Chhurikala
| Author: Laxman Burdak IFS (R) |
Chhurikala (छुरी कला) is a town in Katghora tahsil of Korba district in Chhattisgarh.
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Chhurikala is a Village in Katghora Tehsil in Korba District of Chattisgarh State, India. It is located 15 KM towards west from District head quarters Korba. Chhurikala is surrounded by Korba Tehsil towards East , Pali Tehsil towards west , Podi Uparoda Tehsil towards North , Kartala Tehsil towards South. Dipka , Korba , Champa , Naila Janjgir are the near by Cities to Chhurikala[1]
Chhuri can be approached 3 ways - 1. By Bilaspur-Katghora-Chhuri Road, 2. By Ambikapur-Katghora-Chhuri Road, 3. Korba to Chhuri. Its distance from Korba is 22 km, from Bilaspur is 90 km and from Ambikapur is 150.
History
Kosgain Stone Inscription (No.I) of Vahara was originally found in the fort of Kosgain, 4 miles to the north-east of Chhuri, the chief town of the former Chhuri Zamindarî in the Korba district of Chhattisgarh. The inscription is one of the king Vahara who belonged to the Haihaya i e, Kalachuri Dynasty of Ratanpur. The object of it seems to be to record the king's victory over some [[Pathans. The inscription is not dated, but from the other inscription on the same stone, which belongs to the same reign and is dated in the Vikrama year 1570, as well as from the Ratanpur Stone Inscriptions Of Vahara: (Vikrama) Year 1552 (=1495 AD), which mentions the artisans Chhïtaku and Mandana, it is clear that Vâharèndra flourished at the end of the fifteenth and in the beginning of the sixteenth century A C.[2]
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