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Seoni (सिवनी) is a city and district in Madhya Pradesh. Seoni is city where tributary of the river Godavari, the Wainganga, originates.

Variants

Location

Seoni is located at 22.08°N 79.53°E. It has an average elevation of 611 metres. It is halfway between Nagpur and Jabalpur. It is bordered by Jabalpur, Narsinghpur and Mandla districts to the north, Balaghat to the east and Chhindwara to the west and the shares its southern boundary with Nagpur (Maharashtra). National Highway No. 44 is longest of India connects the Kanyakumari-Banaras passes through the district from north to south.

Origin of name

Seoni gets name from Shiva. Bharashiva Nagavanshi rulers were followers of Shiva and probably they gave this name to the city. 'Siwani Copper Plate Inscription of the Maharaja Pravarasena II in 18th year of reign' makes it clear in Line-3:

(L.3.)-Who was the son of the Mahârâja of the Vâkâtakas, the illustrious Rudrasêna (I.), who was an excessively devout devotee of (the god) Svâmi-Mahâbhairava, who was the daughter’s son of the illustrious Bhavanâga, the Mahârâja of the Bhârashivas, whose royal line owed its origin to the great satisfaction of (the god) Shiva, (caused) by (their) carrying a linga of Shiva placed as a load upon (their) shoulders, (and who were besprinkled on the forehead with the pure water of (the river) Bhâgîrathî that had been obtained by (their) valour, (and) who performed ablutions after the celebration of ten ashvamêdha-sacrifices;-who was the son of Gautamiputra;-

History

Rudyard Kipling used the forests in the vicinity of Seoni, or as he spells it, Seeonee, as the setting for the Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book (1894–1895).

सिवनी

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[1] ने लेख किया है ...सिवनी (AS, p.964): मध्यकालीन जैन मंदिरों के अवशेषों के लिए यह स्थान उल्लेखनीय है. वाकाटक महाराज प्रवरसेन द्वितीय (c.400 - 415) का ताम्रदानपट्ट यहां से प्राप्त हुआ था जो उनके शासन के 18 में वर्ष में जारी किया गया था. इसमें ब्रह्मपुरक नामक ग्राम को दान में दिए जाने का उल्लेख है. इसमें अन्य कई ग्रामों का वर्णन भी है जिनमें से कोल्लपुरक भी है.

सिवनी परिचय

सिवनी मध्य प्रदेश के प्रमुख नगरों में से एक है। सिवनी ज़िले का गठन 1 नवम्बर, सन 1956 को किया गया था। यह ज़िला जबलपुर डिवीजन के दक्षिण में उत्तर-दक्षिण सतपुड़ा पठार के संकर हिस्से में स्थित है। 'अमोदागढ़', 'भीमगढ़ संजय सरोवर बांध' और 'पेंच राष्ट्रीय उद्यान' यहाँ के मुख्य आकर्षक स्थान हैं। 'सिवनी' नाम की उत्पत्ति 'सिवना' शब्द से हुई है, जो वृक्ष की एक प्रजाति है। यह पेड़ इस ज़िले में बहुतायत मात्रा में पाया जाता है। इस पेड़ की लकड़ी का प्रयोग 'ढोलक' आदि बनाने के लिए किया जाता है। 8758 वर्ग कि.मी. के क्षेत्रफल में फैला यह सिवनी ज़िला लकड़ी का मुख्य स्रोत है। वेनगंगा सिवनी की जीवन दायिनी नदी है। एशिया का सबसे बड़ा 'मड डैम' इसी नदी पर बना है। 'पेंच राष्ट्रीय उद्यान' यहाँ का मुख्य आकर्षण है, जिसे देखने के लिए बड़ी संख्या में पर्यटकों का आना-जाना लगा रहता है। [2]


इतिहास के पृष्ठों में यह जिला मंडला के गौंड राजाओं के 52 गंढों में से एक महत्वपूर्ण स्थल रहा है। नगर मुख्यालय में तीन गढ चावडी, छपारा और आदेगांव प्रमुख थे। गौंड राजाओं के पतन के पश्चात सन 1700 ई. में नागपुर के भोसले के साम्राज्य के अधीन आ गया। सत्ता का केन्द्र छपारा ही था। सन् 1774 में छपारा से बदलकर मुख्यालय सिवनी हो गया। इसी समय दीवानगढी का निर्माण हुआ और सन् 1853 में मराठों के पतन एवं रघ्घुजी तृतीय की मृत्यु निःसंतान होने के कारण यह क्षेत्र ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी के प्रभाव में आ गया। सन् 1857 की क्रान्ति के पश्चात कम्पनी का समस्त शासन ब्रिटिश हुकूमत के अधीन हो गया। मुख्यालय में दीवान साहब का सिवनी ग्राम, मंगलीपेठ एवं भैरोगंज ग्राम मिलकर सिवनी नगर बना। नागपुर से जबलपुर एन.एच. 7 के मध्य सिवनी ना केवल प्रमुख व्यापारिक केन्द्र था बल्कि जंगल अधिक होने के कारण अंग्रेजों के लिए सुरक्षित स्थान भी था। [3]

कोलापुर

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[4] ने लेख किया है ...कोलापुर (बरार) (AS, p.238), महाराष्ट्र राज्य में स्थित एक ग्राम है। यह एलिचपुर से 21 मील (लगभग 33.6 कि.मी.) की दूरी पर दक्षिण दिशा में है। फ़्लीट के मतानुसार यह ग्राम प्राचीन 'कोल्लहपुरक' है, जिसका उल्लेख वाकाटक नरेश प्रवरसेन द्वितीय (c.400 - 415) के सिउनी से प्राप्त ताम्र-दानपट्ट में है।

Siwani Copper Plate Inscription of the Maharaja Pravarasena II in 18th year of reign

The Seal.

A charter of king Pravarasêna, the ornament of the Vâkâtakas, who has attained royal dignity by inheritance, (is) a charter for (the observance of even his) enemies.

The Plates.
  • Sight has been attained! Perfection has been attained!-(Line 17.)-At the command of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Pravarasêna (II.), who follows the path of imitating the behaviour of previous kings; who has extirpated all enemies by (his) excellent policy and strength and prowess; who was begotten on Prabhâvatiguptâ, the daughter of the Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Dêvagupta; who, through possessing the favour of (the god) Shambhu, is (as virtuous as) one belonging to the Krita age; who is the ornament of the lineage of the Vâkâtakas;-
  • (Line 12.)-(And) who is the son of the Mahârâja of the Vâkâtakas, the illustrious Rudrasêna (II.), who acquired an abundance of good fortune through the favour of the divine (god) Chakrapâni;-
  • (L. 8.)-Who was the son of the Mahârâja of the Vâkâtakas, the illustrious Prithivishêna, who was an excessively devout worshipper of (the god) Mahêshvara; who was possessed of an excess of truthfulness, straightforwardness, tenderness, heroism, prowess, political wisdom, modesty, and high-mindedness, and with devotion to worthy people and guests, and with the condition of being victorious through religion, and with purity of mind, and with other meritorious qualities; who belonged to an uninterrupted succession of sons and sons’ sons, whose treasure and means of government had been accumulation for a hundred years; who behaved like Yudhisthira;-
  • (L.3.)-Who was the son of the Mahârâja of the Vâkâtakas, the illustrious Rudrasêna (I.), who was an excessively devout devotee of (the god) Svâmi-Mahâbhairava, who was the daughter’s son of the illustrious Bhavanâga, the Mahârâja of the Bhârashivas, whose royal line owed its origin to the great satisfaction of (the god) Shiva, (caused) by (their) carrying a linga of Shiva placed as a load upon (their) shoulders, (and who were besprinkled on the forehead with the pure water of (the river) Bhâgîrathî that had been obtained by (their) valour, (and) who performed ablutions after the celebration of ten ashvamêdha-sacrifices;-who was the son of Gautamiputra;-
  • (L. 1.)-(And) who was the son of the son of the Mahârâja of the sovereign Vâkâtakas, the illustrious Pravarasêna (I.), who celebrated the agnishtôma, aptôryâma, ukthya, shôdashin, âtirâtra, vâjapêya, brihaspatisava, and sâdeyaskra sacrifices, and four ashvamêdha-sacrifices, (and) was of the Vishnuvriddha gotra;-
  • (L. 17.)-In the Bennâkârpara bhâga,-in the eighteenth year of the augmenting reign; on the twelfth lunar day of the bright fortnight of (the month) Phâlguna,-the village named Brahmapûraka,-(which), according to the specification of its boundaries (is) on the bank of the (river) Karañjaviraka, on the north of (the village of) Vatapûraka, on the west of (the village of) Kinihikhêtaka, on the south of (the village of ) Pavarajjavâtaka, (and) on the east of (the village of) Kollapûraka,-is given, with libations of water, together with the korata and the fifty (hamlets?), to the Adhvaryu, the Âchârya Dêvasharman, of the Maudgalya gôtra, (and) of the Taittirîya (shâkhâ).
  • (L. 23.)-In this matter, Our obedient and high-born officers, employed in the office of general superintendents, and (Our) regular soldiers and umbrella-bearers, should be (thus) directed with a command preceded by (the words) ‘O illustrious one:’ - "Be it known to you, that, in order to increase Our own religion and life and strength and victory and dominion, (and) for the sake of (Our) welfare in this world and in the next, (and generally) for Our benefit, this (village) [is granted] in (Our) victorious office of justice.
  • (L.27.)-"It is not to be entered by the regular troops or by the umbrella-bearers; it does not carry with it (the right to) cows and bulls in succession (of production), or to the abundance of flowers and milk, or to the pasturage, hides, and charcoal, or to the mines for the purchase of salt in a moist state; it is entirely free from all (obligation of) forced labour; it carries with it the hidden treasures and deposits, and the klripta and upaklripta; it is (to be enjoyed) for the same time with the moon and the sun; (and) it is to follow (the succession of) sons and sons’ sons. The enjoyment of it should not be obstructed by any one. It should be protected and increased by all ( possible) means. And whosoever, disregarding Our charter, shall give, or cause to be given, even slight vexation, We will inflict on him, or will cause to be inflicted, punishment, together with a fine, when he is denounced by the Brâhmans."
  • (L. 35.)-(This charter) has been written by the Âchârya, while Bâppadêva is the Sênâpati.
  • (L. 35.)-And in this subject-matter of religion,-in order to avoid boasting of (other) meritorious actions performed (by Us),-We do not recite the religious merit acquired by (Our) care and protection of grants made by various kings who are dead and gone. (But), out of respect for those who shall be pre-eminent in times to come, We make a request ( for protection of the grant) to future (kings).
  • (L. 38.)-And two verses, sung by Vyâsa, are to be taken as an authority on this point: -The giver of land enjoys happiness in heaven for sixty thousand years; (but) the confiscator (of a grant), and he who assents (to an act of confiscation), shall dwell for the same number of years in hell! Whosoever confiscates land that has been given, whether by himself, or by another, he incurs the guilt of the slayer of a hundred thousand cows!
  • From: Fleet, John F. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the Early Guptas. Vol. III. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publications Branch, 1888, 247-249.

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