Q.4 Write short notes on the following –
A. Cultural achievements of Maharana Pratap
B. Historicity of Sanyogita incident
C. Rathore-Sisodia alliance
निम्न पर संक्षिप्त टिप्पणी लिखिए –
अ. महाराणा प्रताप की सांस्कृतिक उपलब्धियां
ब. संयोगिता प्रंसग की ऐतिहासिकता
स. राठौड-सिसौदिया गठबंधन
Ans :
1. Cultural Achievements of Maharana Pratap
| Cultural Achievements of Maharana Pratap |
| Built the Harihar Temple at Badrana.Made Chavand his capital and developed it with structures like the Chamunda Mata Temple and a stepwell.Fostered the development of Mewar painting at Chavand.Main painter – NasruddinConstructed the Jhalra Talab and Neelkanth Mahadev Temple at Malpura. |
| Court scholar – Hemratna Suri – Gaura Badal Padmini Ri Chaupai, Mahipal Chaupai, Sita Chaupai, Lilavati, Amarkumar.Chakrapani Mishra – Rajyabhishek, Vishvavallabh (on gardening), Muhurtmala Vyavahardarsh.Jeevadhara – AmarsarMala SanduRama SanduKeshavJaisaSadulnath Trivedi – Pratap donated him a village named Mander. This information comes from the Udaipur inscription of 1588. |
2. Sanyogita – Historicity of the Legend
Historians do not agree unanimously on the truth and historicity of this legend. Dr. Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha considered it a fabrication and stated that contemporary works like Prabandha Kosha, Hammira Mahakavya, Prithviraj Prabandha, and Prabandha Chintamani do not mention this event. Dr. Romila Thapar and Dr. R.S. Tripathi also did not accept this story as true. There is no mention of this incident in contemporary Persian chronicles, although Abul Fazl has described it.
Dr. Dasharatha Sharma pointed out that there are many errors in the Hammira Mahakavya and Rambha Manjari, and it would not be fair to consider the entire event as fictional just because it is not mentioned in these texts. Accepting the truth of the incident, he explained that love is a part of life, and it is both real and factual. Therefore, it is not surprising if this event actually occurred.
C.V. Vaidya and Dr. Gopinath Sharma have also accepted the authenticity of this event.
Thus, there remains no doubt about the incident of Sanyogita’s abduction. It is natural for such a longstanding narrative to undergo changes or become exaggerated over time, but questioning the truth of this event does not seem justified.
The chieftains of Marwar arrived in Jodhpur with Ajit Singh, but since the city was under imperial control, they were concerned for Ajit Singh’s safety. Therefore, on the advice of his stepmother Devaraji, the young Ajit Singh was sent to Kalindri (Sirohi). There, he was placed under the protection of Jayadev, a Pushkarna Brahmin, while Mukunddas Khinchi was secretly appointed for his security.
Maharaja Jaswant Singh’s senior-most queen, Jaswantde, was the daughter of Rao Chatrasal of Bundi. Her stepsister Kanan Kumari was married to Maharana Raj Singh of Mewar. Through Kanan Kumari, Durgadas sent a request to Maharana Raj Singh seeking protection for Ajit Singh. Since the security of Mewar was also linked to this matter, Maharana Raj Singh accepted the request and granted Ajit Singh a fief (patta) of twelve villages, including Kelwa.
When Aurangzeb learned of this, he sent a royal decree (farman) to the Maharana demanding the return of Ajit Singh. However, the Maharana completely ignored the decree.
| Source : Old RBSE 9, SST 12 History page 78 |
