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Shergarh means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)Shergarh (ancient Kośavardhana) represents a fort in ruins and a town (now almost deserted) standing on the river Parwān (a feeder of the Kālī-Sindh which is a tributary of the Chambal), about ninety miles to the south-east of Koṭah in the District of that name in Rājasthān. On a careful examination of the inscriptions at Shergarh, it was found that three of them had been previously published. One of these three is a Buddhist inscription supposed to be dated in V. S. 847 (790 A.D.). This is incised on a slab of stone built into a recess under a flight of stairs to the proper left of the gate of the deserted town and is a praśasti (eulogy) recording the construction of a Buddhist temple (mandira) and a monastery (vihāra) to the east of Mount (giri) Kośavardhana by a Sāmanta (feudal chief) named Devadatta.
The second published inscription from Shergarh, which bears dates in V. S. 1074 (1017 A. D.), 1075 (1018 A.D.) and 1084 (1027 A.D.), is built into a front line pillar of the local Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa temple. The third of the published inscription from Shergarh is engraved on a stone slab now embedded in the front wall of the Lakṣmī-Narāyaṇa temple, although, like the other inscribed slab in that temple, it must have belonged originally to an older temple of Śiva called Somanāthadeva.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Full-text (+3): Malava, Silashri, Allaka, Harishcandra, Mauka, Koshavardhana, Damdi, Lalluka, Vishala, Goshthin, Gaga, Sadhanu, Mahilla, Malhu, Suryashrama, Jana, Shripala, Gunapalaka, Puṇi, Ilhuka.
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Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) (by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo)
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Historical Background of Jainism in Odisha < [Chapter 1]
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