Khedla Fort

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Khedla (खेड़ला) is a village and site of a fort in Betul tahsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh. Kherla Quila was formerly the seat of an independent kingdom in the medieval and early modern period.[1]

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Origin

Jat Gotras Namesake

Location

Khedla Fort is located on Betul-Amla road about 5 km in north-east from Betul.

History

Kingdom of Kherla

Kherla Quila was formerly the seat of an independent kingdom in the medieval and early modern period.[3]

Under Company Rule, its fort was permitted to fall into ruin.[4]

The Kherla Kingdom was the earliest kingdom in the Indian region of Gondwana, regarded as one of the four ancient Gond kingdoms.[5] Narsingh Rai was the first king of this dynasty and one of the earliest known Gond rulers. It was constantly caught between the conflicts of the North Indian Muslim rulers like the rulers of Mandu and the Deccan sultanates. Sources regarding this kingdom are notable nonexistent, unlike the other Gond rulers.[6]

Jaitpal is is credited with building the fortress of Kherla. Jaitpal was succeeded by Narsingh Rai, the first Gond ruler of Kherla. During his reign, the kingdom stretched in a westerly direction to the hills north of Berar, including the fortress of Gawilghur. His reign was marked by constant warfare with the Muslim rulers to his north and south.[7]

(110) Kherla Fort Inscription of 1363 AD

(110) Kherla Fort Inscription of 1363 AD
(In situ.)

Source - Hira Lal: Descriptive lists of inscriptions in the Central provinces and Berar, Nagpur, 1916, p.78 (S.No.110)

[p.78]: On the eastern wall of the Kherla fort, which is 5 miles from Badnur, there is a stone with an inscription which apparently belonged to a step-well, as in the 7th line it mentions that the illustrious Haradeva constructed a Vapi (step-well) to the north of Kheṭakapura, which is apparently the old name of Kherla. The record is dated in Samvat 1420 and Saka 1285, corresponding to A. D. 1363.

This proves that Kherla fort cannot be older than A. D. 1363, and there is evidence to show that it cannot be later than 1398 A, D., because that was the year in which Narasirhha Rai, king of Kherla, opened hostilities with the Bahmani kings of Berar, who in turn invaded his country and pursued his troops to Kherla, leaving upwards of ten thousand slain upon the field, while Narasimha Rai, having with much difficulty gained the fortress, was besieged by the victorious army. This is what the Persian historian Firishta tells us. There is a sort of genealogy of local kings given in the record, but the latter is much too mutilated to furnish any reliable data on the subject.

खेड़लादुर्ग

खेड़लादुर्ग - बेतुल से 5 किलोमीटर पूर्व में ग्राम खेड़ा में खेड़ला का मध्यकालीन किला है. यह जीर्ण-शीर्ण अवस्था में है. राजा जैतपाल बैतूल जिले में 11 वीं शताब्दी में भोपाली क्षेत्र में राज करता था। उसकी राजधानी खेड़लादुर्ग में थी। इस दुर्ग के तक्कालीन अधिपति राजा जैतपाल ने ब्रहम का साक्षात्कार न करा पाने के कारण हजारों साधु सन्यासियों को कठोर दण्ड दिया था। इसकी मांग के अनुसार महापंडितों योगाचार्य मुकुन्दराज स्वामी द्वारा दिव्यशकित से ब्रहम का साक्षात्कार कराया था तथा इस स्थान पर दण्ड भोग रहे साधु सन्यासियों को पीड़ा से मुक्त कराया था उन्होंने हजारों सालों से संस्कृत में धर्मग्रंथ लिखे जाने की परम्परा को तोड़ा। उन्होनें मराठी भाषा मे विवके सिन्धु की महत्ता पूरे महाराष्ट्र प्रान्त में है। यह स्थान पुरातत्व एवं अध्यात्म की दृषिट से अति प्राचीन है।[8][9]

खेड़ला किले का इतिहास

जिला मुख्यालय से सात किमी दूर बैतूल-आमला मार्ग से सटा है खेड़ला किला। इस किले को राजा ईल द्वारा बनाया गया था। खेड़ला किले में 1365 में राजा हरदेव, 1398 में नरसिंह राय थे। मुगल साम्राज्य के पतन के बाद यह राज्य राधोजी भोंसले के अधिकार में चला गया। बुरहान शाह और उसके भाई के आपस में झगड़े का फायदा भोंसले ने उठाया और खेड़ला पर कब्जा कर लिया. उसने अपनी राजधानी खेड़ला को बनाया. सन् 1818 ई. में सीताबर्डी की लड़ाई में अंग्रेजों ने भोंसले से खेड़ला छीन लिया। जेएच काॅलेज के पर्यटन विषय के प्राेफेसर दिनेश शास्त्री, आारजी राने कहते हैं कि बैतूल जिले में किले ताे बहुत हैं, लेकिन इन धराेहर काे सहजने की जरूरत है। आदिवासी संगठन से जुड़े अनुराग माेदी कहते हैं कि पुरातत्व विभाग है, लेेकिन उन्हाेंने कभी भी इन किलाें काे रेखांकित करने की जरूरत महसूस नहीं की।[10]

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References

  1. ↑ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "Badnur" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. 228
  2. ↑ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "Badnur" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. 228
  3. ↑ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "Badnur" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. 228
  4. ↑ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "Badnur" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. 229
  5. ↑ Pradesh (India), Madhya (1971). Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jabalpur. Government Central Press.
  6. ↑ Chatterton, Eyre (8 January 2021). The Story Of Gondwana. Read Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-5287-6963-1.
  7. ↑ Pradesh (India), Madhya (1971). Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jabalpur. Government Central Press; Chatterton, Eyre (8 January 2021). The Story Of Gondwana. Read Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-5287-6963-1.
  8. ↑ आर डी महला,कार्य आयोजना अधिकारी, उत्तर बेतूल वनमंडल
  9. ↑ https://betul.nic.in/en/places-of-interest/
  10. ↑ https://www.bhaskar.com/mp/betul/news/mp-news-the-fort-of-betul-explains-the-history-of-gondraj-the-need-to-ease-the-historical-heritage-064532-4370531.html
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