Vaghel is a village in Harij Taluka of Patan district in Gujarat , India.
27-683: [REDACTED] Look up sa:वाघेल्ल in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vaghela may refer to: Vaghela dynasty , an Indian dynasty that ruled parts of Gujarat during 1244–1304 CE Vaghela (surname) , a Gujarati Indian surname Vaghela (Gurjar clan) , a clan of Gujjar community Vaghela Derol , a village in Gujarat, India See also [ edit ] Baghel (disambiguation) Vaghel , village in Gujarat Topics referred to by
54-399: A brilliant future. As a feudatory of Bhima, Lavanaprasada held the ranks of Maha-mandaleshvara and Ranaka . His fief was Dhavalakakka (or Dholka). The later Dabhoi inscription describes him as the king of Gurjara country . Viradhavala was the son of Lavanaprasada and Madanarajni. According to Merutunga's account, Madanarajni left Lavanprasada and started living with Devaraja, who was
81-528: A costlier gift to a Vaishnava shrine than Virama did. This annoyed Virama, who tortured the bania . As a punishment, Viradhavala banished Virama to a place named Viramagrama. After Viradhavala's death, the minister Vastupala helped Visaladeva succeed his father. Virama tried to contest this succession, but was unsuccessful. He retired to Javalipura (modern Jalore), where he sought shelter from his father-in-law Udayasimha . However, Vastupala pressured Udayasimha to have Virama murdered. Rajashekhara's account of
108-602: A loyal subordinate of Bhima II. Virama was probably killed in a battle with Udayasimha, and not on the orders of Vastupala, as claimed by Rajashekhara. No concrete information is available about any descendant of Karna II. A 1498 CE inscription shows that a family of the Vaghela clan was ruling at a place called Dandahi, as subordinates of the Muslim ruler Mahmud Begada . The rulers of the Rewa State also claimed descent from
135-527: A temple with 24 devkulika s at Wadhwan , a temple on Shatrunjaya hill and a temple with 52 devakulika at Sevadi. Pethada-rasu (1304 CE), Munisundarasuri's Gurvavali (c. 1459 CE), Ratnamandira Gani's Upadeshatarangini (c. 15th century) and Ratnamandana's Sukritasagara (c. 15th century) are important sources of life and works of Minister Pethada of Mandavagadh . He had built 84 Jain temples. His notable temples are at Shatrunjaya, Prabhasa, Dholka and Salakshanapura built around 1264 CE. Shravaka Jhalli built
162-412: Is a small temple with a single open entrance hall, mandap , one story high, with pyramid roof, three porticoes, and a spire-surmounted shrine. There are also some very curious monumental stones, paliya s, with spirited deep cut carvings on all four sides and with tops cut in the form of a temple spire. They have much in common with the more ambitions cupolas, chhatri s, and seem to come between them and
189-611: Is a temple built over a tank with seven wells ascribed to him. The Ra Khengar stepwell between Vanthali and Junagadh is stated to be constructed by Tejapala. The Madhavav in Wadhwan was built in 1294 AD (Vikram Samvat 1350) by Nagar Brahmin Madhav and Keshav, the ministers in court of the last Vaghela ruler Karna. The kunda at Kapadvanj was built about this period. The Batris Kotha stepwell in Kapadvanj may have belonged to
216-625: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Vaghela dynasty The Vaghela dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Gujarat in India in the 13th century CE, with their capital at Dholka . They were the last Hindu dynasty to rule Gujarat before the Muslim conquest of the region . Early members of the Vaghela family served the Chaulukya dynasty in
243-1054: Is the Neminath Temple at Mount Abu. Of all these temples built by the brothers, only few survives such as Vastupala-vihara at Girnar (1231 CE), Neminath Temple at Abu and the temple at Prabhas. Other extant temples of this period is Sambhavanatha temple at Kumbhariya , Jain marble temple at Sarotra and Panch-Pandava Temple on Shatrunjaya. The Vaghela princes had patronised the construction of temples and civic architecture. Lavanaprasada built Analeshwara and Salakshaneshwara temples for merit of his parents. His son Viramdeva had built Viramaeshwara temple. The temples of Rupanarayana and Balanarayana are mentioned in Kadi grant of 1261 CE. Jain merchant Jadagusha , as mentioned in his biography Jagaducharita by Sarvanandasuri, built and renovated large number of Jain as well as Brahminical temples and civic constructions. His some notable constructions between 1250 and 1270 CE are Rishabha temple at Dhanka,
270-590: The Gadhaiya coins were used in international trade from Afghanistan to Deccan. As its intrinsic value decreased, its circulation shrank to the area of modern Kheda district and its surroundings. These coins followed the tanka coins of Delhi. The coins of Visala-deva are mentioned as Visalamalla priya dra ( dra stands for dramma) or Visala priya dra or Visalapri dra in various literary sources and epigraphs. The coins of Saranga-deva and Karna-deva had an elephant facing left on obverses and legends on
297-440: The 12th century CE, and claimed to be a branch of that dynasty. In the 13th century, during the reign of the weak Chaulukya king Bhima II , the Vaghela general Lavanaprasada and his son Viradhavala gained a large amount of power in the kingdom, although they continued to nominally acknowledge Chaulukya suzerainty. In the mid-1240s, Viradhavala's son Visaladeva usurped the throne, and his successors ruled Gujarat until Karna Vaghela
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#1732765375739324-1540: The 13th century due to its similarity with the Madha and Vikia stepwells. The building activities of Vastupala and Tejpala are mentioned in inscriptions as well as in works of contemporary writers. These works include Someshvara's Kirtikaumudi , Jayasimhasuri's Shakunika-vihara-prashasti , Udayaprabhasuri's Dharmabhyudaya-mahakavya and Sukrita-kirtikallolini , Arisimha's Sukritasamkirtanam , Narendraprabhasuri's prashashti, Vijayasenasuri's Revantagiri-rasu and Palhanaputra's Abu-rasa . Later works include Merutunga 's Prabandha-Chintamani (1309 CE), Jinaprabha's Vividh-tirtha-kalpa (early 14th century), Rajashekharasuri's Prabandha-kosha (1349 CE) and Jinaharshasuri's Vastupala-charitam (1441 CE). More than fifty temples were built by Vastupala and Tejapala apart from large number of renovations and image installations. The Idramandapa and six other temples were built by Vastupala on Shatrunjaya hill. He also built Vastupla-vihara and Parshwanatha temple on Girnar . He also built Adinatha temple at Dholka and Ashtapada-prasada at Prabhas . Tejapala built Asraja-vihara at Anahilapataka and Junagadh for merit of his father. He also built Neminath Temple at Dholka and Adinath Temple at Prabhas. In memory of his mother Kumaradevi, he built temples at Khambhat and Dabhoi . He also built temples at Tharad , Karnavati , Godhra , Shatrunjaya, Girnar, Pavagadh , Navsari and several other places. His greatest temple
351-615: The Bhimapalli village might have been same as the Vyaghrapalli village from which the dynasty's name is derived. Arnoraja became prominent during the reign of Kumarapala's descendant Bhima II . Taking advantage of Bhima's young age, the provincial governors revolted against him. Arnoraja remained loyal to the king, and appears to have defeated the rebels, including the vassal rulers of Medapata and Chandravati . Bhima had other loyal officers such as Pratapamalla and Jagaddeva, but
378-594: The Chaulukya family. The Vaghelas called themselves Chaulukyas, and claimed same mythological descent as the Chaulukyas. The Khambhat inscription of the first Vaghela monarch Visaladeva gives the following account of the myth: Once Brahma was thinking who will destroy the sons of Diti (that is, the Daityas or demons). Suddenly, a warrior sprang from Brahma's chuluka . This hero, named Chaulukya, gave rise to
405-549: The Chaulukya lineage, in which Arnoraja Vaghela was born. The dynasty's name "Vyaghrapalliya" and its shortened form "Vaghela" come from the name of a village called Vyaghrapalli (literally "tiger's lair"). Arnoraja, who was a son of Dhavala and Kumarapala 's maternal aunt, was the first member of the Vaghela family to gain importance. He seems to have participated in a military campaign in Saurashtra while serving Kumarapala. The Muralidhar temple inscription, discovered in
432-628: The Desan village of Bhiloda taluka, credits him with conquering Saurashtra. According to the 13th century writer Udayaprabha Suri , Kumarapala granted the Bhimapalli village to Arnoraja for his services. It is possible that Arnoraja received the village for his role in the Saurashtra campaign of Kumarapala. He probably served as a sub-commander in this campaign, although the Vahgela records later magnified his role. According to historian A. K. Majumdar,
459-479: The Vaghela records give the entire credit for suppressing the revolt to Arnoraja. Lavanaprasada (alias Lavanyaprasada) was the son of Arnoraja and Salakhanadevi. According to a legend mentioned by Merutunga, Lavanaprasada was born when Arnoraja was a samanta (feudal lord) in Kumarapala's service. When Kumarapala heard about the news of the child's birth in his court, he declared that Arnoraja's son will have
486-697: The Vaghelas through one Bhimadeva. A list of the known members of the Vaghela family is given below: all individuals are the sons of their predecessors, unless otherwise stated. The pre-sovereign members of the family include: The sovereign Vaghela rulers include: During Vaghela rule, the Gadhaiya coins increasingly lost its intrinsic value which was stayed unchanged for two centuries under Chaulukyas. The 4.4 g billon coin of Chaulukya had stable silver content of 2.02 g of which reduced to 1.83 g during Visala-deva's coins and its successive issues has less content, as low as 0.73 g. During stable net content of silver,
513-750: The biography of Vastupala, written by Someshvara , a royal priest, is also an important source of the history of the dynasty. Visala-deva constructed or restored the fort of Dharbhavati ( Dabhoi ) which is well known for its elaborate carvings and gates. He built pratolis , temples and vapis in Darbhavati (Dabhoi) completed by about 1255 CE. Of its four gates, Hira Bhagol (with its adjacent temples) may have been built during Visaladeva's reign while three other gates may have been built by Tejapala, as indicated in Jain prabandha s. The Satmukhi stepwell in Dabhoi
540-443: The dynasty contains many inaccuracies in general. Historical evidence indicates that Virama was actually a brother (or half-brother) of Viradhavala, and thus an uncle of Visaladeva. According to the Vaghela records, Visaladeva's brother was Pratapamalla. Historian A. K. Majumdar dismisses Rajashekhara's account of Virama's death. According to Majumdar's theory, Udayasimha challenged the Chaulukya suzerainty, and Virama fought with him as
567-680: The grandfather of Virdhaval, who about 1243 founded the Vaghela dynasty (1243 - 1304). It was under Palanpur Agency of Bombay Presidency , which in 1925 became the Banas Kantha Agency . After Independence of India in 1947, Bombay Presidency was reorganized in Bombay State . When Gujarat state was formed in 1960 from Bombay State, it fell under Gujarat. Vaghel historically Lake - Historical Bhutaval Lake 1100 Years Old , Historical Bandiyu Lake - Vaghel, Harij There
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#1732765375739594-525: The husband of her dead sister. Madanarajni took Viradhavala with him, but the boy returned to his father Lavanaprasada when he grew up and became ashamed of the situation. During the reign of Bhima II, Lavanaprasada and Viradhavala repelled enemy invasions and saved the Chaulukya kingdom. Viradhavala probably died during the reign of Bhima, as his son Visaladeva had become the Mahamandaleshvara Ranaka by 1239 CE. Visaladeva's succession
621-618: The reverses. The legends reads shri saranga-de .. and Shri karna/devasya or Shri karna/devasa . Another coins of Karna-deva has Kumbha (vase) on its obverse enclosed in border made of dots and lines while reverse has the same legend. Another type of his coins of copper depicted lion facing left on obverse and the same legend on reverse. A number of temples were built during their reign by wealthy merchants and ministers, Vastupala and Tejapala who also served as ministers and generals, including one of Dilwara Temples at Mount Abu and Girnar Jain temples . In fact, Kirtikaumudi ,
648-411: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Vaghela . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vaghela&oldid=1241310556 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
675-609: The temples of Parshwanatha and Jhalasara lake during this period. The extant temples of this phase include the Kalika temple and Vaidyanatha Temple at Dabhoi , the old shrine at Motab, the Jain temple and Nilkantha temple at Miyani and the Jain temple of Kanthkot in Kutch . Vaghel Vaghel, historically known as Vyaghrapalli, was the chief place in a grant of land made by Chaulukya king Kumarapala (1143- 1174) to his cousin Anak
702-424: Was contested by a man named Virama. According to the colophon of a 1239 CE (1296 VS ) manuscript, Virama held the title Mahamandeshvara Ranaka as a subordinate of Bhima II. The capital of his principality was located at Vidyutapura. According to the medieval chronicler Rajashekhara Suri, Virama was the younger brother of Visaladeva. Rajashekhara's account of Virama goes like this: Once, a bania (merchant) made
729-471: Was defeated by Nusrat Khan of the Delhi Sultanate in 1304 CE, and lost Gujarat. The Vaghelas usurped power from the Chaulukya dynasty . According to the 14th century chronicler Merutunga , the earliest known member of the Vaghela family – "Dhavala" – married the maternal aunt of the Chaulukya monarch Kumarapala . The Vaghela court poet Someshvara described the Vaghela family as a branch of
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