Dabhoi

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Dabhoi (दभोई) is a city in Vadodara district in the state of Gujarat, India.

Origin

Variants

History

Dhabhoi was historically known as Darbhavati, Darbikagrama, Darbhavatipura and Dabhohi. It is first mentioned in the 6th century astronomical treatise Romaka Siddhanta. It was an important pilgrim site for Hindus due to Kalika temple and for Jains as well. It is also mentioned in several Jain works such as Hemachandra's Yogartrevritti and Ramchandra's Vikramcharitra.[1]

The town and its surroundings were under Chavda and later under Chaulukya rulers who built few buildings and temples from the 9th century.[2]

The fortification of it is ascribed to the Chaulukya king of Gujarat, Jayasimha Siddharaja (1093-1143 AD), who made this his frontier fortress. The architectural style and the exquisite stone carving and iconography on the fort walls and gates suggests that it was conceived and constructed in the same period as Rudra Mahalaya and Zinzuwada Fort. It is mentioned as an important city in the Jain inscriptions of Girnar (VS 1288).

In the 13th century, the town came under Vaghela rule. The information on Dabhoi can be found in prashastis and inscriptions such as Someshwar prashasti which mentions that the fort surrounding he town was built (1231 CE) during the reign of Vaghela ruler Viradhavala, father of Visaladeva, who made it his frontier fortress. He carried out the construction as a celebration of the birth of his son. The gates of it were said to constructed by his ministers Vastupala and Tejapala.[3]

The Vaidyanatha-Mahadeva temple, Parsavanath Jain temple, torana in white marble, Vireshwara temple and Kumbeshwara complex were also built in the 13th century. Of all these, only gates, Vaidyanatha Mahadeva temple and Parshwanath Jain temples are in good condition. The ruins other structures and a kund suggest the grandeur of the town in the 13th and 14th century.[4] It came under the Gujarat Sultanate later.

It was a district headquarter during the Mughal rule in Gujarat.[5]

The battle of Dabhoi was fought on 1 April 1731 between Trimbakrao Dabhade and Bajirao Peshwa.

Later it was under the Baroda State.[6]

In Mahabharata

Darvika (दर्वीक) in Mahabharata (VI.10.53)


Sandhya Jain[7]has mentioned Darvika/Darva as one of Mahabharata Tribes, listed in 'geography' of Mahabharata (VI.10.53); associated with Kashmir who fought with the Kauravas (VII.66.42).


Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 10 describes geography and provinces of Bharatavarsha. Darvika (दर्वीक) is mentioned in Mahabharata (VI.10.53). [8]....the Darvikas, the Kachas, the Darvas, the Vatajamas, the Rathoragas, Bahuvadyas, the Kauravyas, the Sudamanas, the Sumallikas;....

दभोई

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[9] ने लेख किया है ...दभोई (AS, p.425) भारत के गुजरात राज्य में बड़ोदरा (बड़ौदा) ज़िले में बड़ोदरा नगर से 16 मील दक्षिण-पूर्व में स्थित एक प्रसिद्ध नगर है। दभोई का प्राचीन नाम 'दर्भावती' या 'दर्भवती' था। यहाँ ऐतिहासिक दृष्टि से महत्त्वपूर्ण एक मन्दिर के प्राचीन अवशेष भी प्राप्त हुए हैं। दभोई भड़ौच से 25 मील की दूरी पर स्थित है। पुरानी व्यापारिक मंडी के रूप में भी दभोई प्रसिद्ध है। 10वीं शती के एक मंदिर के अवशेष यहाँ से कुछ वर्ष पूर्व मिले थे। उत्खनन कार्य निर्मल कुमार बोस तथा अमृत पांड्या द्वारा किया गया था। दभोई या दर्भावती का जैन तीर्थ के रूप में उल्लेख जैन स्तोत्र ग्रंथ 'तीर्थमाला चैत्यवंदन' में है- 'श्री तेजल्लविहार निंबतटके चंद्रे च दर्भावते।'

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References

  1. Saxena, Adhya Bharti (2000). "DABOHI - AN URBAN SETTLEMENT OF CENTRAL GUJARAT C.1000 - C. 1800 A.D.". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 61: 358–364. JSTOR 44148112.
  2. Saxena, Adhya Bharti (2000). "DABOHI - AN URBAN SETTLEMENT OF CENTRAL GUJARAT C.1000 - C. 1800 A.D.". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 61: 358–364. JSTOR 44148112.
  3. Saxena, Adhya Bharti (2000). "DABOHI - AN URBAN SETTLEMENT OF CENTRAL GUJARAT C.1000 - C. 1800 A.D.". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 61: 358–364. JSTOR 44148112.
  4. Saxena, Adhya Bharti (2000). "DABOHI - AN URBAN SETTLEMENT OF CENTRAL GUJARAT C.1000 - C. 1800 A.D.". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 61: 358–364. JSTOR 44148112.
  5. Saxena, Adhya Bharti (2000). "DABOHI - AN URBAN SETTLEMENT OF CENTRAL GUJARAT C.1000 - C. 1800 A.D.". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 61: 358–364. JSTOR 44148112.
  6. Saxena, Adhya Bharti (2000). "DABOHI - AN URBAN SETTLEMENT OF CENTRAL GUJARAT C.1000 - C. 1800 A.D.". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 61: 358–364. JSTOR 44148112.
  7. Sandhya Jain: Adideo Arya Devata, A Panoramic view of Tribal-Hindu Cultural Interface, Published in 2004 by Rupa & Co, 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi, p. 124,s.n.30
  8. दर्वीकाः सकचा दर्वा वातजाम रथोरगाः, बहु वाद्याश च कौरव्य सुदामानः सुमल्लिकाः (VI.10.53)
  9. Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.425