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Pauni
Pauni is a town and a municipal council in the Bhandara district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The National Highway NH-247 is connected to the town. Pauni is also known as Kashi of Vidarbha due to its wide swath of temples.
Pauni is located at 20°47′N 79°38′E / 20.78°N 79.63°E. It has an average elevation of 226 metres (741 feet). The town is surrounded on three sides by a moat and earthen rampart, and the fourth side by the Wainganga River. The main language of Pauni is Marathi, the regional language of the state of Maharashtra. Pauni is surrounded by Umred-Karhandla wildlife sanctuary, famous for tigers and other wild animals.
Pauni (derived from the name of king "Pavan") is situated on the bank of river Wainganga known as South Ganga. In ancient times, Pauni was famous for the hand-loom textile industry. Pauni is an ancient city, surrounded by a rampart and moat, the latter partly preserved. The remains of historical monuments are scattered all over the town. The city wall, atop the rampart, is partly preserved and dates to the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries.
Pawan Raja Fort is in roughly middle of the town built by King Pavan. It is one of the architectural wonders in Pauni.Though in present time, only the walls of fort are standing and no remains of fort is seen, but it is said that the most part of the town was once a territory of fort. On one side of the fort is a lake. While on the entrance of the fort is a big ancient gate which facilitate connections between two sides of the town.
The excavations at Pauni have shown that the area was a center of Buddhism from the Maurya and Satavahana times, and coins of the early Satavahana ruler Satakarni I were discovered in connection with archaeological finds. One of the excavated stupas, the Suleman Tekri stupa, had a diameter of 41.6 meters, larger than the main stupa at Sanchi.
Jagannath Tekri Stupa. 20°47′01″N 79°38′09″E / 20.7835°N 79.6357°E There is an earthen mound to the south of Pauni, outside the fort-wall on the bank of the Balasamudra water body. A temple to Jagananath is built on the mound. Nagpur University has carried out archeological excavations around the Jagannath temple in 1969. These excavations unearthed the remains of a large stupa of the early historic period. The stupa has a diameter of 38.1 meters and seems to have been worshipped from the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE, undergoing several waves of enlargements and renovations. The excavations revealed also a number of carved pillars, some on the site, and other pieces now in the National Museum of India and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya. A number of the pieces of this railing carry Brahmi inscriptions. Four gateways seemingly rather similar to those of Bharhut were also erected. The majority of the inscriptions record donations to the stupa, but one inscription mentions Mucalinda, the earliest reference to this deity in India.
Suleman Tekri Stupa. A second stupa was excavated by Nagpur University near the village of Chandakapur, about 600 meters south of Jagannath Tekri. The Suleman Tekri stupa has a diameter of 41.6 meters, larger than the main stupa at Sanchi, and is dated to circa the 1st century BCE, with extensions down to the 2nd century CE. Although monumental, no sculptures or decorations were found from this stupa, suggesting a severe, unadorned, design. Coins of Satakarni were found in association with the stupa. Coins of the Western Satraps were also found.
Hardolal Tekri. This is a mound outside the town. A large megalith stone was found here, inscribed in the early historic period with the name of the ruler Bhagadatta. The stone is now in the collections of the Nagpur Central Museum. This mound was not a stupa.
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Pauni
Pauni is a town and a municipal council in the Bhandara district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The National Highway NH-247 is connected to the town. Pauni is also known as Kashi of Vidarbha due to its wide swath of temples.
Pauni is located at 20°47′N 79°38′E / 20.78°N 79.63°E. It has an average elevation of 226 metres (741 feet). The town is surrounded on three sides by a moat and earthen rampart, and the fourth side by the Wainganga River. The main language of Pauni is Marathi, the regional language of the state of Maharashtra. Pauni is surrounded by Umred-Karhandla wildlife sanctuary, famous for tigers and other wild animals.
Pauni (derived from the name of king "Pavan") is situated on the bank of river Wainganga known as South Ganga. In ancient times, Pauni was famous for the hand-loom textile industry. Pauni is an ancient city, surrounded by a rampart and moat, the latter partly preserved. The remains of historical monuments are scattered all over the town. The city wall, atop the rampart, is partly preserved and dates to the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries.
Pawan Raja Fort is in roughly middle of the town built by King Pavan. It is one of the architectural wonders in Pauni.Though in present time, only the walls of fort are standing and no remains of fort is seen, but it is said that the most part of the town was once a territory of fort. On one side of the fort is a lake. While on the entrance of the fort is a big ancient gate which facilitate connections between two sides of the town.
The excavations at Pauni have shown that the area was a center of Buddhism from the Maurya and Satavahana times, and coins of the early Satavahana ruler Satakarni I were discovered in connection with archaeological finds. One of the excavated stupas, the Suleman Tekri stupa, had a diameter of 41.6 meters, larger than the main stupa at Sanchi.
Jagannath Tekri Stupa. 20°47′01″N 79°38′09″E / 20.7835°N 79.6357°E There is an earthen mound to the south of Pauni, outside the fort-wall on the bank of the Balasamudra water body. A temple to Jagananath is built on the mound. Nagpur University has carried out archeological excavations around the Jagannath temple in 1969. These excavations unearthed the remains of a large stupa of the early historic period. The stupa has a diameter of 38.1 meters and seems to have been worshipped from the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE, undergoing several waves of enlargements and renovations. The excavations revealed also a number of carved pillars, some on the site, and other pieces now in the National Museum of India and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya. A number of the pieces of this railing carry Brahmi inscriptions. Four gateways seemingly rather similar to those of Bharhut were also erected. The majority of the inscriptions record donations to the stupa, but one inscription mentions Mucalinda, the earliest reference to this deity in India.
Suleman Tekri Stupa. A second stupa was excavated by Nagpur University near the village of Chandakapur, about 600 meters south of Jagannath Tekri. The Suleman Tekri stupa has a diameter of 41.6 meters, larger than the main stupa at Sanchi, and is dated to circa the 1st century BCE, with extensions down to the 2nd century CE. Although monumental, no sculptures or decorations were found from this stupa, suggesting a severe, unadorned, design. Coins of Satakarni were found in association with the stupa. Coins of the Western Satraps were also found.
Hardolal Tekri. This is a mound outside the town. A large megalith stone was found here, inscribed in the early historic period with the name of the ruler Bhagadatta. The stone is now in the collections of the Nagpur Central Museum. This mound was not a stupa.