Boria Kawardha
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Boria (बोरिया) is village in Bodla tahsil of Kawardha district in Chhattisgarh. It is located at about 20 miles to the north of Kawardha. It is near Pachrahi.
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Location
It is situated 25km away from sub-district headquarter Bodla (tehsildar office) and 50km away from district headquarter Kawardha. According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Boriya village is 439283. Boriya village is located in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh, India. The total geographical area of village is 142.98 hectares.
Boria is a Village in Bodla Tehsil in Kabirdham District of Chattisgarh State, India. It is located 20 KM towards North from District head quarters Kawardha. 129 KM from State capital Raipur. Boria is surrounded by Kabirdham Tehsil towards South , Kawardha Tehsil towards South , Pandariya Tehsil towards East , S.Lohara Tehsil towards South .[1]
History
पचराही
पचराही: कबीरधाम जिले के बोडला विकासखण्ड के तरेगांव मार्ग पर कवर्धा से 45 किलोमीटर दूर प्राचीनतम पुरातात्विक एवं धार्मिक स्थल पचराही हाफ नदी के तट पर स्थित है। भोरमदेव में प्राप्त मूर्तियों एवं पचराही में प्राप्त मूर्तियों में जोगी मगरध्वज का उल्लेख होना देनों में सास्यता प्रदर्शित करता है। इसे स्थानीय लोग कंकालिन पचराही के नाम से जानते है। अलेक्जेंडर कविघंम यहां पर 18वीं सदी तक एक भव्य मंदिर होने का उल्लेख करते है,जिसके अंदर कंकालिन माता की मूर्ति थी। हाफ नदी के तट पर विकसित सभ्यता का प्रमाण पुरातात्विक उत्खनन उपरांत मिला है। यहां पंचायतन शैली का शिव मंदिर सबसे छोटी गणेश प्रतिमा हनुमान जी की अद्भुत प्रतिमा नगर सभ्यता की वस्तुएं प्राप्त हुई हैं। खुदाई के दौरान 15 करोड़ वर्ष प्राचीन जलीय जीवाश्म मोलास्का प्रजाति का प्रमाण मिला है।
Kankali Inscriptions
Source - Hira Lal: Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar,p.165
[p.165]: There is a temple of Kankali in a fort 20 miles north of Kawardha, the nearest village being Boria, three miles to the south-east. The inscribed sculptures of this place have been removed to Kawardha, so that there remain only two records in situ, viz., the name of Magaradhvaja Jogi with his invariable figure 700 and that of Devadasa who appears to have been another pilgrim like Magaradhvaja.
Of the four inscriptions removed to Kawardha, two were Sati pillars which now support the mandapa of Rama's temple there, while the other two, recorded on the pedestals of statues, are kept in the Burha Mahadeva (बूढा महादेव) temple near the new court-house. One of them is undated and gives no information beyond the name of Jasaraja.
The other one is dated in what appears to be Samvat 945 or 915, and is engraved on the pedestal of a royal bearded figure' who is seated with hands joined in devotional posture. It records the construction of a temple (prasāda) for the salvation of her father by one Vāvo, daughter of Vānchhā, the mother of the wise Pandu (पांडू), son of Thakur Mandu (ठाकुर मांडू), the Prime Minister (mahāmātya) of the Maharanaka Jasarajadeva (महाराणक जसराजदेव). It appears that Mandu and his wife had died and their daughter built a temple in the name of her parents. The sculpture has three figures, two of a couple with haloes behind them, and the third of a female without any such insignia.
Apparently, the couple represents the parents and the simple female figure their devoted daughter.
[p.166]: General Cunningham read the date as 910 or 1110, which the inspection of the inscription does not confirm. The figures are badly formed, and they were once read as 849.1
The chief Jasarajadeva is apparently the same as Yasoraja of the Sahaspur inscription, which is dated in Samvat 934, or 1183 A. D., and the present reading of the date goes to establish the identification more closely than before. Jasaraja is described a Maharanaka or feudatory chief, the nucleus of whose dominions was obviously the Kawardha State. It seems possible that Yasoraja or Jasaraja was a descendant of Gopaladeva of the Boramdeo temple inscription. The latter flourished a century earlier than the former.
In the temple of Rama, on the Ujiyar Sagar tank, there are two inscribed pillars which are much worn. They appear to be Sati stones utilized as pillars to support the mandapa of the temple which was built only about a century ago from stones and materials brought from Boria (or Kankali). One of the inscriptions is dated in Samvat 1414 on Monday the 12th of the bright fortnight of Margasirsha, corresponding to Monday the 5th December 1356 A. D., during the reign of Maharaja Sri Ramadeva, and the other in Samvat 1422 on Monday the 13th of the bright half of Jyeshtha, corresponding to Monday the 13th May 1364 A. D. This stone records that the deceased Nayaka Mahadeva had three wives, Metāī , Jaukhāī and Divamāī, of whom only Metāī committed Sati, and it was in her honour that the pillar was erected. The Hindu sentiment
1. Asiatic Researches, Volume XV, page 506.
[p.167]: would not allow a tombstone to be put up in a place of worship, but neither the builder of Rama's temple nor the citizens of Kawardha ever dreamt that these pillars contained records of this nature.
There are a number of Sati records in Chhapri and Boria. Two of these, belonging to Boria, have been utilized as pillars in Rama's temple at Kawardha. They belong to the 14th Century A. D,. To the same period belong the Sati pillars of Chhapri, one of which is dated in Samvat 1430, or A.D. 1373, and another in Samvat 1445, or A.D. 1388.
Boria Statue Inscriptions of Jasarajadeva Kalachuri year 910 (1158 AD)
[p.585]: These inscriptions were discovered in 1881-82 by Sir A Cunningham near the ruins of a temple of the goddess Kankālī in an old deserted fort, 3 miles to the north-west of the village Bôriâ. This village is situated about 20 miles to the north of Kawardha, the chief town of a former feudatory State of the same name in the Chhattisgarh Division of Madhya Pradesh. Cunningham published a transcript and a photozincogiaph of the inscriptions in Archaeological Survey of India Reports, Vol XVII, p 44 and plate xxii. They were subsequently noticed by Rai Bahadur Hiralal in his inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar. They are edited here for the first time from excellent ink impressions kindly supplied by Mr. M A Suboor of the Central Museum, Nagpur.
They are two inscriptions, each on a separate statue. Both are in a good state of preservation. The characters are Nâgarï and language Sanskrit Each consists of only three lines. The average size of the letters in the first or larger one is 5" and that of the second is 7" .
The larger Inscription (A) of the two records is incised on the pedestal of a bearded figure with hands joined in adoration. It mentions Thākura Māltu, the Chief Minister (Mahāmātya) of the illustrious and victorious king, Mahārānaka Jasarājadeva, and names his son, mother and daughter. The object of it is to record the construction of a temple by Māltu for the religious merit of his father. This temple is evidently identical with the present one dedicated to the goddess Kankālī
The second inscription (B) also mentions the illustrious Jasarājadeva. The object of it is apparently to record that the statue on which it is incised represents Jāgu, the son of Dhirachhëndra, who was a military officer, evidently, of Jasrājadeva. He is stated to be a devoted disciple.
The first inscription contains the date, Samvat 910, expressed in decimal figures, of an unspecified era. It must, of course, be referred to the Kalachuri era. It does not admit of verification, but as an expired year, it would correspond to 1158-59 A C. The second inscription is undated, but is clearly of the same period.
Jasarājadeva, mentioned in both the records, is evidently identical with Yasorāja whose inscription, dated K 934, was found at Sahaspur in the same State of Kawardha.
He was probably a feudatory of the Kalachuris.
1. This date is furnished by the first or larger of the two inscriptions. The smaller one is undated.
2. 'The Memorandum of Inscriptions in Chhattisgarh', published by Sri R Jenkins in A R , Vol XV, p. 506, mentions two records at Borea of Pandua, one of them being dated Samvat 849, Thèse appear to be different from those edited here See C A S I R , Vol XVII, p 44
3. First ed , pp 165 ff, second ed , pp 177 ff
4. Cunningham gives the date as Samvat 910 in one place and as Samvat 1110 in another. See his A S I R , Vol XVII, pp 44-5 Hiralal read it as 945 or 915. Jasarājadeva of the present inscription is probably identical with Yasôrāja of the Sahaspur inscription (No. 115) which is dated in the (Kalachuri) year 934. If the date of the present inscription is also in the Kalachuri era, as appears probable, the reading 1110 is impossible. If referred to the Vikrama era, this date would be too early for Jasarâjadêva, judging from the characters of the inscription. It is also unlikely to be a date of the Saka era as shown by the Word Samvat prefixed to it, though it would, in that case, not be impossible for Jasarâjadêva. The figures of the date are very badly formed. The Sahaspur inscription indicates that the first figure is intended to be 9. The last two figures appear to be 1 and 0. In any case the last figure cannot be read as 5, for the contemporary shape of which, see L-6 of the Sahaspur inscription.
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| Boria Statue Inscriptions of Jasarajadeva Kalachuri year 910 (1158 AD)[2] |
[p.586]: Hall ! (There is) the illustrious and victorious king Jasarājadeva . Of him (who is) Mahārānaka, the Mahāmātya (Chief Minister) is the Thākura Māltu. His son, deserving of highest praise by his intelligence, is a Thākura, well-known by the name Pāltu. His mother is Vāltā. His daughter is well-known by the name Vāvo (This) blessed temple has been erected for the religious merit of his father. The year 910
The Sûtradhāra (artisan) was Dharaṇīdhara.
(This is) the illustrious Jasarājadeva. His Dandanāyaka (is) Jāgu, the son of the illustrious Dhirachhendra, the Thākura who is a devoted disciple.
Note by Wiki editor
- Kali Kankali (काली-कंकाली कोटा) is Goddess at Kota in Rajasthan. This shows that Nagavanshis of Kota and Kawardha are related with each other.
Note by Wiki editor
- Kali Kankali (काली-कंकाली कोटा) is Goddess at Kota in Rajasthan. This shows that Nagavanshis of Kota and Kawardha are related with each other.
Population
Boriya has a total population of 1,027 peoples, out of which male population is 503 while female population is 524. Literacy rate of boriya village is 49.66% out of which 60.24% males and 39.50% females are literate. There are about 241 houses in boriya village. Pincode of boriya village locality is 491995. Bodla is nearest town to boriya for all major economic activities, which is approximately 25km away.[3]
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