Nachane Ki Talai
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Nachane Ki Talai (नचने की तलाई) is an archaeological site Panna District of Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Location
Nachane-Ki-Talai is near the border of Satna district. It is 2 miles to the west of the town of Ganj, which is 25 miles to the south-east of Panna, and 15 miles to the south-west of Nâgodh (Satna district)
Variants
- Nachane Ki Talai नचने की तलाई (बुंदेलखंड), (म.प्र.) (AS, p.477)
- Nachnā-kī-talāi
History
Nachane Ki Talai slab of Vyāghradeva
A rough slab of stone. Its dimensions are not reported, but must be larger than the inscribed area, which is reported. It bears an incomplete inscription (inscription IN000198) on one of its sides and a complete inscription (inscription IN000199) on its face, assumed to be the top. ASIR 21:98 assumes the former is an unfinished repetition of the latter; leet 1888:233 and Mirashi 1963:89 (following Fleet) believe the former was left incomplete because that side of the stone was found too rough, and was re-commenced on another side.[1]
The Nachnā-kī-talāi stone inscription was located in 1883-84 by Alexander Cunningham. The inscription is inscribed on two sides of a loose slab which was found on the ground outside the fort of Kuṭhārā. (Shastri, p. 55). The inscription is identical to the one found at Ganj. The inscription records the meritorious action of Vyāghradeva who is described in the inscription as meditating upon the feet of Pṛthivīṣeṇa. (Shastri, p. 55) It has not been definitively proven whether the inscriptions refer to Pṛthivīṣeṇa I or Pṛthivīṣeṇa II. It is assumed that Vyāghradeva was a feudatory or officer under the Pṛthivīṣeṇa mentioned in the inscription.[2]
History details: Discovered by Cunningham in 1883-84, lying on the ground outside the fort of Kuṭhārā near the village Nacne-kī-Talāī, probably around 24.399298, 80.447427. Mirashi_1963:89 gives the location of the place as "about seven miles north-west of Jasō." ASIR 21:95 calls the village Nachna and says it is "2 miles to the west of the town of Ganj, which is 25 miles to the south-east of Panna, and 15 miles to the south-west of Nâgodh." He adds that Kuthara, apparently the area between Ganj and Nachna, is believed to have been an ancient city and there are many remains of brick buildings in the area. The same site is described in PRAS-W 1920:60 as being "Seven miles to the south-east of Jaso, as the crow flies." As of 2016, Google Maps shows a region named Nachne about seven miles southwest (neither northwest, nor southeast) of Jaso. The village of Ganj is a little further to the southwest of this region. The two temples described by Cunningham as being in Nachna (a Caturmukha Mahādeva and a Pārvatī temple) seem to be just outside this Ganj on the south (24.399298, 80.447427), and the former is named Nachna Kuthar ka Chaumukhnath Mandir, so the identity is quite certain. The fort may be the elevated region a little further to the south beyond a lake (perhaps the Talai in the name?).[3]
नचने की तलाई
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[4] ने लेख किया है ...नचने की तलाई (AS, p.477) बुंदेलखंड, मध्य प्रदेश में स्थित एक ऐतिहासिक स्थान है। वाकाटक वंश के महाराज पृथ्वीसेन के दो अभिलेख इस स्थान पर गुप्त कालीन ब्राह्मी लिपि में अंकित पाये गए हैं। इस स्थान से प्राप्त पहले अभिलेख में केवल महाराज पृथ्वीसेन का उल्लेख है और दूसरे में इनके सामंत व्याघ्रदेव का। अभिलेखों में व्याघ्रदेव द्वारा किसी मंदिर, कूप या तड़ाग आदि के बनवाए जाने का उल्लेख है, जिसमें अभिलेख का पत्थर जड़ा रहा होगा।