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'''Kamboi | '''Kamboi''' is a town located in Chanasma [[taluk|taluka]], in [[Patan district]], in the modern Indian [[States of India|state]] of [[Gujarat]]. It is {{convert|10|km|mi}} west of [[Chanasma]] on the [[Harij]]-[[Mehsana]] road. It uses the [[postcode]] number of 384230. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Jain tirtha=== | ===Jain tirtha=== | ||
The Kamboi town has an old [[Jain]] [[Tirtha (Jainism)|tirtha]] (''pilgrim place'') at its centre. The [[moolnayak]] of this temple is a {{convert|2.5|ft|m}} white-coloured idol of Bhagawan Manamohan Parshvanath in the Padmasana posture. The idol dates back to [[Samprati|King Samprati’s]] period (224 – 215 BCE). Other idols in the temple have inscriptions dating back to the 16th century. | The Kamboi town has an old [[Jain]] [[Tirtha (Jainism)|tirtha]] (''pilgrim place'') at its centre. The [[moolnayak]] of this temple is a {{convert|2.5|ft|m}} white-coloured idol of Bhagawan Manamohan Parshvanath in the Padmasana posture. The idol dates back to [[Samprati|King Samprati’s]] period (224 – 215 BCE). Other idols in the temple have inscriptions dating back to the 16th century. | ||
The temple was renovated in 2003.<ref>http://jainsite.com/jain-tirth/kamboi-tirth/</ref><ref>http://www.jainjagat.com/viewtemple.php/Date/1883/66</ref> | The temple was renovated in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jainsite.com/jain-tirth/kamboi-tirth/|title = KAMBOI TIRTH – the Jainsite World's Largest Jain Website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jainjagat.com/viewtemple.php/Date/1883/66|title=Shri Kamboi Teerth Patan Gujarat India|access-date=25 September 2005|archive-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201005932/http://www.jainjagat.com/viewtemple.php/Date/1883/66|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
There is also an old temple to [[Siyojmata]], a goddess of the town.{{fact|date=December 2018}} | There is also an old temple to [[Siyojmata]], a goddess of the town.{{fact|date=December 2018}} | ||
==Land-locked trade port== | ==Land-locked trade port== | ||
Recent [[Archaeology|archaeological]] [[Excavation (archaeology)|excavations]] have discovered that even though [[land-locked]] now, the Kamboi and [[Cambay|Kambay]] had been once well known sea ports on the western coast of Gujarat. Similarly also, there was a port named [[Gandhara|Gandhar]] in Taluka Bhroach (ancient Bharukachcha) contiguous to [[Narbada]].<ref>[http://geospatialworld.net/Paper/Application/ArticleView.aspx?aid=316 "Ancient ports of Gujarat"] ''Geospatial World''.</ref> | Recent [[Archaeology|archaeological]] [[Excavation (archaeology)|excavations]] have discovered that even though [[land-locked]] now, the Kamboi and [[Cambay|Kambay]] had been once well known sea ports on the western coast of Gujarat. Similarly also, there was a port named [[Gandhara|Gandhar]] in Taluka Bhroach (ancient Bharukachcha) contiguous to [[Narmada River|Narbada]].<ref>[http://geospatialworld.net/Paper/Application/ArticleView.aspx?aid=316 "Ancient ports of Gujarat"] ''Geospatial World''.</ref> This information furnished is not related to Kamboi of Chanasma taluka but it looks like the Kamboi of Jambusar taluka of bharuch district. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* The Sind, M. C. Lambrick | * The Sind, M. C. Lambrick | ||
* [[Epigraphia Indica]], Vol XXIV, pp 45–46 | * [[Epigraphia Indica]], Vol XXIV, pp 45–46 | ||
* [http://www.jainjagat.com/viewtemple.php/Date/1883/66 "Shri Kamboi Teerth"] | * [http://www.jainjagat.com/viewtemple.php/Date/1883/66 "Shri Kamboi Teerth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201005932/http://www.jainjagat.com/viewtemple.php/Date/1883/66 |date=1 December 2016 }} | ||
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[[Category:Jain temples in Gujarat]] | [[Category:Jain temples in Gujarat]] | ||
[[Category:Cities and towns in Patan district]] | [[Category:Cities and towns in Patan district]] | ||
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Kamboi is a town located in Chanasma taluka, in Patan district, in the modern Indian state of Gujarat. It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Chanasma on the Harij-Mehsana road. It uses the postcode number of 384230.
History[edit | edit source]
Historian R. C. Majumdar describes Kamboi as being about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Anahilwara Patan. It was the site of a decisive victory in 1392 over Farhat-ul-Mulk by Zaffar Khan, who later founded the Muzaffarid dynasty.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Kamboika is stated to have been evolved from the Pali Kambojaka or Kambojika as follows:
Kambojika == > Kamboyika == > Kamboika since hard palatal j is known to change to soft y in Indo-Aryan languages and further yi == > i.
The change of palatal j to soft y is not unusual. The Shabazgarhi Inscriptions of king Ashoka also write Kamboja as Kamboya where j is replaced with y.[2][3])
To give a few more illustrations, the terms SamJogita, SamaJa, Jajman, Jadu, Jogi and GaJni etc. are also found written as SamYokita, SamaYa Yajman Yadu, Yogi and GaYni where also the j has become soft y.
And lastly, the penultimate letter k being sandwiched between two vowels gets eliminated in ancient Indo-Aryan languages following a documented procedure as noted by ancient Prakritic Grammarians. According to third century Prakritic grammarian Acharya Varuchi, the consonants k, g, ch, j, t, d, p etc. falling between two vowel sounds usually get elited.[4]
Hence KamboiKa == > Kamboi
Thus, the 15th-century records refer to this town as Kamboi.
Tourism[edit | edit source]
Jain tirtha[edit | edit source]
The Kamboi town has an old Jain tirtha (pilgrim place) at its centre. The moolnayak of this temple is a 2.5 feet (0.76 m) white-coloured idol of Bhagawan Manamohan Parshvanath in the Padmasana posture. The idol dates back to King Samprati’s period (224 – 215 BCE). Other idols in the temple have inscriptions dating back to the 16th century. The temple was renovated in 2003.[5][6]
There is also an old temple to Siyojmata, a goddess of the town.[citation needed]
Land-locked trade port[edit | edit source]
Recent archaeological excavations have discovered that even though land-locked now, the Kamboi and Kambay had been once well known sea ports on the western coast of Gujarat. Similarly also, there was a port named Gandhar in Taluka Bhroach (ancient Bharukachcha) contiguous to Narbada.[7] This information furnished is not related to Kamboi of Chanasma taluka but it looks like the Kamboi of Jambusar taluka of bharuch district.
See also[edit | edit source]
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Majumdar 1960, p. 155. "A battle was fought at Kamboi, situated about 20 miles west of Anahilwāra Patan, in which Muzaffar inflicted a crushing defeat on Farhat who was killed (A.D. 1392)."
- ↑ Shahbazgarhi Rock Edict No 5 The Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project Archived 14 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ No 13 The Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project Archived 16 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ See: E. B. Cowel, The Prakrita Prakasha, preface pp ii-iv.
- ↑ "KAMBOI TIRTH – the Jainsite World's Largest Jain Website".
- ↑ "Shri Kamboi Teerth Patan Gujarat India". Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2005.
- ↑ "Ancient ports of Gujarat" Geospatial World.
References[edit | edit source]
- Hindu Polity, A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times, Part I & II, 1978, Dr K. P. Jayswal
- Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra; Pusalker, A. D.; Majumdar, A. K., eds. (1960). The History and Culture of the Indian People. Vol. VI: The Delhi Sultanate. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
- The Sind, M. C. Lambrick
- Epigraphia Indica, Vol XXIV, pp 45–46
- "Shri Kamboi Teerth" Archived 1 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine