Khed

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Location of Khed in Barmer district

Khed (खेड़) (Kher) is an ancient village in Pachpadra Tahsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan. It finds mention as Khetaka (खेटक) in Towns and Villages of Chauhan Dominions.

Variants

• Kheda खेड़ = Kshirapura क्षीरपुर (AS, p.258)
• Khetaka (खेटक)
• Kshirapura (क्षीरपुर) = खेड़ (जिला जोधपुर, राज) (AS, p.250)
• Lavan Khetak

Location

It is 9 km from Balotra and situated on Baytu-Balotra Road. It is located between Balotra and Tilwara. Pincode of the village is 344022. It is situated 8km away from Pachpadra town and 92km away from Barmer city. Khed village has got its own gram panchayat. Mandapura, Temawas and Shobhawas are some of the nearby villages.

Founders

Kalirana Jats

Jat Gotras

• Bairad

Population

According to Census-2011 information:

With total 223 families residing, Khed village has the population of 1163 (of which 597 are males while 566 are females).

History

A king of Kalirana gotra was the ruler near Mathura, on the banks of Yamuna River. The ancient fort of Kaliramna is in ruins near Mathura. His fort was known as fort of Kalidheh. The famous episode of Mahabharata regarding Lord Krishna’s killing of a black python, Kaliya (कालिया), is related with some bad ruler from this gotra. With the killing of Kaliya Naga, Krishna brought the end of this clan’s rule in Brij. Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mention it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia.

From Mathura they went to Kabul-Ghazni with other other Jats - Yadavas. They founded the Kingdom of Garh - Ghazni. During rise of Islam they came back to Bhatner- Sirsa. According to their bards, they founded the old village of Patan and Siswad (?Shishwala Bhiwani). From Patan Chaudhary Sishu came to Sisai. His brother Sunda founded village Sandwa and Salaywala.

Kaliranas came from Siswad to Marwar and founded village Jhanwar. Jhanwar Village was founded by Chaudhari Malji Kalirana about 800 years back. The Kalirana Jats of this village are known for justice. Its ancient name was Jhamara (झामरा) or Jhramvera (झ्रम्वेर) as in Jhramvera inscription (V. 1227) of Kelhana. Jhamwera (झम्वेर) inscription of Alhana. (JPASB, xii, pp. 102 ff). It gets name from Chanwar, the twig of Khejri tree.

The famous villages from Kalirana Khap are Lilon (लिलोन), Khedi (खेड़ी), Sambhalka (सम्भालका), Banat (बनत) and Hakimpur (हकीमपुर).

Kotli (कोटली), Bhinwar (भींवर), villages in Sialkot and Chandovdala (चन्दोवडाला) at Manjha in Punjab were founded by Jats of this clan. Jhanwar (झवर) village was founded by Malji Kalirana clan about 800 years back. They people had settled in Siswada near Delhi and Hisar. Kalu came to Marwar and founded villages Mungda (मूंगड़ा), Kheda (खेड़ा), Mogda (मोगड़ा) etc. From there they came to Jhanwar.

According to the local tradition of these people, their ancestors had migrated from Garh Ghazni, through darra Bolan and Pakpattan in Punjab to Sirsa. From Sirsa, they spread to various places about 1300 years back.

Jain Inscriptions

Source - Jain Inscriptions of Rajasthan by Ramvallabh Somani, Rajasthan Prakrit Bharti Sansthan, Jaipur, 1982, p.179-182

Malani

[p.179]: The territory of Malani is famous for its Jain shrines. The temple complex of Khed, Nakoda, Bairampur, Mahoba, Mewa Nagar etc remained in constant worship. At present Nakoda Parshwnath and Nakoda Bhairva are among the notable Jain shrines of western India.

Khed or Lavan Khetak, remained a rich salt source. There were several Jain temples during the pre-medieval times. It is said that the Jain temple of Nadlai was brought there from Khed through occult powers of Yashobhadra Suri of Sanderakagachchha.

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[p.180]: Although this may only be heresy but it indirectly proves the existence of several temples at this site. The kharataragachchha Aacharyas visited this site several times. On the basis of literary sources, it can be said that the temple of Shantinath was erected here by Uddharan Sah. The inscription of Vikram Era 1210 records some grants, made by Vijay Singh, the ruler of the place for a Jain temple. The Other inscription of Vikram era 1237, now incised in the Parshwnath temple, mentions that Temple named Khediya Mahaveer was built by Sahdeva's son Sonig.

क्षीरपुर

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...क्षीरपुर = खेड़ (जिला जोधपुर, राज) (AS, p.250) : लूनी नदी के तट पर बालोतरा से 5 मील दूर प्राचीनकाल का प्रसिद्ध तीर्थ. यहां के विस्तृत खण्डहरों तथा नष्ट भरष्ट मूर्तियों तथा अन्य अवशेषों से प्रमाणित होता है कि इस स्थान पर पहले एक बड़ा नगर बसा हुआ था. परवर्ती काल के कई मंदिर यहां आज भी हैं.

External links

• Information about Khed village - villageinfo.in website

References

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