Mechka

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

Map of Dhamtari district

Mechka is a village in Nagri tahsil in Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh.

Variants

Machakâ-Sihavâ/Machaka -Sihava (मचका सिहवा) is mentioned in Rajim Stone Inscription of Prithvideva II - Kalachuri Year 896 (=1145 AD).

Mechu (Jat clan) = Mechka is a village in Nagri tahsil in Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh. Machaka-Sihava (मचका सिहवा) is mentioned in verse-16 of Rajim Stone Inscription of Prithvideva II - Kalachuri Year 896 (=1145 AD)......(V. 16) Jagapâla (जगपाल) is to his enemies as the scent-elephant is (to ordinary elephants), — (he) who again took the fort of Machakâ-Sihavâ (मचका सिहवा) and the country of Bhramaravadra (भ्रमरवद्र) and achieved prowess by his arm,(p.457).....Machakâ-Sihavâ (मचका सिहवा) is probably Mechakâ-Sihavâ south of Dhamtari, as suggested by R B Hiralal. (p.453).^[1]