Shergarh Kota

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Shergarh (शेरगढ़) is an ancient village in Pipalda tahsil in Kota district in Rajasthan. It is historical place.

Location

It is 90 miles south-west of Kota.

Jat Gotras Namesake

Given below is partial list of the peoples or places in Kota of Rajasthan, which have phonetic similarity with Jat clans or Jat Places. In list below those on the left are Jat clans (or Jat Places) and on right are people or place names in Kota District. Such a similarity is probably due to the fact that Nagavanshi Jats had been rulers of this area in antiquity as is proved by Inscriptions found in this region and mentioned in Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat.

History

Its ancient name was Koshavardhana (कोशवर्धन). There was an epigraph of 10th century, and also of later period refer to building of Jina temples, and also to festival connected with Neminatha at this town.

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The Paramara King Bhoja had constructed Mahakaleshwar temple between 1000-1050 AD. We also know from Udayaditya (1070-1080) prasasti at Udaipur as a Nagavanshi Inscription at Mahakal temple. Udayaditya was successor of Jayasimha. We know about nine Inscriptions of Udayaditya at Ujjain, Udaipur, Dhar, Un and Kamed. He was responsible for construction of Nilakantheshwara temple at Udaipur. His Gold coins have been located at Indore.

The Udaipur Stone Inscription of Udayaditya (EI,I,22) states that he was the son of Gyāta, the grandson of Goṇḍala. In the Pathashala of Bhoja, there is an inscription of two verses in Nagabandha figure composed by Udayaditya. Similar verses are also found at Ujjain and Un. He was follower of Shaivism. He granted the village of Vilapadraka to the temple of Somanatha, which was situated in the fort of Koshavardhana i.e. the modern Shergarh (EI, XXIII, pp.131ff).

Shergarh Inscription of 791 CE

In The Indian antiquary, volume 14, page 45 it is written, that an inscription of the Nagavanshi rulers dated January 15, 791 CE was found at Shergarh, District Kotah, Rajasthan. In that inscription the names of four Jat kings is mentioned - Bindunaga, Padmanaga, Sarvasara, and Devadatta. This tells us the name queen of Sarvanaga as Shree and Devadatta has been mentioned as Samanta.

इण्डियन एंटीक्वेरी जिल्द 14, पृ० 45 पर लिखा है कि शेरगढ़ (कोटा राज्य) के द्वार पर नागवंशज राजाओं का शिलालेख, 15 जनवरी 791 ई० का खुदवाया हुआ मिला है जिसने उस स्थान पर विन्दुनाग, पद्मनाम, सर्वनाग, देवदत्त नामक चार नाग नरेशों का शासन होना सिद्ध होता है।

Shergarh Inscription of v.s.879 (AD 822) of Samanta Devadatta

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जाट इतिहास

दलीप सिंह अहलावत ने पुष्टि की है कि नागवंशी जाटों का राज्य कान्तिपुर, मथुरा, पद्मावती, कौशाम्बी, अहिक्षतपुर, नागपुर, चम्पावती (भागलपुर), बुन्देलखण्ड तथा मध्यप्रान्त पश्चिमी मालवा, नागौर (जोधपुर) पर रहा. इनके अतिरिक्त शेरगढ़ कोटा राज्य की प्राचीन भूमि पर, मध्यप्रदेश में चुटिया, नागपुर, खैरागढ़, चक्रकोट एवं कवर्धा में भी इस वंश का राज्य था.

External Links

• Imperial gazetteer of India Vol.XXII

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