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[[File:Manibhadra image at Pawaya.jpg|thumb|260px|Manibhadra image at Pawaya]]<br />
'''Padmavati''', identified with modern '''Pawaya''' in [[Madhya Pradesh]], was an ancient Indian city mentioned in several classic Sanskrit texts, [[Bhavabhuti#Malatimadhava|Malatimadhavam]] of [[Bhavabhuti]],<ref>Bhavabhūti: His Date, Life, and Works By V. V. Mirashi, p. 74, The History of Padmavati</ref> [[Harshacharita]] of [[Bāṇabhaṭṭa|Bana]],<ref>Rise And Fall Of The Imperial Guptas, Ashvini Agrawal, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., Jan 1, 1989 p. 54</ref> and Sarasvatīkaṇṭhabharaṇa of Raja [[Bhoja]]. Bhavabhuti describes the city with tall mansions and temples with shikharas and gates, located between Para and the Sindhu rivers.<br />
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It is also mentioned in inscriptions like the [[Grahapati Kokkala inscription|Kokkala]] [[Grahapati]] inscription of [[Khajuraho]].<ref>Khajuraho, Kanhaiyalal Agrawal, Macmillan India, 1980 (in Hindi)</ref> The inscription mentions that the city had rows of tall mansions. The dust used to arise because of running of strong horses.<ref>Padmavati Purval Digambar Jain Jati ka Udbhav aur Vikas, Ramjit Jain, Pragatishil Padmavati Purval Digambar Jain Sangathan Panjikrut, 2005, p. 15</ref><br />
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==Identification==<br />
[[Alexander Cunningham]] identified Padmavati with present [[Narwar]] near [[Gwalior]].<ref>Cunningham, Alexander (1872). Four Reports Made During the Years 1862-63-64-65 (Vol II). Archaeological Survey of India. New Delhi.</ref> M B Garde carried out excavations at Pawaya in 1924-25, 1933–34 and 1941. He identifies Pawaya with ancient Padmavati rejecting Cunningham’s identification with Narwar.<ref>INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY 1955-56<br />
EDITED BY A. GHOSH, Director General of Archaeology in India, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, NEW DELHI, 1956.</ref><ref>Costumes & Ornaments As Depicted in the Early Sculpture of Gwalior Museum By Sulochana Ayyar, p. 20-21</ref> Coins of several [[Naga kings]], who have been dated between 210-340 AD, have been found at Pawaya.<br />
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==Antiquities==<br />
Among the antiquities found at Pawaya is an image of Yaksha [[Manibhadra]].<ref>Jaina-Rupa-Mandana, Volume 1, Umakant P. Shah, 1987, Page 205</ref> It has an inscription that mentions that it was installed in the fourth regnal year of King Sivanandi and was worshipped by the gosthas or merchants.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Pawāyā Gupta image inscription]]<br />
* [[Narwar coinage]]<br />
* [[Grahapati Kokkala inscription]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External sources==<br />
* Pawaya – Glamour of the Ancient Padmavati, http://puratattva.in/2011/07/11/pawaya-glamour-of-the-ancient-padmavati-159.html<br />
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