Vaghadeva
Vaghadeva (वाघदेव) was a Pratihara ruler of Singorgarh in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh. Maharajaputra Shri Vaghadeva was a feudatory of the Chandela kings Bhojavarman and Hammiravarman. The Singorgarh Fort was under the Pratiharas and later the Gonds of Garha Kingdom.
History
The Parihar chief named Vaghadeva, who ruled the Damoh-Jabalpur area, appears to have been a vassal of Hammiravarman. A 1304 CE sati stone inscription from Salaiya village states that it was issued during the reign of Maharajaputra ("King's son") Vaghadeva. A 1308 CE Sati record from Bamni village (in Damoh district) also mentions Vaghadeva as the contemporary ruler. In addition, it describes his suzerain Hammiravarman as Kalanjaradhipati ("Lord of Kalanjara"). However, a 1309 CE sati stone from the Salaiya village names "Alayadina Sultana" (Sultan Alauddin Khalji) as the contemporary ruler. This indicates that by 1309, the Delhi Sultanate had captured this area.[1]
Muslim sources indicate that the Delhi forces were marching towards Deccan by the late 1300s. This suggests that they might have captured the Damoh-Jabalpur area that fell on the way to Deccan. However, a 1311 CE sati stone found at Ajaygadh suggests that Ajaygadh (and possibly Kalanjara) remained under Chandela rule. There is no record of these having been captured by the Delhi Sultanate during Alauddin Khalji's reign.[2]
Inscriptions
(100) Bamhni Sati Inscription of 1308 AD
Source - Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932,pp.57
[p.57]: Bamhni is 21 miles from Hata. It contains a very important Sati record in which the name of the king Hammiravarma of Kalinjara is mentioned as a sovereign lord of the ruling prince Vaghadeva in samvat 1365 or 1308 AD. Until this was found the last king of the Chandela Dynasty was Bhojavarmadeva ruling in 1287 AD.
Wiki Editor notes:
- Bamnya (बामण्या) (Jat clan) → Bamni (बमनी) is a village in Patera tahsil in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh. It contains a very important Sati record in which the name of the king Hammiravarma of Kalinjara is mentioned as a sovereign lord of the ruling prince Vaghadeva in samvat 1365 or 1308 AD. Until this was found the last king of the Chandela Dynasty was Bhojavarmadeva ruling in 1287 AD.[3]
(101) Salaiya Sati Inscription of 1304 AD
Source - Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932,pp.57
[p.57]: Salaiya Khurd is a Govt Forest village, 17 miles from Damoh. It has two sati records one of which dated in samvat 1362 or 1304 AD mentions Vaghadeva as ruling the country, while the second dated in samvat 1366 or 1309 AD gives the name of Allauddin as the sovereign lord. 3 miles away at Bamhani (see no.100) there is another record of 1308 AD mentioning Vaghadeva as the ruler. Thus we come to the conclusion that Parihara rule in Damoh came to an end in 1309 AD and Musalmans took there place.
(118) Sun River Slab of 1302 AD
Source - Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932, p.63
[p.63]: On the bank of Sun River near Rond there is a stone dated in 1302 AD with the figure of a horseman named Baiju, who is described as Vaghadeva's Dagi (दागी), a term which seems to have been used for some military officer. It is possible that in course of time it gave its name to the occupational caste, now known as Dangi (दांगी), with a military swagger about them found in this part of the country as did Paik (soldier) and Joshi (astrologer) etc to other castes following those professions.
Wiki editor Notes
- Dangi (दांगी) (Jat clan) → Dangi (दांगी). Dangi (दांगी) is mentioned in (118) Sun River Slab of 1302 AD.[4] which reveals that On the bank of Sun River near Rond there is a stone dated in 1302 AD with the figure of a horseman named Baiju, who is described as Vaghadeva's Dagi (दागी), a term which seems to have been used for some military officer. It is possible that in course of time it gave its name to the occupational caste, now known as Dangi (दांगी), with a military swagger about them found in this part of the country.
(99) Ishvaramau (Hindoria) Inscription 1287 AD
Source - Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932,pp.56-57
[p.56]:Ishvaramau (ईश्वरमऊ), now a deserted quarter of Hindoria, is 11 miles from Damoh. The stone inscription found there refers to the reign of Bhojavaramadeva of Kalanjara under whom the prince Vaghadeva was ruling. It is dated in samvat 1344 , Vaishakh sudi 3, Thursday, [p.57]: regularly corresponding to the 17th April 1287 AD on which date a gift was made.
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References
- ↑ Dikshit 1976, p. 178.
- ↑ Dikshit 1976, p. 178.
- ↑ Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932,pp.57
- ↑ Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Nagpur, 1932, p.63