Vyaghradeva

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Vyaghradeva (व्याघ्रादेव) , mentioned in Nachane-Ki-Talai Stone Inscriptions of Vyaghradeva, was a vassal of Vakataka King Prithivishena I. Bhim Singh Dahiya considers Vyaghradeva to be an ancestor of Varika kings of Mandsor.

Variants

• Vyaghra Rata
• Vyaghrarata/Vyagharaja

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Vaghere (वघेरे) (Jat clan) → Vyaghradeva (व्याघ्रादेव), mentioned in Nachane-Ki-Talai Stone Inscriptions of Vyaghradeva, was a vassal of Vakataka King Prithivishena I.

History

Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi mentions that The Nachane-Ki-Talai Stone Inscriptions of Vyaghradeva is not dated, but since it belongs to the reign of Prithivishena II as shown above, it may be referred to the period 470 to 490 A.C. Vyaghradeva of the present inscriptions is probably identical with the king Vyaghra of the Uchchhakalpa dynasty who was ruling over the region in the same period. The latter’s son Jayanatha was ruling in G. 174 and G. 177³ . His reign may therefore have extended from G. 170 to G. 190. Vyaghra, his father, was therefore probably ruling from circa G. 150 to G. 170 i.e. from 470 A.C. to 490 A.C. He was thus a contemporary of the Vakataka king Prithivishena II.

नचने की तलाई

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर 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।

Jat History

Bhim Singh Dahiya writes that ....We have seen that Vyaghra Rata was an ancestor of Varika kings of Mandsor. This Vyaghradeva is the author of a donation of temple, etc. ³¹ At that time he was subordinate to Prithvisena of Vakataka dynasty and this inscription is found in the same region of Bundellkhand. Samudragupta is reported to have conquered a Vyaghraraja of Mahākāntāra and he is identified with the Vyaghradeva of Bundelkhand.³² Just as the so called Guptas were having ministers and generals with foreign name (Amrakardava, son of Undana,³³ Sanakanika Maharaja-Dhala, son of Chhaglasa ³⁴, similarly Yasovardhana/Yashovarmana/Yasodharmana of Mandsor, granddson of Vyaghrarata/Vyagharaja, employed foreigners like Malada, whose father is called Margapati, lord of the north (Udichipati) and Pritita-Tikin (distinguished Tegin). All these are non-Indian, Central Asian names and titles.³⁵ When ministers and generals are foreigners, the sovereign is also likely to be of foreign origin.

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31. CII, Vol. III, S. No. 54.

32. ABORI, 1924, Vol. V, pp. 31-34.

33. CII, Vol. III, NO.5.

34. ibid., No.2.

35, EI Vol. XX, p. 37 ff.

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