Dahalamandala

Dahalamandala (डहलमंडल) was a region near Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh. Malkapur inscription (Buldhana, Maharashtra) describes region between Ganga River and Narmada as Dahalamandala.

Origin

Dahal clan Jats may give name to the region.

Variants

• Dahala Mandala (डहलमंडल) दे. डाहल (AS, p.380)
• Dahala डहल = डाहल (AS, p.380)
• Dahala डाहल = डाहाल (AS, p.381)
• Dabhal डभाल = डाभाल दे. डाहल (AS, p.380)
• Dabhal डाभाल दे. Dabhal डभाल ((AS, p.380)p.380)
• Dahal Desha/Dahal Desa/Dahaldesha (डहलदेश)

Jat clans

• Dahal (डहल)
• Dahal (डाहल)

History

Dahal clan now found in Multan district, had given its name to the Berar area of Madhya Pradesh in medieval times when that area was called Dahal Desa. Piawan Inscriptions of 789 K.S. (A.D. 1038) mentions Sri Dhahalan iti. 'Kitabul-Hind of Beruni mentions a Dahala with its capital of Tripuri as one of the countries of India.

Damoh Stone Inscription of Vijayasimha

(Deposited in the Nagpur Museum)

This record is in Rajasthani and Sanskrit, the one being a free translation of the other. It recites that one Vijayapala was born in the Visvamitra gotra. He conquered a great hero named Kāī. His son was Bhuvanapala, whose son Harsharaja is stated to have defeated the kings of Kalanjara, Dahali (Dāhal), Gurjara and the Deccan, Harsharaja's son was Vijayasimha, a virtuous man devoted to Bhambhukadeva. He is said to have fought at Chittor, conquered the Delhi armies, scattered the Deccan forces close to Mahāgadh, and driven out the Gurjaras.

The absence of any regal title indicates that the persons named in the record were perhaps commanders of armies who overran a number of countries, including Dahala, the Kalachuris' kingdom, which included Damoh. They left no trace of their raid except this inscription, the language of which points to their home in Rajasthan.

It is possible that they may have been related to the Guhila Princes of Mevad. In that dynasty there was one Vijayasimha who married Syamaladevi, daughter of Udayaditya of Malava, by whom he had a daughter Alhanadevi who married Gayakarna of Dahala. Unfortunately the stone is broken, so resulting in loss of date if at all it were there!.

Source - Hira Lal:Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar, p.49

डभाल = डाभाल

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...डभाल = डाभाल (AS, p.380)- डभाल या 'डाभाल' जबलपुर, मध्य प्रदेश का परिवर्ती क्षेत्र है। पाँचवी शती ई. के अंतिम तथा छठी शती ई. के प्रारंभिक वर्षों में यहाँ परिव्राजक महाराजाओं का शासन था। परिव्राजक राजाओं के अनेक अभिलेख इस प्रदेश में प्राप्त हुए हैं, जिनमें डभाल या डाभाल का नामोल्लेख भी है। परिवर्तीकाल में डभाल को 'डाहाल' भी कहा जाता था, और त्रिपुरी इसी के अन्तर्गत थी। खोह के दानपट्ट से ज्ञात होता है कि परिव्राजक महाराज हस्तिन को डभाल तथा अन्य अट्ठारह राज्य उत्तराधिकार में प्राप्त हुए थे। राजपूतों के उत्कर्ष काल में डभाल में हैहय अथवा त्रिपुरी के कलचुरियों का राज्य था। (दे. डाहल)

डाहल = डाहाल

डाहल या 'डाहाल' (AS, p.381) बुंदेलखंड में जबलपुर ज़िला (मध्य प्रदेश) का निकटवर्ती भाग था। इसका गुप्त कालीन नाम 'डभाल' या 'डाभाल' था। परवर्ती काल में जब यहाँ त्रिपुरी के कलचुरियों का राज्य था, इसे 'डहल' या 'डाहल' कहा जाता था। मलकापुर अभिलेख के अनुसार गंगा नदी और नर्मदा नदी के बीच का प्रदेश 'डहलमंडल' कहलाता था-'भागीरथी नर्मदयोर्मध्यं डहलमंडलम्।'

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