Sorar Kalal King
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"The Sorar Kalal ruler was a local chieftain mentioned in archaeological and gazetteer records of the Balod region in Chhattisgarh, India."
Kalal King of Sorar was a medieval local ruler associated with the settlement of Sorar, located near present-day Balod in Chhattisgarh, India. References to the ruler appear in archaeological survey reports and district gazetteers describing Sorar as the place of a Kalal chieftain who held authority under the Kalachuri rulers of Ratanpur.[1] Archaeological and textual evidence places the site within the later medieval Kalachuri period.[2]
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Historical background
Sorar lay along a route connecting Balod and Dhamtari. Gazetteers record that parts of the Balod region were governed by small chiefdoms subordinate to the Ratanpur Kalachuris. The Durg Gazetteer states:
> "At Sorar a Kalal Raja is said to have ruled. They all owed allegiance to the Ratanpur House."[3]
This indicates that Sorar functioned as a minor principality governed by a local Kalal chief.[4]
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Archaeological remains
The earliest detailed description of Sorar's ruins was published by J.D. Beglar (1873–74) and Alexander Cunningham in ASI Reports, Vol. VII.[5][6]
Cunningham records that: > "Between Sorar and Dholbapuri, are the remains of a temple known as the house of the Kalāl Rājā. All now left are two whole and four dwarf pillars with the portions of roof supported by them... From Navapara to Majhgaon runs a long stretch of broken blocks of stone... presenting the exact appearance of the ruins of a great fort two miles long; at intervals stand upright stones looking like sati pillars; the whole presents an appearance of great desolation."[7]
Inscription
Cunningham also notes the presence of an inscription near the ruined structure:
> "Near the ruined temple, cut on a well-smoothed thick slab, is a worn and mutilated sati inscription."[8]
This inscription is one of the few epigraphic pieces associated with the site, though its text is largely unreadable.
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Further information appears in the proceedings of the XI Annual Congress of the Indian Archaeological Society (1980), which restate and expand the earlier ASI descriptions:
> "There are ruins of foundations which are said to be the temple of the kalāl king... a long stretch of broken blocks of stones... the ruins of a great fort two miles long... upright stones looking like sati pillars."[9]
Together, these reports indicate that Sorar was a fortified medieval settlement with extensive stone architecture.
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Academic interpretation
Modern studies classify Sorar as a Kalachuri-era archaeological site with evidence of temple-building activity in granite and other regional traditions.[10] The repeated references to a Kalal ruler in ASI reports, gazetteers, and archaeological congress records suggest the existence of a recognized local chieftaincy in the area during the medieval period.
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References
- ↑ Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteer: Durg, 1965, p. 51.
- ↑ Sharma, R.K., and Tiwari, Shiv Kumar. Tribal History of Central India, Vol. 1, 2002, p. 217.
- ↑ Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteer: Durg, 1965, p. 51.
- ↑ Central Provinces District Gazetteer: Durg District, A.E. Nelson, 1910, p. 232.
- ↑ J.D. Beglar, Report of a Tour through Chhattisgarh, 1873–74.
- ↑ Cunningham, Alexander. Archaeological Survey of India Reports, Vol. VII, pp. 137–142.
- ↑ Cunningham, ASI Reports, Vol. VII, pp. 137–142.
- ↑ Cunningham, ASI Reports, Vol. VII, p. 142.
- ↑ Indian Archaeology: New Perspectives: Proceedings of the XI Annual Congress of the Indian Archaeological Society, Bhopal, March 16–18, 1980, p. 265.
- ↑ Sharma, R.K., and Tiwari, Shiv Kumar. Tribal History of Central India, Vol. 1, 2002, p. 217.
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