Bayana

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Bayana is a historical town and the headquarters of Bayana tehsil in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan in India. Hindaun City is nearest city of Bayana - 33 km. Bayana is also known as the city of 'Vansasur'. It was the site of famous Important Battle of Bayana in 1527 between Rajput ruler Rana Sanga ruler of Mewar and Mughal emperor Babur.

Bayana
Town
Nickname:  City of Banasur
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Coordinates: 26.9°N 77.28°E / 26.9; 77.28
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Bharatpur
Government
• Type	Municipality
Elevation	196 m (643 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	55,000
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	321401
Vehicle registration	RJ-05

History

The Bayana Fort was built by Jadaun Rajput ruler Vijaypala in AD 1040.^[1][2] Jadaun are Yaduvanshi in lineage.^[3][4] Bayana was also famous for the Nil ki Mandi in the Mughal period. Between 1195 A.D - 1196 A.D., Mohammad Ghori attacked Bayana in which Jadaun Rajput Ruler Raja Kumarpala faced the defeat.^[5][6][7]

The Muslim community also lives in good numbers in Bayana, even the elderly people of the Muslim community believe that when the pilgrimage of the Muslims was to be chosen, there was a difference of only two and a half graves in Mecca and Bayana. The place would have been a Muslim pilgrimage in Bayana. The mosque here is also known as Usha Mosque. The Usha Temple at Bhinabari is also a very famous temple from where the blessings of the existence of Bayana are received.

The history of earnest is thousands of years old. It is called the city of Banasura, because the premonition of Usha, the daughter of Banasura and Aniruddha, the great-grandson of Lord Krishna, is described in Srimad Bhagwat 10.62 and Puranas. The Bayana Usha Temple here is a proof of this. In the year 322 Gupta dynasty was ruled by Chandragupta. At that time Pushp Gupta was appointed as its governor in the earnest area known as Sripath. In 371-72, the feudatory warlord Kshatriya of Emperor Samudra Gupta erected the Yajna Pillar. Its remains are still present today. It shows that there was a fort here at that time too. Also in 960, the Gurjar Pratihara dynasty ruled. Queen Chitralekha of Fakka dynasty King Laxman San built the Usha Temple under the rule of Emperor Mahipal. Maharaja Vijayapala ruled from 999-1043. Apart from this, the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal Empire and Bharatpur ruled. The remains and inscriptions of dozens of buildings exist during this period. Some important places of earnest-

2000 years old is the history of Bayana Fort. It is also known as the city of Banasura.

Bhimalat

Bhimlat built in 371. Bhimalat, also called Vijay Pillar. Malwa Samvat 428 means AD 371-72 is engraved on this pillar. This stone pillar was built by King Vishnu Vardhan at the conclusion of the Pundarik Yajna. This pillar is a monolithic pillar made of red sandstone. Which is on the platform 13.6 feet long and 9.2 feet wide. The length of the pillar is 26.3 feet. The first 22.7-foot section is octagonal. After that, it gets diluted. It is clear from the metallography on the top of the pillar that there must have been something on its top too.

Geography

Bayana is located in a small plain, between two hill ranges running more or less parallel to each other near the left bank of the Gambhir river, at a distance of 45 km from Bharatpur. Bayana is located at 26.9°N 77.28°E / 26.9; 77.28.^[8] It has an average elevation of 196 metres (643 feet).

Bayana city has a temple called 'Usha Mandir', which further establishes its link with Banasur. Another interesting aspect of Usha Temple is that temple and mosque are located adjacent to each other and share a common wall.

Bayana junction is a major railway station situated on Delhi Mumbai Railway network. As an junction it serves people to major cities like Delhi, Mathura, Kota and Agra etc. Daily passenger trains also originate from and terminate to bayana jn. Bayana has a large industrial area known as riico Bayana, which mainly consist of stone industries. The city was once known for its magnificent architecture but now has lost its beauty due to the negligence of state govt and local municipality bodies.

References

1. ""While the site is undoubtedly ancient, the current structure of the fort is attributed to 11th century CE Rajput King Vijaypal."". Times of India. 1 August 2019.
2. ""Bayana was also known earlier by various names such as Santipura, Sripatha, and Vijaymandirgarh. The construction of fort is ascribed to Vijayapala in the eleventh century A.D."". asijaipurcircle.
3. ""अतीत के इतिहास को देखें, तो बयाना का यह किला देश के नामचीन व बडे़ ही सुरक्षित किलों में शुमार था, जिसे कभी विजय मंदिर गढ़ (Vijay Mandir Garh) भी कहते थे और इसे अब विजयगढ दुर्ग (Vijaygarh Fort) के नाम से जाना जाता है. राजा विजयपाल की ओर से 1040 ईस्वी में इसका पुर्ननिर्माण करवाया गया था, जो भगवान श्रीकृष्ण और मथुरा के यादववंश के बताए जाते हैं."". NDTV Rajasthan. 23 February 2024.
4. Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1900). The Golden Book of India. A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire. With an Appendix for Ceylon. S. Low, Marston & Company. p. 132.
5. ""Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad Sam returned to India in 1196 to consolidate his hold around the present-day Rajasthan. The territory of Bayana was under the control of a sect of Jadaun Rajputs. The Ghurids stormed the Hill Fort of Vijaymandirgarh, which was ruled by Kumarpal. The rajputs were defeated, and the fort was placed under the guard of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad Ibn Sam's senior slave Baha al-Din Tughrul, who later established Sultankot, a township in Bayana. Tughrul also reduced the Fort of Gwalior, whose Parihar (a rajput clan) Chief Sallakhanapala surrendered and accepted the Ghurid suzerainty. "". HD Heritage Walks.
6. Umair Mirza (1 August 1970). A Comprehensive History of India, Delhi Sultanate. p. 169.
7. Srivastav, Ashirbadilal (1965). Delhi Sultanate (711 To 1526) - "११९५-९६ ई. में मुहम्मद ने फिर भारत पर आक्रमण किया और जादौंभट्टी राजपूतों की राजधानी बयाना को घेर लिया। राजा कुमारपाल ने थंगीर क्रे किले से शत्रु का मुकाबला किया किन्तु अन्त में उसे हथियार डालने पड़े । आ्राक्मणकारी ने थंगीर और विजय-मन्दिरगढ़ के किलों पर अधिकार क्र लिया और उनकी रक्षा के लिए बहाउद्दीन तुगरिल की अ्रधीनता में तुर्की सैनिक _ नियुक्त कर दिग्रे। " (in Hindi) (4th ed.). p. 111.
8. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bayana