Meliga
Meliga | |||||
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Ra of Saurashtra | |||||
Reign | 1400–1416 CE | ||||
Predecessor | Mandalika II | ||||
Successor | Jayasimha II | ||||
Issue | Jayasimha II, Mahipala III | ||||
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Dynasty | Chudasama dynasty | ||||
Father | Mokalasimha | ||||
Religion | Hinduism |
Ra Meliga, also known as Melaga or Maleka, was a Chudasama king of Saurashtra region of western India who reigned from 1400 CE to 1416 CE (VS 1456 to VS 1472).[1] He remove his capital from Vanthali back to Junagadh, from which place he expelled the thanadar appointed by Gujarat Sultan. Thus Gujarat Sultan Ahmad Shah I sent an army against Junagadh. He captured Vanthali and later Junagadh was besieged. Meliga left to a fort on Girnar hill which was inaccessible to the forces. So the forces left and placed two officers in Junagadh to collect tribute. Meliga died and was succeeded by his son Jayasimha II in 1416 CE.
Reign
Meliga succeeded his elder brother
The Mandalik Kavya, however, omits all account of the fight at Vanthali and represents that Meliga defeated Ahmad Shah and plundered his baggage but this is probably an exaggeration based on the Meliga's escape to the Girnar fortress and his avoidance of capture. In the Uparkot inscription (VS 1507/1451 CE), Meliga is styled the Yadav Rana of Jirandurg.[6] He was succeeded by his son Jayasimha II in 1416 CE.[1]
Other inscriptions on paliyas mentioning his name are located at Mesavana (VS 1470/1414 CE), Vaghelana (VS 1471/1415 CE) as well as on a stone in well at Vanthali dated VS 1472/1416 CE.[1] He is also mentioned in genealogy of Revati Kund near Damodar Kund, Junagadh (VS 1472/1417 CE) and Neminath Temple inscription (c. VS 1510/c. 1454 CE) on Girnar.[4][6]
References
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- ^ Watson, James W., ed. (1884). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency : Kathiawar. Vol. VIII. Bombay: Government Central Press. pp. 497–498. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Harold Wilberforce-Bell (1916). The History of Kathiawad from the Earliest Times. London: William Heinemann. pp. 75–76. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Diskalkar, D. B. (December 1939). "Inscriptions Of Kathiawad: No. 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69". New Indian Antiquary. Vol. 2. pp. 599–604.
- ^ Shiv Narayan Pandey (1987). Śaivite Temples and Sculptures at Somanātha. Ramanand Vidya Bhawan. p. 24.
- ^ a b Diskalkar, D. B. (June 1940). "Inscriptions Of Kathiawad: No. 76, 77". New Indian Antiquary. Vol. 2. pp. 113–114, 116–117.