Part 1 History of Mewar - Mewar Founded in 566 AD

Part 1
Founder of Mewar Guhil

Establishment of Mewar: -

Mewar has a huge contribution in Indian history. If history related to Mewar is removed from it, then its fourth will remain. Mewar is located in the history of current India in the southwest of the Rajasthan state, presently in the districts of Udaipur, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh, Bhilwara. It has been ruled by many Rajput kings during the year 1550 A.D.  around ChittorGarh, the capital of Mewar. At that time, the king of Mewar was Maharana Pratap Singh. Mewar became more famous due to the same Maharana which he fought many times from Akbar. And today even the people have sympathy for Mewar. On the southwest part of present Rajasthan, Guhilot / Guhill was later ruled by Sisodiya dynasty. This dynasty was the founder of the Guhil. Guhil founded the Guhil Dynasty in 566 AD (566). The famous book "Nansi Ri Khyat" contains mention of the Guhil dynasty. It gives description of 24 branches of the Guhil dynasty. Mewar, Bagar and Pratap branch are all more famous in these. Famous historian Gaurishankar considers Hirachand Ojha Guhils as Suryavanshi, while D. R. Bhandarkar considers them to be Brahmin. However, many historians consider Bapparawal as the founder of the Guhil dynasty.

Geography of Mewar

Although Mewar was a powerful state at that time. Another mountain in Mewar is the northern part is flat. The land of Banas and its tributaries is plain land. Banas starts from here in Kumbhal. Chambal also passes through Mewar. In the southern part of Mewar, there is Arawali ranges. It separates from Sabarmati and Mahi which builds and its tributaries. Which is in the Gujarat border. Arawali is in the northwestern region. Because of this, there is high quality stone reserves. People used to do the construction of the stronghold. Mawar area comes in the tropics. Rainfall level 660 mm / year, more in the north east. Here, 90% of the rain falls between June to September.

Mewar Capitals and Administrative Centers

The boundaries of the Mewar area have always been changing so that the capitals of the area, according to the boundaries, were changing according to time. In the north of ChittorGarh, located 1.5 miles away, the "Nagari" place was the capital of the Bhibi district, which was known as Manjirmika at that time. After the demise of this district, lack of authentic details till 7th century. The details of the political condition of this region are not known, but from the time of the ruler of Bappa Rawal, from the beginning of the 13th century to the early decade, delwara, Nagda (Nagda), Chikha, Akalinga and Aghattpur (Aayad) were the State capitals and administrative centers of Mewar.

1. During the time of Rawal Jait Singh (1213 - 1250 AD) the capital here was Nagdrah (Nagda), Nagda was destroyed by Sultan Illtutmish.

2. Rawal Jait Singh developed Aaghtapur (aayad) as a new capital.

3. Rawal Tez Singh (1250 - 1273 AD), the son of Rawal Jait Singh, made Chittor  his capital.

4. From the 14th to 15th centuries Chittor and Kumbhalgarh have been the capital of Mewar.

5. Rana Kumbha (1433 – 1468 AD) made Kumbhalgarh and Rana Sanga (AD 1509-1528) make Chittodra his capital.

6. Rana Pratap (1572-1597 AD) and his son Rana Amarsingh -I (1597-1620 AD) has made capitals of Mewar  like Gangunda and Chawand during the Mewar Mughal war  period.

7. Rana Uday Singh (1540 - 1572 AD) made the village named pichhola as its capital. Pichhola village became famous as the name of Udaipur city in the first half of the 17th century.

8. Since the Rana Karan singh (1620 - 1628 AD), Udaipur city was the permanent capital of Mewar.

9. The merger of Mewar was made in India on 18 April 1948 by the last Maharana Bhoopal singh.

Daily life / routine of villagers

In Mewar the villagers get up early in the morning from 3 am to 4 p.m. Daily. daily "- After fress, the ladies used to grind dough. My grandmother also used to dough  in the morning when we were very child, often daily to consume 25 kg of grain was brewed, after which they were at well to get water. On the other hand, the farmers used to go to the farm in the Usha-Bela(early morning) with the hull(a machine to plough farm), bull and other cattle, when I was young, I had to go to the feeding buffalo in the morning. They used to come home at 5 o'clock in the evening, after getting out of work from home in the morning, they used to go farm for help her man. They take lunch also in the farm, which was often used in the rice or buttermilk, grandpa / grandma / old age person used to take care of the  children in the house, children used to work in the groceries, and in the evening they used to go home with wood and cattle feed grass. In the peak days of farming, in the peak time of the year, for the harvesting of crops (Siachai), the village also had to stay in the field, and when the crops were ripe, the farmers used to spend the night in the fields, in the fields for the protection of crops. Some of the sit-ups were taken for playing so that their voice did not eat the bird crop. The whole family used to gather in the field for harvesting.
The same professional castes used to spend their entire day in the workshops. They used to eat food in the mid-day. After returning from the farm in the evening, after the meal, people used to entertain through the discussion of mutual meeting, sports, stories stories, bhajan-kirtan and rural status. In the winter, people used to hold long meetings around the bonfire.

Rural Life- The life of the cities was not even free from the effects of life-style, but in the event of the people having the means, they can see the dance of "Bhagatan" (a type of people who perform dance) In the night time, in various villages, the dances of different castes danced. Dainik Goth (friends metting ), Aml(wine and other things)- addiction of charas, cannabis, marijuana, alcohol, etc. were part of the daily life of the elite alias Patel class.

Currency circulation

Coins were only in circulation in Mewar. But the economic lane was used by barter swapping. Agricultural land, clothes and diamond jewelery were given to the employees and employees of the state. And coins were given only by work. In addition to the currencies in internal trade, along with the late 19th century, there was also a trends of kody(one type of coins). One of the calculations related to kody -

 

• 20 parts = 1 kody

• 20 Kody = half rupees

• 2 half rupees = 1 rupees

   According to Sir John Malcolm

• 4 Kody = 1 ganda

• 3 ganda = 1 damri

• 2 damri = 1 chhadam

• 2 chhadam = 1 rupees (aadhela)

• 4 chhadam = 1 rupee = 9 6 Kody

Due to the decline of the Mughal empire's influence after Aurangzeb, other states like Mewar also started mint coins  in the  state.
1. Mint was opened in Udaipur in 1774 AD.
2. Mint of Bhilwara used to build "Bhilwadi coins" for local commerce in the 17th century.
3. From the era of Rana Sangram Singh II, instead of the Alamshahi coins, the circulation of low silver coins of Mewari coincided. These coins were called Chittori and UdayPuri coins.
100  Alamshahi  Coins = 125 Chittori Coins
4. In the days of Rana Arisingh, new coins were mint  of silver  covered.

They were worth--

1 Arshi Shahi coin = 1 Chittori coin = 1 rupee 4 aana 6 paisa
During the time of Rana Bhim Singh, the Marathas had started valuing their outstanding dues on the basis of Salimshahi coins. 

They were worth ---

Salim Shahi 1 Rupee = Chittori 1 Rupee 8 aana
5. Chandodi - coins' - coins were made by mixing certain quantities of silver, copper and other metals.
6. Trishulia, Dhigla and Bhiladi copper coins also became popular
7. Between 1805-1870, the "Padmashahi" dhigla coin was started by the Salumber Manor.
8. 1805-1870 Maharaja Joravar Singh launched Bhindriya in Bhinder Manor.
9. "Mehta" Pradhan used to start 'Mehtashahi' currency, which is received in a limited number.
10. During the time of Maharana Swaroop Singh, Swarupshahi Gold and silver coins started.
Maharana Swaroop Singh take the permission from  the British government and then they mint  two aana, eight aana. Which made the account book easy.

British Indian government coins also had legal recognition in the state. These coins were called Kuldar. Its difference value from Mewari coins was called discount. The quantity of silver was determined on the basis of this discount. Udaipuri 2.5 rupee was considered as Rs. 2 rupees. After the introduction of new coins in 1928 AD, then Rana Bhupal Singh stopped the use of these ancient coins  in the state.

Thus, it is clear that here the economic system, the tradition of commodity exchange and the impact of rural environment on public life have limited the need for money. By the way, in the late 19th century, for the benefit of the British, construction of road construction, construction of public buildings and construction of government buildings for the benefit of the people, and the measurement of the rule of the state was started in the mud, even though most of the coins and collections were based on grains. When due to the influence of the British in the state and due to the absence of special interest in the practice of scientific coins by the Maharana, the state-treasury was not prosperous even in the second place, in the second place the state stores were prosperous by land production. Therefore, we can say that financially Mewar has never been fully competent. Because all Maharana kept on spending most of his time in the war with the Mughals. They Could not pay attention to the internal arrangement |