Niljai
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Niljai (नीलजयी) is a village in Wani tahsil in Yavatmal district in Maharashtra. It has been mentioned as Niligrama (निलीग्राम) in Wadgaon Plates of Pravarasena II[1]
Variants
- Niligrama (निलीग्राम) in Wadgaon Plates of Pravarasena II[2]
Location
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Neel (नील) (Jat clan) → Niljai (नीलजयी). Niljai (नीलजयी) is a village in Wani tahsil in Yavatmal district in Maharashtra. It has been mentioned as Niligrama (निलीग्राम) in Wadgaon Plates of Pravarasena II[3]
History
Wadgaon Plates of Pravarasena II[4]record the grant of 400 nivartanas of land by the royal measure, which Pravarasena II made to a Brahmana named Rudrārya, who was versed in two Vedas and belonged to the Vaji-Lohitya gotra2. He was a resident of the village Ekarjunaka (एकार्जुन). The land donated to him was in the village Velusuka (वेलुसुक) which was situated in the Supratishtha ahara (सुप्रतिष्ठ आहार) or subdivision. The village lay to the east of Gridhragrama (गृध्रग्राम), to the south of Kadambasaraka (कदम्बसरक), to the west of Niligrama (निलीग्राम) and to the north of Kokilara (कोकिलार). The plates were issued from the royal camp on the bank of the Hiranya River in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of Pravarasena II.
Supratishtha ahara (सुप्रतिष्ठ आहार) in which the village Velusuka (वेलुसुक) was situated is mentioned in two other grants, viz., the Poona plates of Prabhavatigupta and the Jamb plates of Pravarasena II. It seems to have comprised parts of the Hinganghat, Warora and Yeotmal tahsils of the Wardha District, Chanda District and Yeotmal District respectively. The village Velusuka in which the donated land was situated cannot now be traced, but it seems to have occupied the same position as modern Chinchmandal which lies just on the south of the elbow of the Wunna; for all the boundary villages mentioned in the present charter can be traced in the vicinity of it in the respective directions. Thus
Gridhragrama (गृध्रग्राम) is Gadeghat about 8 miles to the west, and Niligrama (निलीग्राम) is Niljai, about 5 miles to the east of Chinchmandal.
Kadambasaraka (कदम्बसरक) is Kosara, about 2 miles to the north.
Kokilara (कोकिलार) is modern Khairi which lies about 4 miles to the north-west. All the boundary villages can thus be satisfactorily identified in the vicinity of Chinchmandal. It is again noteworthy that Chinchmandal lies only about 5 miles to the south of Wadgaon where the plates were found. The river Hiranya is the modern Erai, which flows from north to south in the Warora tahsil and ultimately joins the Wardha River.
Ekarjunaka (एकार्जुनक) where the donee resided is probably Arjuni on the left bank of the Erai, about 16 miles north-east of Warora, the chief town of the Warora tahsil.
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References
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.53-56
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.53-56
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.53-56
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.53-56