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Rani Nayika Devi is one of the brave women
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Author Name :- Sanjay Thorat
Nayika Devi, the valiant queen of Patan, chased away the cruel Mohammad Ghori with her vertical tail.
One of the greatest and bravest women in Indian history, Rani Nayika Devi's indomitable courage and indomitable spirit is comparable to the legendary Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, Rani Tarabai of the Marathas and Rani Chenamma of Kittur. Yet little is written in the history books about his or her brave and incredible adventure!
A historical Gujarati film "Nayika Devi" has been released in Gujarat cinemas on Friday. Rani Nayika Devi has an invaluable contribution to the history of India but hardly anyone knows anything about her. Here we have talked not about this film but about its historical events and significance. From the legendary Amazons of Greek mythology to Queen Boadicea of Roman Britain, warrior women have fascinated the world for millennia. India too has its share of remarkable women who proved themselves as adventurers, brave fighters and skilled leaders.
Among such forgotten warrior women is Rani Nayaki Devi, a Chandel princess (daughter of the Mahoba Parmadi king of Bundel Khand) who became the Chalukya queen of Gujarat and defeated the mighty Muhammad Ghori on the battlefield. The year was 1173 and a young Gurid prince, Muhammad Shahabuddin Ghori (his royal title was Muizuddin), conquered Ghaznavi in Afghanistan. Such an ambitious, cruel, monstrous ruler, he - raided and plundered the heart of Indian territory.
Muhammad Ghori's first invasion was on the kingdom of Multan. After capturing Multan and Uch, he turned south towards South Rajputana and Gujarat. His goal? Anhilwad was a prosperous fortified town of Patan and the temple of Somnath Mahadev was always full of prosperity. V. S. Founded by Vanraj Chavda of the Chavda dynasty in 802, Anhilwad was the capital of the Patan Chalukya kings (Solankis). According to American historian Tertius Chandler, ancient Patan was the tenth largest city in the world in the year AD 1000, with a population of around 1, 00,000 and Patan had a magnificent impregnable fort!
Is. In 1178, when Ghori marched to the Gujarat side to conquer Anhilwad Patan, Patan was under the rule of Moolaraj-II (Baal Moolaraj), who had ascended the throne as a child after the death of his father Ajaypal. However, the real ruler was his mother, Nayaki Devi. who held the reins of the kingdom as the queen ruler and was assisted by Moolaraj's uncle Bhimdev II. Interestingly, it was this very fact that enticed the Ghoris to occupy Anhilwad Patan. What did he expect a woman and child to resist?
Famous for its history of many warriors who fought with great valor, Naiki Devi, a princess of the Parmardi king of the Chandel dynasty of Mahoba kingdom, was well trained in swordsmanship, horsemanship, military strategy, diplomacy and all other subjects of statecraft. With the prospect of an imminent attack from Ghori, she got to know the Chalukya Dal, the strength of the army, and devised a systematic strategy to mount an organized opposition against the invading army.
Trying to unite the entire country, which other kings could not do, Naiki Devi sent emissaries with the message that other kingdoms should come to the aid of this foreign invasion to form an important partnership and requested the help of many kings, including Prithviraj Chauhan, from nearby provinces. While these states did not accede to her request, she received help from Chalukya feudatories such as the Chauhans of Nadol, Jalor Chauhans and Parmars of Arbuda, as well as from her own family, the Chandel kings of Mahoba.
Realizing that this was not enough to defeat the huge army of enemy soldiers, the wise Naiki Devi carefully planned a battle strategy. She chose the rugged terrain of Gadrarghatta—the foothills of Mount Abu near the village of Kassandra (modern Kayadara, in Sirohi district)—as the site of the battle. The narrow hills of the Gadar valley were unfamiliar ground to the invading Ghori army, which gave Naiki Devi a huge advantage and balanced the odds in one deft move. And so when Ghori and his army finally reached Cassandra, the great warrior Empress Naiki Devi charged into battle with her son, seated on her lap! Led his troops into a fierce counter-attack!
The army of Naiki Devi and her local vassals were aware of the corner of the vast mountain of Abu, while the army of Ghori was unaware! Taking advantage of this to stop the supply of food grains, etc., the skill of sneak attacks, the unparalleled bravery of the Rajputs, and the army of elephants trained by the Patan army, the Ghori army was routed! As a result of which Mahmud Ghori's soldiers started running away! And Ghori who lost badly and barely managed to escape with some bodyguards!
In this battle known as the Battle of Kassandra, the brave soldiers of the huge Chalukya army and his troop of war elephants crushed the invading force! J Ghori once defeated the mighty Sultans of Multan in battle. In this battle, the famous Chandel Raja Paramardi of Mahoba, the peer of Rajmata Naykidevi, also helped the army and one of his chieftains, Raut, was also martyred in this battle. This battle is also mentioned in the history of Mahoba of Bundelkhand.
Facing a heavy defeat, Ghori fled with a handful of bodyguards. His pride was shattered and he too suffered defeat at the hands of a woman, and he never attempted to conquer Gujarat again! Because of this huge and successful war against foreign invasion, Gujarat remained safe from foreign, heathen invaders for the next 100 years and stopped the invasion of Lord Somnath with his own sacrifices! After this experience, Muhammad Ghori forgot the way to invade India and the second time E. S. In 1191 and 1192 chose the route to Punjab!
Interestingly, this was the same route that later, Timur (Tamurlane) also took when conquering North-West India in 1383, and his descendant Babur also followed the same route when establishing the Mughal Empire in India in 1526. went! All had learned from the terrible defeat of Muhammad Ghori. As for Kassandra's war, India's history would have been very different had Nayaki Devi, the invincible great empress of the Chalukyas, not taken charge of the war. Nayaki Devi's victory is mentioned in many places in Gujarat state historians as well as Chalukya inscriptions.
Gujarati poet Someswara's works mention how the army of 'Baal' Mulraj (child king) defeated the lord of Turushkas (Turks) and crushed the Malechcha (foreign) army. Another poet, Udayaprabha Suri, in his Sukrita-Kirti-Kallolini states that Nayaki Devi's army defeated Hamira (Sanskrit form of Amir) and her Maleccha army. whose soldiers were covered from head to toe to protect themselves. Also a Chalukya inscription from the reign of Bhimadeva II Bal Mularaj's uncle and successor states that even a woman could defeat Hamira during the reign of Bal Mularaj.
The 13th century Persian writer Minhaj-i-Siraj also mentions the Chalukya conquest in his writings. According to him, Muhammad of Ghor marched through Uchch and Multan towards Neherwala (Anhilwad). "The Rai (king) of Naharwala (Anhilwad) was very young but gave a terrible fight with a huge army with war elephants." In this battle, "the army of Islam was defeated and defeated" and the invading ruler had to return without any achievement. The 16th century writer Badauni also mentions the defeat of the invader and states that he returned to his homeland with great difficulty. However, the most detailed account of the Battle of Cassandra can be found in the works of the 14th century Jain historian Merutunga. which narrates how Rani Nayaki Devi fought against the Malecchas in the Abuna mountains and defeated their leader.
One of the greatest and bravest women in Indian history, Rani Nayika Devi's indomitable courage and indomitable spirit is comparable to the legendary Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, Rani Tarabai of the Marathas and Rani Chenamma of Kittur. Yet little is written in the history books about his or her brave and incredible adventure! A scholar of Gujarati history and Dean of Dungarpur Medical College, Dr. Rani Nayika Devi has been researched by Jayendra Singh Jadeja. This interesting information is taken from an article written by him.
CHINCHLO: For the past 20 years the Akhil Gujarat Rajput Yuva Sangh has been commemorating the great, heroic culture of the historic city of Patan by celebrating it on Mahavadi 7, the foundation day. The heroism of Gujarat's Virangana is historically portrayed in the film Nayika Devi.
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