वाकाटक वंश

vakatak vansh (300 se 500 eesavi lagabhag) satavahanoan ke uparant dakshin ki mahattvapoorn shakti ke roop mean ubhara. tisari shatabdi ee. se chhathi shatabdi ee. tak dakshinapath mean shasan karane vale samast rajavanshoan mean vakatak vansh sarvadhik sammanit evan susanskrit tha. magadh ke chakravarti guptavansh ke samakalin is rajavansh ne madhy bharat tatha dakshin bharat ke oopari bhag mean shasan kiya. inaka mool nivas sthan barar, vidarbh mean tha. vakatak vansh ka sansthapak 'viandhyashakti' tha.

shasan kal

viandhyashakti ko shilalekh mean 'vakatak vanshaketu' kaha gaya hai. vah 'vishnu vriddhi' gotr ka brahman tha. viandhyashakti ki tulana indr evan vishnu se ki jati thi. sambhavatah vakatakoan ka dakkan pradesh mean tisari shatabdi se lekar paanchavian shatabdi tak shasan raha. viandhyashakti ka putr evan uttaradhikari 'haritiputr pravarasen' hi ek matr vakatak vansh ka raja tha, jise samrat ki padavi mili thi. usake samay mean vakatak rajy ka vistar bundelakhand se prarambh hokar dakshin mean haidarabad tak vistar le chuka tha.

bharashiv tatha vakatak

viandhyashakti prarambh mean bharashiv vansh ke nagoan ka samant tha. usake putr ka nam pravarasen tha. bharashiv raja bhavanag ki ikalauti l daki pravarasen ke putr gautamiputr ko byahi thi. is vivah se gautamiputr ke jo putr hua tha, usaka nam rudrasen tha. kyoanki bhavanag ke koee putr nahian tha, at: usaka uttaradhikari usaka dauhitr rudrasen hi hua. gautamiputr ki mrityu pravarasen ke karyakal mean hi ho gayi thi. at: rudrasen jahaan apane pitamah ke rajy ka uttaradhikari bana, vahian sath hi vah apane nana ke vishal samrajy ka bhi uttaradhikari niyukt hua. dhire-dhire bharashiv aur vakatak rajyoan ka shasan ek ho gaya. rudrasen ke sanrakshak ke roop mean pravarasen ne vakatak aur bharashiv donoan vanshoan ke rajy ke shasan sootr ko apane hath mean le liya.

rajy vistar

pravarasen b da hi shaktishali raja tha. isane charoan dishaoan mean digvijay karake char bar 'ashvamedh yajn' kiye aur vajasaney yajn karake samrat ka gauravamay pad prapt kiya. pravarasen ki vijayoan ke mukhy kshetr malava, gujarat aur kathiyava d the. panjab aur uttar bharat se kushanoan ka shasan is samay tak samapt ho chuka tha. par gujarat-kathiyava d mean abhi tak shak 'mahakshatrap' rajy kar rahe the. pravarasen ne inaka ant kiya. yahi usake shasan kal ki sabase mahattvapoorn ghatana thi. gujarat aur kathiyava d ke mahakshatrapoan ko pravarasen ne chauthi sadi ke prarambh mean parast kiya tha.

vakatak vansh ke raja

vakatak vansh ke nimn raja the-

1. viandhyashakti
2. pravarasen
3. rudrasen
4. prithvisen
5. rudrasen dvitiy
6. pravarasen dvitiy

puranoan mean pravarasen ke char putroan ka ullekh milata hai, par usake do putroan dvara hi shasan karane ka praman upalabdh hai. pravarasen ka rajy usaki mrityu ke bad usake putroan- gautamiputr evan sarvasen mean bant gaya. gautamiputr ke rajy ka kendr nandivardhan (nagapur) evan sarvasen ka kendr barar mean tha. gupt samrat chandragupt dvitiy ne apani putri prabhavati ka vivah vakatak naresh rudrasen dvitiy se kiya. rudrasen dvitiy prithvisen pratham ka putr evan uttaradhikari tha. kalantar mean rudrasen ke marane ke bad qarib 13 varsh tak prabhavati ne alpavayask putr ki sanrakshika ke roop mean apane pita ke sahayog se shasan kiya. prabhavati ke putr damodar sen ne 'pravarasen' ki upadhi dharan ki. isane 'pravarasen' nagar ki sthapana ki thi.

pravarasen ke uttaradhikari

vakatak naresh pravarasen dvitiy ki ruchi sahity mean bhi thi. unhoanne 'setubandh' namag granth ki rachana ki. pravarasen dvitiy ka putr narendrasen usaka uttaradhikari bana. narendr ke bad prithvisen dvitiy gaddi par baitha. ise vansh ke khoe hue bhagy ko nirmit karane vala kaha gaya hai. shayad prithvisen ne 'paramapur' ko apani rajadhani banaee thi. vakatakoan ki is shakha ka astitv 480 ee. tak raha. vakatakoan ki 'vats-gulma' ya 'amukhy' shakha ka sansthapak pravarasen pratham ka putr sarvasen tha. usane vatsugulma ko apani rajadhani banakar 'dharmamaharaj' ki upadhi dharan ki. use prakrit granth 'harivijay' evan 'gathasaptashati' ke kuchh aanshoan ka lekhak mana jata hai. sarvasen ke uttaradhikari viandhyasen dvitiy ne 'vianndhyashakti dvitiy' evan 'dharm maharaj' ki upadhi dharan ki. viandhyashakti dvitiy ka putr pravarasen dvitiy ek udar shasak tha. pravarasen dvitiy ke bad devasen evan devasen ke bad harishen raja hua. harishen ke samay vakatak rajy ki simaean malava se dakshin mean kuntal tak evan poorv mean bangal ki kha di se pashchim mean arab sagar tak phaili thian. vakatak samrajy is samay apane charamotkarsh par tha.

patan

sambhavatah kalachuri vansh ke dvara vakatak vansh ka aant kiya gaya. vakatak vansh ke adhikaansh shasak shaiv dharm ke anuyayi the, halaanki rudrasen dvitiy vishnu ki pooja karata tha. pravarasen dvitiy ne maharashtriy lipi mean 'setubandh' granth ki rachana ki.

sthapaty

bhavan nirman kala evan moortikala ki drishti se vidarbh ka tigava evan nachana ka mandir ullekhaniy hai. tigova mandir mean ganga, yamuna ki moortiyaan sthapit haian. ajanta ki vihar gufa sankhya 16,17 evan chaity gufa sankhya 19 ka nirman vakatakoan ke samay mean hua. gufa 16 ka nirman harishen ke yogy mantri varahadev ne karavaya tha. jems fargusan mahoday ne gufa sankhya 19 ko bharat ke bauddh kala ka sarvashreshth udaharan bataya hai. is samay pataliputr mean jis shaktishali gupt samrajy ka vikas ho raha tha, usake pratap ke sammukh in vakatakoan ki shakti sarvatha mand p d gayi thi, aur ye gupt samrajy ke antargat adhinasth rajaoan ke roop mean rah gaye the.

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