South Asian Medieval History Features of King Pritam Dev Katyur

History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar) - Part 122

    Medieval   Asian History of Katyuri Imperialism of Baijnath/Baidyanath (Uttarakhand, India) - 3

          (Asian Medieval History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar, Doti Nepal (Uttarakhand, India))

                          (Asian Medieval History (740-1200 AD)

                                              By: Bhishma Kukreti

  There is no mention of Narsinghdev in any inscription or dynasty record.  The Doti, Askot, and Pali Dynasty record or Family tree (Vanshavali) has similarities but there are no similarities in other dynasty records (Vanshavali)

                                      PritamDev: The Katyuri King of Baijnath

                 The Jagar or folk literature describe about PritamDev as Katyuri king. The folk literature provides his ten predecessors but folk songs do not mention Narsinghdev and Kartikeyapur. That shows that Pritam Dev was not direct heir of Nar Singh Dev family.  The Katyuri kings of Kartikeyapur used to get title of ‘ Param Bhattarak Maharajadhiraj Parmeshwar’.

                 In Katyuri kings of Kartikeyapur period, the army chiefs or other higher cadre authorities were called ‘Raja’. However, folk sayings call Pritam as ‘Raja’. That shows or suggests that the forefathers of Pritamdev were high cadre authorities of Katyuri kings of Kartikeyapur. There is not record available about the forefathers or Pritam Dev or Pritam Dev getting crown ship of Katyuri kingdom.

  There is no history record for Pundir kingdom. However, the folk saying describes that Amardev Pundir used to rule over Mayapur Hat.

                         Queen Moladei   

 According to folk saying, Pritam Dev had many queens but did not have child. Childless and quite old aged Pritam Dev married with Moladei the daughter of Amardev Pundir. Amardev married his seven year old daughter with Pritamdev by fear and not by choice.  

            Moladei travelled Badrinath. She performed religious ritual of Narsingh deity at Joshimath and got son as blessing from Narsingh deity. This son was called Dula Dhamdev

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti -bckukreti@gmail.com 21/8/2013

(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

                           

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand) to be continued… Part -123

 South Asian Medieval History of Baijnath/Baidyanath Katyuri to be continued…

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