant., Vol. XXXVI, p, 352 ; XXXVII, p. 42, and above, p.18

7- See Nagari Pracharini Sabha Edition, Vol. I, p. 112.

[p.46]: in the midst of a big grove of mangoes, gvavas, lemons, etc. This may be the udyana alluded to in our inscription, and it would be natural to suppose that the step-well of our inscription was made in this grove, unless it existed before the grove was planted. The identification of the step-well is further complicated by the fact that the local people say that the inscription was removed from a third well called Bhauhare-ki baoli, which is believed to be connected by a tunnel with the Sas Baku-ki baoli containing the Persian inscription referred to above.

Translation

(L.1) Hail Success !

(Verse.1) In the beginning (there was) no Brahma, nor Vishnu nor earth, water or sky, not any part of the universe, inhabitants of the heavens, beings belonging to the earth, nor Nagas. There were no planets nor the seven Rishis, and there was no group of lunar mansions. There were no moon and sun, no fire. The wind did not blow, and there was no death and no life. There was then only one self-born, the lord of cosmic age of (all) the three periods. Let that creator of the world protect you.

(V.2) I bow down to the creator of all the worlds, to him whose power is subservient to his wish, who is unlimited, who has no beginning and no end, and who is destitute of quality and colour.

(V.3) In the Kali (age) there was a King, the Shaka-Lord (शकेन्द्र), the ruler of the earth, who having established himself in Yoginipura (योगिनीपुर) (Delhi) ruled the whole earth.

(V.4) He subjugated the kings up to all the Seas. May this hero by name Mahmud Sultan enjoy happiness.

( V.5) Ordered by him the Malik famous by the name of Julachi became the warrior (commander) of the Kharpara armies and the governor of the Chedi country.

(V.6) May his son Chhipaka (छिपक) known in the world by the name Hiśāmuddin, (who is) a great warrior possessing valour, enjoy happiness.

(V.7) In all his affairs this lord made Jallala (जल्लाल) (his representative), knowing him to be well versed in the art of arms and always devoted to his master’s work.

(V. 8) The son of Isakaraja (ईसाकराज), was the clever, wise and very heroic Jallala Khoja (जल्लाल खोजा), who considering his stock of religious merit in his mind caused to be made the place known by the name of Gumatha (गूमठ).

(V. 9) This auspicious Gomatha (गोमठ) was caused to be made in the beautiful town of Batihadim (बटिहाड़िम). (It is) a shelter to all beings like another Kailasa.

( V.10 ) O Jallala! protector of the earth, how should your merit intent on protection be praised, by whom a place where the load of calamities of learned persons is always crushed out, a garden like Nandana and a well (with water) resembling the disc of the spotless moon and showering nectar of virtue were established in the town called Batihadim.

(V.11) His servant by name Dhanau was appointed as manager. (He was) devoted to, his master, valiant, intelligent and a friend of his lord the King.

(V.12) (Born) in the auspicious family of Shilapatta (शिलापट्ट), the conspicuous architects (were) Bhojuka (भोजूक), Kamadeva (कामदेव), and the wise Hala (हला), who were perfect in (their) work.

(V.13) In the Vikrama year measured (marked) by the arrows (5), eight, the fires (3) and the moon (1) on the 3rd of the bright fortnight of Vaisakha on a Wednesday (this was engraved).

(L.14) Samvat 1385, Vaisakha sudi 3 on a Wednesday.

(V. 14) The well behaved Baijuka (बैजूक) Kayastha of the Mathura (माथुर) family composed (this) eulogy for the delight of the minds of the wise.

(V. 15) He who was always the foremost among traders the clever Mathura scribe Vasu (वासू) son of Sahadeva, wrote (this) in clear letters,

(L. 16) Let good fortune attend.

(71) Batihagarh Persian stone Inscription 1324 AD

(71) Batihagarh Persian stone Inscription 1324 AD Source- Hira Lal:Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar, p.51

(Deposited in the Deputy Commissioner's Bungalow.)

It records the foundation of a palace (?) in the reign of Ghiyāsuddin-ud-duniyā in the year 725 A. H. (A. D. 1324). If the date is correct, this man must have been the Tughalak king who reigned between 1320 and 1325 A. D. But if this Ghiyasuddin is identical with that of the Damoh Inscription No. 72, the Hijri year will have to be corrected. It is, however, possible that both may have ruled Damoh in their own times.

(75) Batihagarh undated stone Inscription 1328 AD

(Deposited in Deputy Commissioner's Bungalow)

The inscription records the construction of a garden and well at Khalchipur during the times of Jallala. It is undated, but must have been written after Samvat 1385 (A.D. 1328), as a number of verses have been copied from the Batihagarh inscription of that date.

Source - Hira Lal: Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar,p.52 Wiki editor Notes

(103) Batihagarh stone Inscription of the Vikrama Year 1385 (1328 AD)

(Deposited in the Nagpur Museum)

Source - Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932,p.58

Same as No.70 above

(104) Batihagarh Mutilated stone Inscription

(Deposited in Deputy Commissioner's Bungalow at Damoh)

Source - Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932,p.58-59

[p.58]: This is a big sanskrit inscription broken on all sides, so that there is a no single line intact. It contains three or four shlokas which are exactly the same as in No.103. It mentions Sultan Mahmud, his commander Julachi and a local governor, whose name is not clear. But his agent Jallala's name does occur as in No. 103. The recor is dated samvat 1300 and some odd. The

[p.59]: date is given twice, once in line 5 and the second time in line 16. The object of the record seems to be a religious gift, but it is too much broken to show its definite nature.

(105) Batihagarh Garden Inscription of 1328 AD

(Deposited in Deputy Commissioner's Bungalow at Damoh)

Source - Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932,p.59

[p.59]:This stone refers to the planting of a garden like the one at Khalachipur planted by the same person. He was the commander of the Kharapara armies in the Chedi Country. His son's name was Malik Fatahkhan. The record is undated, but it must have been written after samvat 1385 (=1328 AD), as it contains at least three verses which were copied from an inscription of that date (No.103).

(106) Batihagarh Persian Inscription of 1324 AD

(Deposited in Deputy Commissioner's Bungalow at Damoh)

Source - Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932,p.59

[p.59]: It stone records the foundation of a palace (?) in the reign of Ghiyāsuddin-ud-duniyā in the year 725 A. H. (A. D. 1324). This was a Tughalak king who reigned between 1320 and 1325 A. D.

(Hiralal's Damoh Dipaka, 2nd edition, page 13)

(109) Batihagarh Inscription of Mahmud Shah Khilji of 1463 AD

(Deposited in Deputy Commissioner's Bungalow at Damoh)

Source - Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932,p.60

[p.60]: This record is dated in samvat 1520, Chaitra Sudi 3 Mangaladine, which roughly corresponds to Tuesday 22nd March 1463 AD, and mentions Maharajadhiraja Sultan Mahmud Shah Khilchi of Mandogadh (Mandu) and Khilachipur (present Khiljipur near Rajgarh in Central India). It casually mentions Chanderi also.

(113) Other Sati Inscriptions

Source - Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932,p.61-62

[p.61]: Damoh district also contains a very large number of Sati pillars, most of which are dated and mention the ruling kings, which are very useful in elucidating the history of the district. The more important ones have been noticed separately under section A. Others exist in Bangaon (बनगाँव), Banwar (बनवार), Batiagarh (बटियागढ़), Bhiloni (भिलोनी), Bandakpur (बांदकपुर), Chilghat (चीलघाट), Deogaon (देवगाँव), Hata (हटा), Hindoria (हिंडोरिया), Jamata (जामटा), Jhadoli (झडोली), Kanoda (कनोड़ा), Kanti (कांटी), (p.62), Kaithora (कैथोरा), Khamargaur (खमरगौर), Lukayan (लुकायन), Lakhroni (लखरोनी), Muhas (मुहास), Madhiadoh (मढ़ियादोह), Phutera (फुटेरा), Patna (पटना), Panari Mahant (पनारी महंत), Narsinghgarh (नरसिंहगढ़), Narainpura (नरायणपुरा), Pipariya Ghanshyam (पिपरिया घनश्याम), Puranakhera (पुराना खेड़ा), Raneh (रनेह), Sunwaho (सुनवाहो), Satsuma (सतसूमा), Sakaur (सकुर), Sailwara (सैलवाड़ा), Sitanagar (सीतानगर),

These belong to various periods and mention names of various kings and emperors notably almost all the Khilji kings of Malwa and Delhi emperors of more than one dynasty.

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References

  1. ↑ Hira Lal:Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar, p.50
  2. ↑ Briggs' Firishtā, Volume I, page 232, and Tabakāt-i-Nasīri as quoted in Dowden's Elliott, Volume VI, page 351, and Cunningham's archaeological Reports, Volume II. page 402,
  3. ↑ (Epigraphia Indica, Volume XII, page 44 ff.)
  4. ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.602
  5. ↑ Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions by Tej Ram Sharma, p.135-36
  6. ↑ Epigraphia Indica. XII, p. 46, v.5.
  7. ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.602
  8. ↑ एल आर बुरडक, मध्य प्रदेश शासन वन विभाग, दमोह वन मंडल की कार्य-आयोजना (1993-94 से 2002-03), p.229-230
  9. ↑ Hira Lal:Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar, p.50
  10. ↑ Hira Lal:Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar, p.50
  11. ↑ Hira Lal: Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar, p.51
  12. ↑ Hira Lal: Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar,p.52
  13. ↑ Prof. B.S. Dhillon: History and study of the Jats/Chapter 10, p.120
  14. ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B, p.69
  15. ↑ Epigraphia Indica & Record of the Archaeological Survey of India, Volume XII, 1913-14, p. 44-46. Ed by Sten Konow, Published by Director General Archaeological Survey of India, 1982.
  16. ↑ Epigraphia Indica & Record of the Archaeological Survey of India, Volume XII, 1913-14, p. 44-46. Ed by Sten Konow, Published by Director General Archaeological Survey of India, 1982.
  17. ↑ Epigraphia Indica & Record of the Archaeological Survey of India, Volume XII, 1913-14, p. 44-46. Ed by Sten Konow, Published by Director General Archaeological Survey of India, 1982.
  18. ↑ Epigraphia Indica & Record of the Archaeological Survey of India, Volume XII, 1913-14, p. 44-46. Ed by Sten Konow, Published by Director General Archaeological Survey of India, 1982.
  19. ↑ Hira Lal:Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar, p.50
  20. ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ख-8
  21. ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.34, sn-511.
  22. ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter IX,p.695
  23. ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/K,p.538
  24. ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, p.18,28,57,83,85,88,101,106,111,115,117,120,123,158
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  26. ↑ Hira Lal:Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar, p.50
  27. ↑ Briggs' Firishtā, Volume I, page 232, and Tabakāt-i-Nasīri as quoted in Dowden's Elliott, Volume VI, page 351, and Cunningham's archaeological Reports, Volume II. page 402,
  28. ↑ (Epigraphia Indica, Volume XII, page 44 ff.)
  29. ↑ Epigraphia Indica & Record of the Archaeological Survey of India, Volume XII, 1913-14, p. 44-46. Ed by Sten Konow, Published by Director General Archaeological Survey of India, 1982.
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  32. ↑ Hira Lal: Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar,p.52
  33. ↑ Sant Kanha Ram: Shri Veer Tejaji Ka Itihas Evam Jiwan Charitra (Shodh Granth), Published by Veer Tejaji Shodh Sansthan Sursura, Ajmer, 2015. p.158
  34. ↑ Hira Lal: Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar,p.52
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