Jinamanjari 1999 09 No 20

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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In his composition, the Adipuraṇa, Jinasena I refers to the legend that Rṣabha and how he established the janapada system to facilitate administrative matters in his kingdom (e.g. two janapadās Cedi and Vatsa). These two janapādās were amalgamated into one under the name of Madhya Pradesh (the Central Land). This land appears to have strectched from the Himalayas in the north to the Vindhyas in the south.
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Jinamañjari, Volume 20, No.2, October 1999
SŌNĀGIRI Ramjeet Jain, Gwalior
In the present era, Cedi forms the modern Bundelkand region and Vatsu forms the modern region of Bhadholkand. During the times of the Mahabharata, Cedi was part of Yaduvas and was administered by Sisupal with Canderi as its capital. In post Mahavira times, Cedi was ruled by the ancestors of Emperor Khāravela. In later times, Candeli dynasty was established, and from thence onwards, it came to know also as Vindhya Pradesh.'
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Ancient Bundelkhand was comprised of 13 to14 districts, and five of these Hamirpura, Banda, Jalon, Jhansi and Lalitpur situated in the mid-south part of modern Uttar Pradesh. The rest of the districts -- Datia, Guna, Tikamgarh, Chatarpur, Panna, Satna, Damoh, Nandla and Sagar are situated in the northern part of present state of Madhya Pradesh. Bhind, Morena, Gwalior and Shivpuri situated in the west, and Rewa in the east, Jabalpur in the south are also sometimes included as part of ancient Bundelkhand.
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Sonagiri Hill, known as Sonagiri Śramaṇagiri or Swarṇagiri in ancient times, is situated in the northwest part of Datia, and is located at about sixty kms from Gwalior in the Jhansi-Delhi rail section (the station is named after Sonagiri). The ancient name of Datia was Dilipnagar and it belonged to the Cedi kingdom under King Dilip, whose ancestory goes back to Ikṣvāsu lineage at Ayodhya3
Sonagiri is adorned with a beautiful, natural habitation and covered with thick green vegetion over which the rocky hill rises above. The sanctity has been attached to Sonagiri as it was visited by Lords Rṣabha, Candraprabhu, Pārṣva and Mahavira during their respective spiritual wanderings."
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