Bagelkhand

Baghelkhand
बघेलखंड
Region
Country  India
State Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

Bagelkhand or Baghelkhand is a region and also a mountain range in central India that covers the northeastern regions of Madhya Pradesh and a small area of southeastern Uttar Pradesh (see map to the right). It includes the Madhya Pradesh districts of Rewa, Satna, Shahdol, Sidhi, and Singrauli and Chitrakoot of Uttar Pradesh

Baghelkhand is surrounded by the Indo-Gangetic plains in the north and east, Bundelkhand in the west and the Vindhya range in the south.

The Baghels, who give their name to the region, are a branch of the Solanki who once ruled in Gujarat and migrated eastward in the 13th century. Vyaghra Dev was the first Solanki ruler who came to this area from Gujarat and established his rule. Bagh is derived from Vyaghra, which is Sanskrit for "Tiger". The descendants of Vyaghra Dev are known as Baghels. The most known princes and fighters were Aalhaa and his brother Udal who are also worshipped by people of Baghelkhandand are said to be deathless. Their strength can be known by this that, Prithviraj Chauhan once took his whole army back after knowing that Aalhaa and Udal have came back to Baghelkhand. [1]

Bagelkhand Agency derived its name from the region.

Bagelkhand School of painting

Bagelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh is also known as Vindhya region. The art world is unaware of the painting tradition of this area. Raja Vishvanath Singh (1836-1857) was a great lover of art and he also wrote in sanskrit. His Deewan (minister) Bansidhar was also a great scholar. During his times many mss were illuminated including shaktinidhi which contains several forms of Devi and Vishnunidhi which comprises different forms of Lord vishnu.

References

  1. ↑ http://books.google.ca/books?id=47sfj8DUwNgC&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=Vyaghra+Deva&source=bl&ots=dbDEqGTEuM&sig=o_qCg_wRLeSe-XdnRC6--8M0v74&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jjg5U72mMu_C0AHhmoBg&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Vyaghra%20Deva&f=false

Further reading

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Bagelkhand.

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