Nadol
Nadol, 1908
Village in the Uesuri district of the State of Jodhpur, Rajputana, situated in 25° 22' N. and 73° 27' E., about 8 miles from lawali station on the Rajputana-Malwa Railway. Population (1901), 3,050. The place is of historical interest as the former seat of a power- ful branch of the Chauhan Rajputs. Towards the end of the tenth century, Lakhan or Lachhman Raj, a younger son of Wakpati Raj, the Chauhan Rao of Sambhar, settled here, and his descendants ruled at Nadol for about 200 years till defeated and driven out by Kutb-ud-din. Subsequently the place was held by the Ranas of Udaipur till about the end of the eighteenth century, when, along with the district of Godwar, it passed into the possession of the chiefs of Jodhpur. To the west of the village is a dilapidated old fort with square towers of primitive design, standing on the declivity of a ridge. Inside the fort is an extremely handsome Jain temple of MahavTra, built of light-coloured limestone and richly carved. Of the other numerous and interesting remains found in the vicinity of the village, the pillared temple called Khetla-ka-sthan deserves mention as being probably the oldest, but only eight massive columns now remain. To the east are the ruins of the ancient Nadol, on an extensive mound thickly covered with fragmentary pottery and burnt bricks ; here are the remains of four temples and an exquisitely carved stone toran or gateway.
[J. Tod, Rajasthan,vol. i, pp. 696-8 ; A. Cunningham, Archaeological Survey of Norther India, vol. xxiii, pp. 91-8.]
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.
