Malkheda

Malkhed ಮಳಖೇಡ
Manyakheta ಮಾನ್ಯಖೇಟ
village
Malkhed ಮಳಖೇಡ

Location in Karnataka, India

Coordinates: 17°11′42″N 77°9′39″E / 17.19500°N 77.16083°E / 17.19500; 77.16083Coordinates: 17°11′42″N 77°9′39″E / 17.19500°N 77.16083°E / 17.19500; 77.16083
Country  India
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga district
Taluk Sedam
Lok Sabha Constituency Gulbarga
Population (2001)
  Total 11,180
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration KA 32

Malkhed (Malkheda, Mānyakheṭa, Prakrit Mannakheḍa, Ancient Manyakheta[1][2]) on the banks of Kagina River in Sedam Taluk of Gulbarga district, Karnataka state was the capital of Rashtrakutas from (818- 982). It is 40 km from Gulbarga city.

Demographics

At the 2001 India census, Malkhed had a population of 11,180 with 5,679 males and 5,501 females and 2,180 households.[3]

History

Manyakheta rose to prominence when the capital of Rashtrakutas was moved from Mayurkhandi in Bidar district to Mānyakheṭa during the rule of Amoghavarsha I. After the fall of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas, it remained the capital of their successors, the Kalyani Chalukyas or Western Chalukyas till about 1050 CE. According to Dhanapāla's Pāiyalacchi, the city was sacked by the Paramāra king Harṣa Sīyaka in CE 972-73, the year he completed that work.[4]

Malkhed is home to two ancient institutions.

The famous Mahapurana (Adipurana and Uttarapurana) was composed here by Acharya Jinasena and his pupil Gunabhadra in the 9th century. Somodeva Suri’s Yasastilaka Champu was written here. The mathematics text Ganita Saara Sangraha was written here by Mahaviracharya.

The famous Apabhramsha poet Pushapadanta lived here.

The present day Malkhed has one of the biggest cement factories, Rajashree Cements, owned by the Aditya Birla Group. The village is now developing into a business centre for food grains, dairy and livestock trading. Malkhed has the biggest livestock trading centre in the entire region. The main crops grown here are mostly rainfed crops like varieties of pulses pigeonpea, greengram, blackgram, etc. Though water is plentiful, it is rarely utilised for agriculture.The masonry here in Malkhed is basically stone masonry with roofs of square blocks of stone which are placed in a slanting way so that the rain water easily drains off.

Transport

Malkheda is well connected by road and railway. Malkheda lies in State Highway 10. Malkaheda is 40 km southeast to the District Headquarters Gulbarga and 18 km west to the Taluk Headquarters Sedam. There is also a railway station in the village.

See also

References

  1. Village code= 311400 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Retrieved 18 December 2008. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  2. "Yahoomaps India :". Retrieved 8 December 2008. Malkhed (J), Gulbarga, Karnataka
  3. "Census of India: View Population Details". Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  4. Georg Bühler, ‘Pâiyalachchhî Nâmamâlâ’, in Beiträge zur Kunde der Indogermanischen Sprachen, vol. 4, edited by Adalbert Bezzenberger (Göttingen, 1878) and B. J. Dośī, Pāia-lacchīnāmamāla (Prākṛta-Lakṣmināmamālā) (Bombay, 1960): v. 276

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

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