Nagari, Rajasthan

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'''Nagari''', also '''Nagri''',<ref name=DKC>{{cite book |last1=Chakrabarti |first1=Dilip K. |title=A History of Indian Archaeology from the Beginning to 1947 |date=1988 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |isbn=9788121500791 |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iyJuAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> is a village situated 12 km north of [[Chittorgarh]] in [[Rajasthan]] state in India. Its ancient name was Madhyamika.<ref name=DKC/> It was a flourishing town from the [[Mauryan period]] up to [[Gupta period]]. The excavations here have shown some ancient archaeological structure with few believed to be religious in nature. The excavated Nagari temple too has been dated to the second half of the 1st-millennium BCE. A large number of punch marked and other old coins have been discovered here.

In the 2nd century BC Nagari was probably attacked by the [[Indo-Greeks]] who were ruling North-Western of India. As per [[Patanjali]] (150 BC) the great grammarian, Madhyamika was besieged by a Yavana king in 150 BC. [[Patanjali]] describes in the ''[[Mahābhāṣya|Mahābhāsya]]'', the invasion in two examples using the imperfect tense of [[Sanskrit]], denoting a recent event:<ref>"Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian coins in the Smithsonian institution", [[Bopearachchi]], p16.</ref>
* "''Arunad Yavanah Sāketam''" ("The [[Yavana]]s (Greeks) were besieging [[Saketa]]")
* "''Arunad Yavano Madhyamikām''" ("The Yavanas were besieging Madhyamika" (the "Middle country").

[[File:Hathiwada enclosure.jpg|thumb|left|The Hathibada/Hathiwada enclosure in which was found one of the [[Hathibada Ghosundi Inscriptions]].<ref>ASI Jaipur circle [http://asijaipurcircle.nic.in/hathiwada%20enclo.html Hathiwada enclosure]</ref>]]
[[File:Ghosundi stone inscription.jpg|thumb|left|The 1st century BC [[Hathibada Ghosundi Inscriptions]], some of the earliest inscriptions in [[Sanskrit]], were found near Nagari.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=F. w |title=Epigraphia Indica Vol.16 |date=1921 |page=25 |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.56664/2015.56664.Epigraphia-Indica-Vol16#page/n49}}</ref>]]
In the 1st century BC Nagari was probably occupied by the [[Sivi Kingdom|Sibis]]. Coins of Sibi tribe found here have the legend ‘majhamikaya sibi-janapadasa’.

Nagari came under the influence of [[Western Kshatrapas]] in the 2nd century. In the 3rd century Nagari was ruled by Malavas. Later [[Huna Kingdom|Huna]] king conquered it.

One [[stupa]] has been discovered at Nagari. It is constructed of moulded bricks and decorated with terracotta tiles of high artistic merit.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.mewarindia.com/ency/n.html]

[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Ancient Indian cities]]
[[Category:Villages in Chittorgarh district]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Chittorgarh district]]

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