Prayāga Tīrtha: An Epigraphic Study (6th -12th Century)

 Anthology The Research:(ISSN: 2456–4397 RNI No.UPBIL/2016/68067 Vol-5* Issue-11* February-2021 )

 Paper Submission: 15/02/2021, Date of Acceptance: 26/02/2021, Date of Publication: 27/02/2021




 







Sreyashi Sen 
Research Scholar,
 Dept. of Ancient Indian History & Culture, 
University Of Calcutta Calcutta, 
West Bengal, India


Abstract

 The religious heritage of India contains divergent elements within its realm and Tīrtha or the holy spot for pilgrimage is one of those elements. The notion of Tīrtha undergoes dynamic transformations through the ages but the common notion of getting liberated while visiting the physical holy spot remains the same from the dawn of Indian civilization. Prayāga or the well-known confluence of three holy rivers in Allahabad is no-doubt one of the most visited and sacred Tīrthas in the Indian subcontinent. The site bears the testimony of continuing inhabitation due to its sacrality or sacred aspect. In this article, the author intends to go through the epigraphic evidences that attest the sacredness of Prayāga from different aspects and by various means. The approach is very methodical and that is to analyze some of the significant inscriptional sources and try to understand the important position that the spot holds in the religious heritage of India. Here, the time span of the selected evidences has been limited from sixth to twelfth centuries A.D., considering the vast and varied nature of Indian History.

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