🕉️Inscriptions related to Mewar
🌄Padrao Inscription
- 📜 Acquisition: The oldest known inscription from the time of Maharana Kumbha (VS 1490)
📜Chikli Copper Plate (1483 CE)
- 📖 Key Information:
- 🧾 Description of various taxes and levies collected from the peasants
📜Pura Copper Plate (1535 CE)
- 📖 Key Information:
- 🔥 Mention of the jauhar (mass self-immolation) of Rajput women during Bahadur Shah’s attack on Chittor
- 👑 Land grant made by Queen Karmavati before entering the jauhar
🏛️Kirtisstambha Inscription (1460 CE)
- 📍 Location: Chittorgarh Fort
- 📜 Date: December 3, 1460 CE (VS 1517)
- 📖 Key Information:
- 🏰 Titles of Maharana Kumbha: Danaguru, Chapaguru, Hindu Suratana, Rano Raso, Rajaguru, Shailguru
- ✍️ Eulogist: Poet Atri, Compiler Mahesh Bhatt
- 📚 Mention of works composed by Kumbha:
- Chandishataka
- Commentary on Gita Govinda
- Sangita Raja
🛕Ekalingji Inscription (1488 CE)
- 📍 Location: Girva Tehsil of Udaipur
- ✍️ Author: Mahesh Bhatt (Maheshwar)
- 📖 Key Information:
- 🛕 Bappa Rawal’s renunciation
- 🏰 Description of the Guhilas of Mewar
🛕Kumbhalgarh Inscription (1460 CE)
- 📍 Location: Kumbhalgarh Fort in Rajsamand district, in the Kumbhashyam Temple (currently ‘Mamadeo Temple’)
- 📜 Language: Sanskrit
- ✒️ Script: Devanagari
- 🏛️ Museum: Housed in the Udaipur Museum
- 📖 Key Information:
- 🏰 Description of the genealogy of the Maharanas of Mewar
- 🛡️ Hammira was referred to as Vishama Ghati Panchanan
- 📜 Kumbha’s tales of victory
- 🏰 Bappa Rawal was described as Vipravamsiya (of Brahmin lineage)
- ✍️ Author: Poet Mahesh Bhatt
🏞️Raj Prashasti (1676 CE)
- 📜 Location: Rajsamand Lake, Rajsamand district
- 📜 Language: Sanskrit
- 📖 Key Information:
- 🗿 24 cantos engraved on 25 black stones.
- 📖 It has been designated as a ‘Mahakavya’ (epic poem).
- 🛕 The eulogist Ranchhod Bhatt wrote it on the orders of Maharana Rajsingh.
- 🏰 Achievements of the rulers of the Mewar royal dynasty, especially Rajsingh and Jagatsingh.
- ✍️ Mention of the Mughal-Mewar Treaty.
- 🌏 It is considered the largest inscription in the world.
🛡️ Records Related to the Gurjar-Pratiharas
🛕Ghatiala Inscription (861 CE)
- 🏛️ Location: Ghatiala Village, Jodhpur (group of four inscriptions)
- 📝 One inscription in Prakrit language and another in Sanskrit language
- 📖 Praises the achievements and genealogy (from Rohilidda/Harishchandra to Kakka) of the Gurjara-Pratihara king Kakka
- 🛕 Brahmin: Oswal Brahmin dependent
- ✍️ Author: Mag Mataravi (referred to as Mag Brahmin)
- 🪔 Engraver: Goldsmith Krishnosvara
- 🛡️ Claims Kakka’s victory over the Abhiras
✨Gwalior Prashasti (around 880 CE)
- 🏛️ Location: Gwalior
- 🏅 Prashasti (eulogy) attributed to Mihirbhoja I
- 📖 Language: Sanskrit
- ✍️ Script: Northern Brahmi
- ✒️ Author: Baladita, son of Bhattadhanika
- 🕊️ Describes the genealogy and achievements of the Gurjara-Pratiharas
- Identifies the Gurjara-Pratiharas as descendants of Lord Lakshmana
🪷Mandsaur Inscriptions (685 CE and 837 CE)
- 📍 Location: Mandsaur, Jodhpur.
- 📜 Main Information:
- 🔱 First Inscription: Written on a step-well in 685 CE, focuses on the worship of Vishnu and Shiva.
- ✍️ Second Inscription: Commissioned by Gurjara-Pratihara ruler Buka in 837 CE.
- 📖 Mentions the genealogy of the Gurjara-Pratihara rulers and the worship of Vishnu and Shiva.
Buchkala Inscription (815 CE)
- 🏛️ Location: Buchkala (Bilara – Jodhpur Rural)
- 🛕 Temple: Located in the assembly hall of the Parvati Temple
- ✍️ Construction Period: During the reign of Nagabhata II, son of Vatsaraja Pratihara
- 🔎 Architect: Dei A, son of Panchhariya
- 🪔 Discoverer: Brahmbhatt Nanuram
⚔️ Records Related to the Chauhan Dynasty
🐘The Inscription of Bijolia (1170 CE)
- 🛕 Location: Parshvanath Temple, Bijolia (Bhilwara District)
- 📜 Key Information:
- 🛕 Construction Period: During the time of Chauhan King Prithviraj III‘s father Someswara
- 🏰 Mentioned Chauhan Rulers: Chauhan Dynasty of Ajmer and Sambhar
- Construction of Sambhar Lake by Chauhan Vasudeva
- Chauhan rulers described as Vatsagotra Brahmins
- Information about Vigraharaja IV conquering Delhi
- ✒️ Author: Gunabhandra
- ✍️ Engraver: Kayastha Keshava
- Jain Shravak Lolaka had the temple constructed
- 🌟 Mentioned Ancient Sites:
- Jabalipura (Jalor), Naddula (Nadol), Shakambhari (Sambhar), Dhillika (Delhi), Shrimala (Bhinmal), Mandalaka (Mandalgadh), Vindhyavalli (Bijolia), Nagahrada (Nagda), Ahicchatrapura (Nagaur)
- 🌾 Information about land grants and mention of feudalism
🌸Praise of the Temple of Harshanatha (973/975 CE)
- 🛕 Location: Village of Rewasa, Sikar District
- 🏛️ Temple Construction: During the time of Chauhan King Vigraharaja, by his feudatory Allata
- 📜 Key Information:
- 📖 Mention of Pashupata sect guru Vishvarupa
- 🏔️ Vagad referred to as Vargata
- ✍️ Mention of Chauhan lineage and their achievements
✒️Other Important Inscriptions
🏰Raysinha Inscription (1594 CE)
- 📜 Location: Near the gate of Bikaner Fort
- ✍️ Author: Jaita
- 📖 Key Information:
- 🏰 Bikaner ruler Rao Raysinha had the fort constructed through his minister Karmachand.
- 🛕 The construction work began on January 30, 1589 CE and was completed on January 17, 1594 CE.
- 🏯 The inscription provides information about the rulers from Rao Bika to Raysinha.
🕉️Abu Inscription/Lunvasahi Inscription (1230 CE)
- 🛕 Location: Lunvasahi Temple, Delwara (Sirohi district)
- ✍️ Author: Someshvar Dev/Shubhachandra (author of Surathautsava Kavya)
- 📜 Language: Sanskrit
- 📜 Key Information:
- 🛕 Builder: Tejpal built the Neminath temple for his wife Anupama Devi
- 🌟 The consecration of the temple was done by Vijay Sen Suri
- 🏛️ It describes the dynasty of Paramar rulers and Vastupala-Tejpala
🪵Bithu Inscription (1273 CE)
- 🛕 Location: Bithu village in Pali district
- 📜 Key Information:
- 🏰 Mention of the progenitor of Marwar, Rao Siha
- 🛕 His wife Parvati established a Devli there after his death
🕉️Javar Inscription (1421 CE)
- 🛕 Location: Pashvanath Temple in Javar village of Udaipur district
- 📜 Key Information:
- 👨👩👧👦 Joint family system
- 🌟 Participation of the family in religious activities
- 📖 State of education
🛕Shringi Rishi Inscription (1428 CE)
- 🛕 Location: In a Tibara at the site of Shringi Rishi, six miles away from the Ekaling Temple in Kailashpuri village of Udaipur district
- 📜 Key Information:
- 🛕 Rana Mokal had a pond constructed for the liberation of his wife Gaurambika
- ✍️ Author: Poet Vani Vilas Yogishwar
- ✒️ Engraver: Phana, son of Hada
- 🌟 Rana Lakha waived the taxes of Hindus in Tristhali (Kashi, Prayag, Gaya) and built a Shiva temple in Gaya
🛕Samiddheshvar/Samadishvar Inscription (1428-29 CE)
- 🛕 Location: On the Sabha Mandapa of the Samadishvar Temple in Chittorgarh
- 📜 Key Information:
- 🛕 Praise of the Guhilot dynasty and establishment of religion
- 📖 Praise of Hammira (compared to Achyuta, Kamadeva, Brahma, Shankara, Karna)
- ✍️ Author: Ekanath, son of Vishnu Bhatt (Dashpur caste)
- ✒️ Engraver:Visal
🛕Amer Inscription (1612 CE)
- 📜 Location: Amer, Jaipur
- 🏰 The Kachawaha dynasty is referred to as the ‘Raghuvamsha Tilaka‘.
- 🏯 Mention of the history of the Kachawaha dynasty.
- Relation of the Dastur Qaumwar with Jaipur.
🛕Jagannath Rai Prashasti (1652 CE)
- 📜 Location: Jagannath/Jagdish Temple, Udaipur
- 📖 Key Information:
- 🏰 Description of the achievements from Bappa Rawal to Maharana Jagatsingh.
- ⚔️ Description of the Battle of Haldighati.
Beneswara Inscription (1866 CE)
- 📜 Location: Beneswara Shiva Temple, Dungarpur
- 🏰 This inscription is from the time of Maharawal Askaran.
- ⚔️ Settlement of the dispute between the states of Banswara and Dungarpur is recorded here.
- 🖋️ Signatures of Major M.M. Mackenzie, the British officer, and Political Superintendent of the Hilly Tracts.
🕌Dhabai Pir Dargah Inscription (1325 CE)
- 📜 Location: Chittorgarh Fort
- 📖 Key Information:
- 🏰 The word ‘Khizrabad‘ is used for Chittorgarh.
