Roda Sabarkantha
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Roda (रोदा) is an archaeological site in Sabarkantha district in Gujrat, India. It is located between Raisingpura (Roda) and Khed Chandarani villages, 18 km from Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district.
Origin
Roda literally means brick-bats in Gujarati. The site derived its name from the these ruins containing brickbats and an old hamlet near the site.[1][2] Khed Chandrani is a nearby village.
Variants
- Roda Sabarkantha रोदा, जिला साबरकांठा, गुजरात, (AS, p.803)
History
The Khed-Roda Group of Monuments include 8th-9th century dated seven Hindu temples built during Gurjara-Pratihara or Rashtrakuta period. It also include a reservoir (Kund) and a stepwell. They are located between Raisingpura (Roda) and Khed Chandarani villages, 18 km from Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, India.[3] It is located on the bank of the seasonal stream which merges Hathmati river downstream.
The site was not known to the early archeologists. It was first studied by P. A. Inamdar in 1926 followed by U. P. Shah and M. A. Dhaky in 1960s. Dhaky considered these monuments as the "great-grandfather" of the Solanki architecture of Gujarat, also known as Maru-Gurjara architecture.[4][5][6]
रोदा, जिला साबरकांठा, गुजरात
रोदा (AS, p.803): साबरकांठा ज़िला, गुजरात का एक ऐतिहासिक स्थान है। 10वीं शती ई. के एक मंदिर के अवशेष इस स्थान से सन 1955 ई. के प्रारंभ में प्राप्त हुए थे। यह मंदिर गुजरात के मध्यकालीन मंदिरों के अनुरूप ही जान पड़ता है। [7]
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References
- ↑ P. A. Inamdar (1926). Some Archaeological Finds in the Idar State. Department of Archaeology, Idar State. pp. 17–19.
- ↑ Susan Verma Mishra; Himanshu Prabha Ray (5 August 2016). The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces: The Temple in Western India, 2nd Century BCE–8th Century CE. Routledge. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-317-19374-6.
- ↑ Gujarat (India) (1974). Gujarat State Gazetteers: Sabarkantha. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State. p. 727
- ↑ P. A. Inamdar (1926). Some Archaeological Finds in the Idar State. Department of Archaeology, Idar State. pp. 17–19.
- ↑ Susan Verma Mishra; Himanshu Prabha Ray (5 August 2016). The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces: The Temple in Western India, 2nd Century BCE–8th Century CE. Routledge. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-317-19374-6.
- ↑ Susan Verma Mishra; Himanshu Prabha Ray (5 August 2016). The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces: The Temple in Western India, 2nd Century BCE–8th Century CE. Routledge. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-317-19374-6.
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.803