Sohagpur Village
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Sohagpur Village
Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same name in the Rewah State, Central India, situated in 23° 19' N. and 81° 24' E., 2 miles from Sahdol station on the Katni-Bilaspur section of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway. Population (1901), 2,126. It is a place of some commercial importance. The chief exports are wheat, rice, mustard, and linseed. Salt, jaggery, sugar, tobacco, cotton, cloth, yarn, and kerosene oil are imported. The value of the exports is about 8 lakhs a year, and that of the imports 4 lakhs. Almost in the centre stands a large palace, a heterogeneous mass of buildings surrounding a large courtyard. It is constructed partly of brick and partly of stone, the latter being almost entirely taken from older structures, while the numerous pillars employed have all been taken from temples, and differ in ornamentation and appearance. Among these remains are many Jain sculptures. One mile south-east of the present village are the ruins of an older settlement, full of old remains. One temple in a moderate state of preservation resembles those at Khajraho in style, and probably dates from the twelfth century. A figure of Ganesh is cut over the door of the sanctuary, which is profusely ornamented with carving. The spire is graceful and of curvilinear form, not unlike those at Khajraho. The sculpture is fine, but in many cases grossly obscene.
