Kanswa Kansua | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Shiva temple at Kanswa | |
 Interactive map of Kanswa | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | RJ-IN |
Kanswa, also spelled Kansua, is a village in the Kota district of Rajasthan, India. It is of archaeological importance. [1] It is the site where James Tod found an inscription in 1820 AD that reveals the rule of the Jat king Maharaja Shalinder of Shalpura in the Kota region in the 5th century AD. [2]
Tod discovered the inscription at a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Kanswa, near the Chambal River. The inscription praised Maharaja Shalinder as a "Jit" ruler of the 5th century. "Jit" is a linguistic variation "Jat". [2] Tod believed the Jats mentioned in the inscription were descendants of the Getae. [3]
The inscription notes that Maharaja Shalinder belonged to the "Sarya race", [2] which exists today as the Jat gotra "Saroha" (also written as "Saroya"). [4] It also mentions the names of rulers four generations after Shalinder: Devngli, Sumbooka, Degalli, and Vira Narindra. It is further noted that Degalli married two Yaduvanshi Rajput women, and one of them gave birth to Vira Narindra. [2]
The inscription also suggests that Maharaja Shalinder's kingdom was known as Salpoora (or Shalpura) and contained a fort or military stronghold called Tak'hya. [2]
The Dabok stone inscription, dating back to Gupta Samvat 407 (circa 725 AD), records events during the reign of Dhavalappadeva. This ruler is likely identified with Dhavala, a prince from the Maurya dynasty mentioned in the Kanswa inscription of Vikrama Samvat 795 (738 AD). [5]