Bayana is a historical town and the headquarters of Bayana tehsil in
Bharatpur district
Bharatpur District is a district in Rajasthan state in western India. The town of Bharatpur is the District Headquarters, Division Headquarters and Headquarters of Bharatpur Police Range of Rajasthan Police. Bharatpur District is a part o ...
of
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...
in
India
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Hindaun City
Hindaun is a city and municipality, near city of Karauli in Karauli district, Rajasthan, India. It has a population of 105690 and is governed by a municipal council.
In the vicinity are the Aravalli range, Aravalli and Vindhya Range, Vindhy ...
is nearest city of Bayana - 33 km. It was the site of famous Important
Battle of Bayana
The Battle of Bayana or the Siege of Bayana was a military conflict between the Rajput Confederacy under Rana Sanga on one side and Afghans of Bayana under Nizam Khan and Mughal advance guard, led by Abdul Aziz on other side.
Background
Babur' ...
in 1527 between the
Rajput
Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...
king
Rana Sanga
Sangram Singh I (IAST: Rāṇā Saṅgrāma Siṃha; c. 1482 – 1528 CE), popularly known as Rana Sanga or Maharana Sanga, was an Indian ruler from the Sisodia dynasty. He ruled Mewar, the traditional territory of Guhilas (Sisodias) in presen ...
of
Mewar
Mewar or Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasthan, Neemuch and Man ...
and
Timurid Timurid refers to those descended from Timur (Tamerlane), a 14th-century conqueror:
* Timurid dynasty, a dynasty of Turco-Mongol lineage descended from Timur who established empires in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent
** Timurid Empire of C ...
King
Babur
Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his ...
of
Fergana
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History
Bayana is also known as the 'city of Vansasur'. The Bayana Fort built by Yadava King Vijaypala. Bayana was also famous for the Nil ki Mandi in the Mughal period. The Muslim community also lives in good numbers in Bayana, even the elderly people of the Muslim community believe that when the pilgrimage of the Muslims was to be chosen, there was a difference of only two and a half graves in Mecca and Bayana. The place would have been a Muslim pilgrimage in Bayana. The mosque here is also known as Usha Mosque. The Usha Temple at Bhinabari is also a very famous temple from where the blessings of the existence of Bayana are received.
The history of earnest is thousands of years old. It is called the city of Banasura, because the premonition of Usha, the daughter of Banasura and Aniruddha, the great-grandson of Lord Krishna, is described in Srimad Bhagwat 10.62 and Puranas. The Bayana Usha Temple here is a proof of this. In the year 322 Gupta dynasty was ruled by Chandragupta. At that time Pushp Gupta was appointed as its governor in the earnest area known as Sripath. In 371-72, the feudatory warlord Kshatriya of Emperor Samudra Gupta erected the Yajna Pillar. Its remains are still present today. It shows that there was a fort here at that time too. Also in 960, the Pratihara dynasty ruled. Queen Chitralekha of Fakka dynasty King Laxman San built the Usha Temple under the rule of Emperor Mahipal. Maharaja Vijayapala ruled from 999-1043. Apart from this, the Jats of the Sultanate period, the Mughal Empire and Bharatpur ruled. The remains and inscriptions of dozens of buildings exist during this period. Some important places of earnest-
2000 years old is the history of Bayana Fort. It is also known as the city of Banasura.
Bhimalat
Bhimlat built in 371. Bhimalat, also called Vijay Pillar. Malwa Samvat 428 means AD 371-72 is engraved on this pillar. This stone pillar was built by King Vishnu Vardhan at the conclusion of the Pundarik Yajna. This pillar is a monolithic pillar made of red sandstone. Which is on the platform 13.6 feet long and 9.2 feet wide. The length of the pillar is 26.3 feet. The first 22.7-foot section is octagonal. After that, it gets diluted. It is clear from the metallography on the top of the pillar that there must have been something on its top too. There is also an article here.
Geography
Bayana is located in a small plain, between two hill ranges running more or less parallel to each other near the left bank of the
Gambhir river, at a distance of 45 km from
Bharatpur. Bayana is located at .
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bayana
/ref> It has an average elevation of 196 metres (643 feet).
Bayana city has a temple called 'Usha Mandir', which further establishes its link with Banasur.
Another interesting aspect of Usha Temple is that temple and mosque are located adjacent to each other and share a common wall.
Bayana junction is a major railway station situated on Delhi Mumbai Railway network. As an junction it serves people to major cities like Delhi Mathura Kota Agra etc.
Daily passenger trains also originate from and terminate to bayana jn.
Bayana has a large industrial area known as riico Bayana, which mainly consist of stone industries.
The city was once known for its magnificent architecture but now has lost its beauty due to the negligence of state govt and local municipality bodies.
References
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