Padmavati (Pawaya) | |
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city | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:India_relief_location_map.jpg)  Padmavati (Pawaya) Possible location in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India &sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:India_Madhya_Pradesh_relief_map.svg) Padmavati (Pawaya) Padmavati (Pawaya) (Madhya Pradesh) | |
| Coordinates: 25°46′N 78°15′E / 25.77°N 78.25°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Gwalior |
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
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Padmavati, identified with modern Pawaya in Madhya Pradesh, was an ancient Indian city mentioned in several classic Sanskrit texts, Malatimadhavam of Bhavabhuti,[1] Harshacharita of Bana,[2] and Sarasvatīkaṇṭhabharaṇa of Raja Bhoja. Bhavabhuti describes the city with tall mansions and temples with shikharas and gates, located between Para and the Sindhu rivers.
It is also mentioned in inscriptions like the Kokkala Grahapati inscription of Khajuraho.[3] The inscription mentions that the city had rows of tall mansions. The dust used to arise because of running of strong horses.[4]
- ^ Bhavabhūti: His Date, Life, and Works By V. V. Mirashi, p. 74, The History of Padmavati
- ^ Rise And Fall Of The Imperial Guptas, Ashvini Agrawal, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., Jan 1, 1989 p. 54
- ^ Khajuraho, Kanhaiyalal Agrawal, Macmillan India, 1980 (in Hindi)
- ^ Padmavati Purval Digambar Jain Jati ka Udbhav aur Vikas, Ramjit Jain, Pragatishil Padmavati Purval Digambar Jain Sangathan Panjikrut, 2005, p. 15