Pravarapura
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Pravarapura (प्रवरपुर) was the city built by king Pravarasena II. [1] It is identified variously: 1. With present Srinagar town in Kashmir. 2. Pravarapura (प्रवरपुर) is also name of Pavnar village in Wardha district of Maharashtra.[2] 3. Recent archaeological discoveries strongly suggest that the site is to be identified with an extensive settlement found near Mansar in Nagpur district.[3]
Variants
- Purika पूरिका, दे. Pravarapura प्रवरपुर (AS, p.565)
- Pravarapura प्रवरपुर, महाराष्ट्र, (AS, p.587)
- Pravareśvara/Pravareshvara (प्रवरेश्वर)
History
Chammak Plates of 18th year of Pravarasena II [4] were issued by Pravarasena II of the Vakataka dynasty from Pravarapura. The object of the inscription is to record the (p.22) grant, by Pravarasena II, of the village Charmanka situated on the bank of the Madhunadi in the rājya (division) of Bhojakata.
Pravarapura, which finds a mention here for the first time, was evidently the later capital of Pravarasena II. His earlier capital was Nandivardhana from which his two earlier grants were issued. Pravarapura was evidently founded by Pravarasena II and named after himself. He appears to have shifted his seat of government there some time after his eleventh regnal year. The exact location of Pravarapura was long uncertain; but the recent discovery of several sculptures of the Gupta-Vakataka period at Pavnar, 6 miles from Wardha, has rendered it probable that the village marks the site of ancient Pravarapura.
Charmanka is, of course, Chammak where the plates were discovered.
The Madhunadi on the bank of which it was situated is now called Chandrabhaga.
Bhojakata, the headquarters of the division (rajya) in which Charmanka was included, is an ancient city. It was founded by Rukmin, the brother-in-law of Krishna. When the latter abducted his sister Rukmini, he vowed that he would not return to Kundinapura, the capital of Vidarbha, unless he killed Krishna and rescued his sister. As he did not succeed in this, he refused to return to Kundinapura, but founded a new city named Bhojakata where he fixed his residence[5]. Bhojakata is usually identified with Bhatkuli (भाटकुली), a village about 8 miles from Amaravati where there is still a temple of Rukmin. (p.23)
प्रवरपुर महाराष्ट्र
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[6] ने लेख किया है .....प्रवरपुर (AS, p.587): महाराष्ट्र का एक ऐतिहासिक स्थान है जो वाकाटक-नरेशों (5वीं शती ई.) की राजधानी थी। इसे प्रवरसेन ने बसाया था। इसका दूसरा नाम पुरिका भी था। संभवत: वर्तमान पौनार ही प्राचीन प्रवरपुर है।
प्रवरपुर, जम्मू कश्मीर
प्रवरपुर जम्मू कश्मीर राज्य की ग्रीष्मकालीन राजधानी श्रीनगर का ऐतिहासिक नाम है। झेलम पर चौथे पुल के निकट दक्षिण तट पर पाँच शिखरों वाला महाश्रीमन्दिर, जिसे प्रवरसेन द्वितीय ने अपार धन व्यय करके निर्मित करवाया था, उसे शाह सिकन्दर द्वारा 1404 ई. में अपनी बेगम की मृत्यु पर मक़बरे में बदल दिया गया। यह स्थान अब मक़बरा शाही के रूप में प्रसिद्ध है। केवल शंकराचार्य का प्राचीन मन्दिर ही अब श्रीनगर का प्राचीन हिन्दू स्मारक बचा है।[7]
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References
- ↑ Rajatarangini Book IV (p.77)
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.22-27
- ↑ Bakker, Hans (2008). Mansar, Pravarasena and his Capital. University of Groningen.p.4
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (inscriptions Of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.22-27
- ↑ अनानीय स्वसारं तु रूक्मी मानमदान्वित:। हीनप्रतिज्ञो नैच्छ्त्स प्रवेष्टुं कुण्डिनं पुरम् ॥ विदर्भेषु निवासार्थ निर्ममेSन्यत्पुरं महत् । तद्भोजकटमित्येव बभूव भुवि विश्रुतम् ॥ Harivansha, II, 60, 31-32
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.587
- ↑ साभार bhartdiscovery.org