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The term Bhojśālā (also Bhojshala or Bhoj Shala) became linked to the building in the early twentieth century. This name was based on the poetic inscriptions and incised geometric drawings found at the site by K. K. Lele, the Superintendent of State Education and head of the archaeology department in
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1000 and 1055 in central India, is considered one of the greatest kings in the Indian tradition. He was a celebrated patron of arts, and out of reverence for him, Hindu scholars that followed traditionally attributed a large number of Sanskrit works on philosophy, astronomy, grammar medicine, yoga,
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in 1871. A fresh page was turned in 1903 when K. K. Lele, Superintendent of Education in the Princely State of Dhār, reported a number of Sanskrit and Prakrit inscriptions in the walls and floor of the pillared hall at Kamāl Maula. Study of the inscriptions has been continued by various scholars to
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issuing rulings prior to Independence. Since then, legal challenges to the status quo have been mounted periodically, most recently in 2024 in a writ to the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The court stated that "The detailed arguments at the Bar by all the contesting parties fortify
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falls on a Friday. The Archaeological Survey of India attempts to assign hours to both Hindus and Muslims on such days. However, this been a source of communal friction and occasional disturbance when the religious group scheduled for the earlier time slot refuse to vacate the premises in time for
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in 1888 made no mention of the Bhojśālā, noting only the "Well of Wisdom" in front of the tomb of Kamāl al-Dīn, so called because of the number of Arabic books that had fallen into the well many years before. Kincaid was a cynical observer but he lived in Malwa for two decades and had significant
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of 1905-06. In this article, Hultzsch refers to a paper sent to him by Lele that described the discovery of the Sanskrit and Prakrit inscriptions at the 'Bhoja Shala'. The usage became established at that point. A copy of Lele's paper was secured by S. K. Dikshit, who printed it in his study and
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but the palaeography of the record itself suggests that this copy was engraved in the twelfth or thirteenth century. The text was published by Richard Pischel in 1905–06, with a new version and translation appearing in 2003 by V. M. Kulkarni. The inscription is currently on display inside the
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The inscription on the sculpture mentions king Bhoja and Vāgdevī, another name for Sarasvatī. The word 'Vāgdevī' literally means the goddess of speech, articulation and learning. However, later study of the inscription by Indian scholars of Sanskrit and Prakrit languages, notably
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1210-15). He and many others, in Hindu and Jain traditions, held Bhoja in such high regard that they stated or were revered as a reincarnation (rebirth) of Bhoja or Bhoja-like ruler. Centuries later, Bhoja remained a revered figure as evidenced by Merutuṅga's
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The building also contains two serpentine grammatical inscriptions. These records prompted K. K. Lele to describe the building as the Bhojśālā or Hall of Bhoja because king Bhoja was the author of a number of works on poetics and grammar, among them the
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in the British Museum, announcing that it was Rāja Bhoja's Sarasvatī from Dhār. This analysis was broadly accepted and had a significant impact. The statue in the British Museum was often misidentified as Bhoja's Sarasvatī in the years that followed.
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and architecture are attributed. The architectural parts of the building proper are of different periods but mainly date the 12th century; the Islamic domed tombs in the wider campus were added between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
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the court's belief and assumption that the nature and character of the whole monument admittedly maintained by the Central government needs to be demystified and freed from the shackles of confusion." The decision was upheld by the
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mentioned Dhār in 1822, along with building projects such as the dams planned and completed by King Bhoja. The scholarly study on the inscriptions of Bhojśālā continued in the late nineteenth century with the efforts of
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dynasties took an aggressive attitude toward Dhār, sacking the city repeatedly in the dying days of the Paramāra regime. They removed libraries to western India where Paramara texts were copied and preserved, the
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antiquarian interests. The absence of the term Bhojśālā in his writing indicates was "no living tradition about the Bhojālā in the middle decades of the nineteenth century" among those with whom he interacted."
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The identification of the British Museum sculpture as Ambikā is confirmed by the iconographic features which conform to Ambikā images found elsewhere. A particularly close comparative example is the Ambikā in
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Dhār, Madhya Pradesh. Pillar arcade looking south. The pillars and other architectural parts date to the twelfth century, with the different designs showing they are re-cycled from a variety of buildings.
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in the 17th century. This tradition continued, and in the 20th century, Hindu scholars described Bhoja as an example of the glorious past of their historic culture and a part of Hindu identity.
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was likewise brought from eastern India to Rajasthan, and the shifting of sacred images is found in Jainism. The practice has deep routes in India, going back to at least the fifth century.
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The inscription on the Ambikā statue shows that the Vāgdevī at Dhār was dedicated to the Jain form of Sarasvatī. However, the Vāgdevī mentioned is yet to be located or no longer exists.
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after the making of three Jinas and Vāgdevī. In other words, although Vāgdevī is mentioned, the inscription's main purpose is to record the making of an image of Ambikā, i.e. the
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dating to the eleventh century. Like the Dhār sculpture, the Sehore image shows a youth riding a lion at the foot of the goddess and a figure with a beard standing at one side.
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of 1908 also calls it Raja Bhoja's school, noting the term was a "misnomer." By the 1930s, however, the term Bhojśālā was well established, with rulings issued by
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Dhar State. Dhār Darbār धार दरबार. Vol. 57, No. 6. Saturday 24 August 1935. पार्ट १ एलान नं ९७३ भोजशाला मसजिद कमालमवलाना. Available online at: Zenodo.
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Dhār धार (District Dhār, Madhya Pradesh). Inscription of the time of Bhoja on an image of the Jain goddess Ambikā dated saṃvat 1091, critical edition.
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The archaeological sites at Dhār, especially the inscriptions, attracted the early attention of colonial Indologists, historians and administrators.
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the present. The variety and size of the inscribed tablets at the site, among them two serpentine inscriptions giving grammatical rules of the
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Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani, Rāula-vela of Roḍa: a rare poem of c. twelfth century in early Indo-Aryan (Ahmedabad: Parshva Prakashan, 1994).
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Claims about the nature and history of the building have been ongoing since the early part of the twentieth century, with the authorities of
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As noted above, the building is a Protected Monument of national importance under the laws of India and is under the jurisdiction of the
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M. Willis. "New Discoveries from Old Finds: A Jain Sculpture in the British Museum," CoJS Newsletter 6 (2011): 34-36, available online:
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M. Willis. "New Discoveries from Old Finds: A Jain Sculpture in the British Museum," CoJS Newsletter 6 (2011): 34-36, available online:
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Dhār धार (District Dhār, Madhya Pradesh). Image of Ambikā with an inscription of Bhoja dated saṃvat 1091, photograph and further links.
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For example, Dhar State. Dhār Darbār धार दरबार. Vol. 57, No. 6. Saturday 24 August 1935. पार्ट १ एलान नं ९७३ भोजशाला मसजिद कमालमवलाना
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architecture and other subjects to him. Of these, a well studied and influential text in the field of poetics is
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mentioned that he removed an inscribed panel from the Kamāl Maula. This is the inscripion now described as the
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84 (1964): 150-62; the poetic text with this title, rather than the grammatical one, has been published as
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also impinges on the administration and regulation of the monument, with day-to-day rules set out in the
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R. Birwé, 'Nārāyaṇa Daṇḍanātha's Commentary on Rules III.2, 106-121 of Bhoja's Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa',
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language, show that materials were brought from a wide area and a number of different structures.
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Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque row: What is the dispute over the temple-cum-mosque all about?
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Kirit Mankodi, 'A Paramāra Sculpture in the British Museum: Vāgdevī or Yakshī Ambikā?',
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Eugen Hultzsch, "Dhar Prasasti of Arjunavarman: Parijatamanjari-Natika by Mandana,"
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In 1924, some two decades after Lele identified the Bhojaśālā with the Kamāl Maula,
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The term Bhojśālā cannot be in found sources from the nineteenth century or before.
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Among the inscriptions found by K. K. Lele was a tablet with a series of verses in
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E. Hultzsch, "Dhar Prasasti of Arjunavarman: Parijatamanjari-Natika by Mandana,"
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O. C. Gangoly and K. N. Dikshit, 'An Image of Saraswati in the British Museum',
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under the Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, otherwise known as the
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The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual: Temples and the Establishment of the Gods
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Bhojshala is presently a Monument of National Importance protected by the
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Pārijātamañjarī alias Vijayaśrī by Rāja-Guru Madana alias Bāla-Sarasvatī
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Pārijātamañjarī alias Vijayaśrī by Rāja-Guru Madana alias Bāla-Sarasvatī
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visited Dhar and reports collecting an inscription there. This is the
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One of the serpentine inscriptions found by K. K. Lele at Kamāl Maula
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Along with his literary and art support, Bhoja began constructing a
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A Memoir of Central India including Malwa, and Adjoining Provinces
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Another inscription found by K. K. Lele is part of a drama called
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Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules 1959
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List of Monuments of National Importance in Madhya Pradesh/West
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Sahira. It was written by Śivadeva the proficient. Year 1091.
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is the fundamental and motivating impulse in the universe.
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Dhar State. Historical record series, v. 1 (Dhar: ): iii.
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completed in the early fourteenth century, and Ballāla's
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Temple, Richard Carnac; Fleet, J. F. (14 August 1888).
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dated 1271 records the creation of a pleasure garden (
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The Prabandhacintāmaṇi or Wishing-stone of Narratives
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch
439:The translation is given here for ready reference. 130:. The site is open to visitors on other days. The 122:. The building carries the number N-MP-117 in the 44: 1186:For the Sanskrit text and further analysis, see 560:Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 132:Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 27:Historic building in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India 89:. The name is derived from the celebrated king 1175:Parmar Inscriptions in Dhar State, 875-1310 AD 1158:Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient 1101:Parmar Inscriptions in Dhar State, 875-1310 AD 509:among them. An inscription of Vīsaladeva from 328:Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya 159:in his publication of the Dhār inscription of 8: 1277:Important inscriptions from the Baroda state 1005:"Search, Seek, and Discover Jain Literature" 830: 828: 826: 824: 822: 700:Ernest Barnes, "Art. XI. - Dhar and Mandu," 769: 767: 765: 592: 590: 588: 586: 1365:(01 April, 2024). 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Index

Bhoj Shala
Bhojshala, Dhar

IAST
Dhar
Madhya Pradesh
India
Bhoja
Paramāra dynasty
central India
yoga
Archaeological Survey of India
AMASR Act
List of Monuments of National Importance in Madhya Pradesh/West
Vasant Panchami
Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991
Dhar State
E. Hultzsch
Arjunavarman
Epigraphia Indica
Dhar State
William Kincaid (Indian Civil Service)
John Malcolm
Rāüla vela of Roḍa
Bhoja
Bhoja
Sringara
Shiva
Bhojpur
Khajuraho Group of Monuments

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