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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