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Bagasara-Ghed, also known as Bagasara (Sil), is a village in Mangarol Taluka of Junagadh district, Gujarat, India.List of villages in Junagadh district/Mangrol Taluka
/ref> Bagasra-Ghed lies thirty-four miles to the south-west of Junagadh.
The village lands form part of the huge marsh called the ''Ghed'' and are inundated in the rainy season. ''Kase'' grass grows spontaneously in
the Ghed ; the green grass is cut and given to cattle to eat ; when the grass seeds, the seed or grain is collected and called ''kasaiya'' and is eaten by the residents of the Ghed villages. As it is not considered a grain it is eaten by Hindus on fast days. This grass has bulbous roots and the bulbs are black and the size of small potatoes. They are also cut up and the husk removed and then boiled and eaten. These bulbs are called ''lodh'' when green and ''bid'' when dry. ''Thegi'' or ''Thek'', Cyperus jemenicus, a sedge, is also found in the Ghed, and in the, sand hills on tho sea coast. There are thousands of lotus plants in the Ghed. The pods of the lotus are called ''kumna''s and they contain small white seeds which are made into bread and eaten by the poorer classes and also by the rich on fast days. The gram grown in the Ghed is specially famous both for its excellent flavour, and because it is very easily cooked. It is called ''Ghedia chana'' or Ghedia gram.
/ref> Bagasra-Ghed lies thirty-four miles to the south-west of Junagadh.
History
It appears from the inscription in the temple of the Koteshvar Mahadev at Kodinar that in 1272 (Samvat 1328) this village was under the rule of Visaladeva, the Vaghela king of Anhilwad Patan, the then lord paramount of Gujarat, and that he granted it to a dependent of his named Nana, a Nagar Brahmin, who also held a seventh share in the revenue of Mangrol. There is a '' paliya'' (memorial stone) in the grain-yard at Bagasara dated 1392 (Samvat 1448) from which it seems that Pato, son of Samo, was slain in battle at Bagasara in the victorious reign ofMokalasimha
Ra Mokalasimha, also known as Muktasimha, was a Chudasama king of Saurashtra region of western India who reigned from 1384 CE to 1396 CE ( VS 1440 to VS 1452). He ruled from Junagadh and later moved his capital to Vanthali when Saurashtra ca ...
, the Chudasama ruler of Junagadh. Later ''paliya''s bear the names of the Sultans of Gujarat Sultanate of Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...
as being lords-paramount here. All these ''paliya''s bear the name Bagasara. Afterwards in 1472 (Samvat 1528), the Bagasra Chovisi was granted in ''jagir'' to Bhupatsingh, son of Mandalika III, the last Chudasama ruler of Junagadh. The descendants of this Bhupatsingh, who are called Raizadas, are still living in certain villages near Keshod.
It was a subdivision under Sil ''mahal'' during British period.
Agriculture
The village lands form part of the huge marsh called the ''Ghed'' and are inundated in the rainy season. ''Kase'' grass grows spontaneously in
the Ghed ; the green grass is cut and given to cattle to eat ; when the grass seeds, the seed or grain is collected and called ''kasaiya'' and is eaten by the residents of the Ghed villages. As it is not considered a grain it is eaten by Hindus on fast days. This grass has bulbous roots and the bulbs are black and the size of small potatoes. They are also cut up and the husk removed and then boiled and eaten. These bulbs are called ''lodh'' when green and ''bid'' when dry. ''Thegi'' or ''Thek'', Cyperus jemenicus, a sedge, is also found in the Ghed, and in the, sand hills on tho sea coast. There are thousands of lotus plants in the Ghed. The pods of the lotus are called ''kumna''s and they contain small white seeds which are made into bread and eaten by the poorer classes and also by the rich on fast days. The gram grown in the Ghed is specially famous both for its excellent flavour, and because it is very easily cooked. It is called ''Ghedia chana'' or Ghedia gram.
Demographics
The population of Bagasara consists chiefly of Mers, Ghedia Kolis, Memons, Khojas, Lohanas, Girnar Brahmins, and Sindhis.References
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