indraprasth (indr ki nagari), prachin bharat ke puratan nagaroan mean se ek tha, jo paandavoan ke rajy hastinapur ki rajadhani thi. aj is kshetr se tatpary yamuna ke kinare dilli mean sthit kuchh kshetroan se lagaya jata hai. jab yudhishthir, paandavoan ke jyeshth bhrata ko khandavaprasth[1] diya gaya, tab yah ek banjar pradesh tha.
vishay soochi
prachin nagar
indraprasth nagar dvaraka ke samakalin hai. pandavoan ki gatha ke sath-sath is nagar ki gatha bhi amar hai. nagar jangaloan ko kat kar banaye gaye the. indraprasth bhi isi koti ke nagaroan mean ata tha. apane vaibhav evan samriddhi ki drishti se yah mathura aur dvaraka ke hi barabar samriddh tha. pahale is sthan par ek van tha, jise mahabharat mean khaandavaprasth kaha gaya hai. pandavoan ne ise kat kar indraprasth ki sthapana ki thi. nagar-jivan ke kshetr mean yah vikas ka kal tha. nadi, parvat, aur sagar ke kinare anukool jagah ko chunakar is samay naye nagar basaye ja rahe the.
mahabharat mean varnan
- mahabharat mean varnit katha ke anusar praranbh mean dhritarashtr se adha rajy prapt karane ke pashvat paandavoan ne indraprasth mean apani rajadhani banaee thi. duryodhan ki rajadhani lagabhag 45 mil door hastinapur mean hi rahi. indraprasth nagar kauravoan ki prachin rajadhani khaandavaprasth ke sthan par basaya gaya tha-
tasmath tvan khaandav-prasthan puran rashtran ch vardhay, brahmana: kshatriya vaishya: shoodrashch krit nishchaya:. tvadbhaktaya jantagshchanye bhajantvev puran shubhamh’[2]
- dhritarashtr ne paandavoan ko adha rajy dete samay unhean kauravoan ke prachin nagar v rashtr khaandavaprasth ko vivardhit karake charoan varnoan ke sahayog se nee rajadhani banane ka adesh diya. tab paandavoan ne shrikrishn sahit khaandavaprasth pahuanchakar indr ki sahayata se indraprasth namak nagar vishvakarma dvara nirmit karavaya-
‘vishvakarmanh mahaprajn adyaprabhriti tath puramh, indraprasthamati khyatan divyan ramyan bhavishyati’[3]
- is nagar ke charoan or samudr ki bhaanti jal se poorn khaiyaan bani huee thian, jo us nagar ki shobha badhati thian. shvet badaloan tatha chandrama ke saman ujjal parakota nagar ke charoan or khiancha hua tha. isaki ooanchaee akash ko chhooti maloom hoti thi-
‘sagar pratirupabhi: parikhabhiralankritamh prakaren ch sampannan divamavrity tishthata, paandurabhr prakashen himarashminibhen ch shushubhetath purashreshthnagaibhorgav- tiyatha’[4]
- is nagar ko sundar aur ramanik banane ke sath hi sath isaki suraksha ka bhi poora prabandh kiya gaya tha-
'talpaishchabhyasikairyuktan shushumeyodharakshitamh tikshnaankush shatadhnibhiryantr jalaishch shobhitamh;’ ‘sarvashilpavidastatr vasayabhyagamanstada, udyanani ch ramyani nagarasy samantap: ;’ ‘manoharaishchitr grihaistatha jagatiparvatai: vapibhivirvidhabhishch poornabhi: paramabhbhasa, ramyashch vividhastatr pushkarinyo banavrita:’[5]
inamean astr-shastroan ka abhyas kiya jata tha. aisi anek atariyoan se yukt aur yoddhaoan se surakshit vah nagar shobha se sanyukt tha. tikhe aankush aur shatadhvaniyoan aur anyany shastroan se vah nagar sushobhit tha.
nagar ka sthapaty
sab prakar ki shilpakalaoan ko janane vale log bhi vahaan akar bas gaye the. nagar ke charoan or ramaniy udyan the. manohar chitrashalaoan tatha kritim parvatoan se tatha jal se bhari poori nadiyoan aur ramaniy jhiloan se vah nagar sushobhit tha. is nagar ka sabase rochak varnan mahabharat mean milata hai. isake anusar yah kee sundar parikhaoan (khaiyoan) dvara pariveshthit tha, jo apani vishalata ke karan lahalahate sagar ki yad dilati thi. is nagar ke chaturdik uchch prasad bhi tha, jisamean sundar burj aur daravaze yathasthan khole gaye the. nagar ki suraksha ki drishti se prasad ki choti par vidhvansakari astr shastr pahale se hi ikattha kar liye gaye the. vahaan ke sarovaroan ka jal khile huye kamaloan ke dvara sugandhit ho raha tha. sthan-sthan par ramanik upavan bhi the, jo phal-pushp ke saurabh se ahladit kar dete the. nagar ke bhitar vibhinn bhagoan mean chittakarshak chitrashalayean bani thian. khaee ke jal mean hans, karandav tatha chakravak adi pakshi tairate rahate the aur unase pur ki chhata anvekshaniy thi.
mahattvapoorn tathy
- yudhishthir ne rajasooy yajn indraprasth mean hi kiya tha. mahabharat-yuddh ke pashchath indraprasth aur hastinapur donoan hi nagaroan par yudhishthir ka shasan sthapit ho gaya. hastinapur ke ganga ki badh mean bah jane ke bad 900 ee. poo. ke lagabhag jab paandavoan ke vanshaj kaushaanbi chale gaye to indraprasth ka mahattv bhi pray: samapt ho gaya.
- vidhur pandit jatak mean indraprasth ko keval sat kosh ke andar ghira hua bataya gaya hai, jabaki banaras ka vistar 12 kosh tak tha.
- dhoomakari jatak ke anusar indraprasth ya kuru pradesh mean yudhishtir-gotr ke rajaoan ka rajy tha.
- mahabharat, udyog parv mean indraprasth ko 'shakapuri' bhi kaha gaya hai.
- vishnu puran mean indraprasth ka ullekh nimn prakar hai-
‘itthan vadanyayau vishnurindraprasthan purottamh’[6]
- ajakal nee dilli mean jahaan paandavoan ka purana qila sthit hai, usi sthan ke paravarti pradesh mean indraprasth nagar ki sthiti mani jati hai. purane qile ke bhitar kee sthanoan ka sanbandh paandavoan se bataya jata hai. dilli ka sarvaprachin bhag yahi hai.
- dilli ke nikat 'indrapat' namak gram abhi tak indraprasth ki smriti ke avashesh roop mean sthit hai.
nagarik
nagarik vidya-vinay se sampann, sabhy aur dharmaparayan the. unamean se kuchh aise the, jo kee bhashaoan ko bol lete the, kuchh kee tarah ke shilpoan par adhikar rakhate the. dhan prapti ki ichchha se vahaan par vibhinn dishaoan ke vanik ate the. vibhinn pur-bhagoan mean dhaval tatha uttuang bhavan sushobhit the. apani vilakshan shobha dvara yah nagar amaravati ki chhata ka smaran dila raha tha. mahabharat mean ane vala yah indraprasth-varnan is nagar ka sarvottam niroopan hai, jisase usake purane that-bat aur aishvary ka jnan hota hai.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
- ↑ jo hastinapur ke uttar pashchim mean avasthit tha.
- ↑ mahabharat, adi parv 206
- ↑ mahabharat adiparv 206
- ↑ mahabharat adiparv 206,30-3
- ↑ mahabharat adi parv 206, 34-40-46-48
- ↑ vishnu puran 5, 38,34
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