Nagari, Rajasthan

Nagari, also Nagri,[3] is a village situated 12 km north of Chittorgarh in Rajasthan state in India. Its ancient name was Madhyamika.[3] It was a flourishing town from the Mauryan period up to Gupta period. The old remains discovered in the excavations prove that. A large number of punch marked and other old coins have been discovered here.

Nagari
village
Dewria balaji in Nagari[2]
Nagari
Location in Rajasthan, India
Nagari
Nagari (Rajasthan)
Coordinates: 24.9757°N 74.6825°E / 24.9757; 74.6825
Country India
StateRajasthan
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeRJ-IN
Vehicle registrationRJ-

In the 2nd century BC Nagari was probably attacked by the Indo-Greeks who were ruling North-Western of India. As per Patanjali (150 BC) the great grammarian, Madhyamika was besieged by a Yavana king in 150 BC. Patanjali describes in the Mahābhāsya, the invasion in two examples using the imperfect tense of Sanskrit, denoting a recent event:[4]

  • "Arunad Yavanah Sāketam" ("The Yavanas (Greeks) were besieging Saketa")
  • "Arunad Yavano Madhyamikām" ("The Yavanas were besieging Madhyamika" (the "Middle country").
The Hathibada/Hathiwada enclosure in which was found one of the Hathibada Ghosundi Inscriptions.[5]
The 1st century BC Hathibada Ghosundi Inscriptions, some of the earliest inscriptions in Sanskrit, were found near Nagari.[6]

In the 1st century BC Nagari was probably occupied by the Sibis. Coins of Sibi tribe found here have the legend ‘majhamikaya sibi-janapadasa’.

Nagari came under the influence of Western Kshatrapas in the 2nd century. In the 3rd century Nagari was ruled by Malavas. Later Huna king conquered it.

One stupa has been discovered at Nagari. It is constructed of moulded bricks and decorated with terracotta tiles of high artistic merit.

References
  1. ASI Jaipur circle Nagri
  2. ASI Jaipur circle Nagri
  3. Chakrabarti, Dilip K. (1988). A History of Indian Archaeology from the Beginning to 1947. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 87. ISBN 9788121500791.
  4. "Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian coins in the Smithsonian institution", Bopearachchi, p16.
  5. ASI Jaipur circle Hathiwada enclosure
  6. Thomas, F. w (1921). Epigraphia Indica Vol.16. p. 25.
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