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Mandalgarh, a town near Baroli, 40 km. northeast of Udaipur (southeast of Bhilwara). It has a fort, which is third in line to Mewar's other two great fortresses, Chittorgarh and Kumbhalgarh.
Mandalik(a), (possibly in legend) the BHIL chieftain of the IDAR area who is said to have adopted the orphaned Rajput prince, GUHIL. Upon the death of Chief Mandalik, Guhil formed his own Rajput dynasty, the GUHILOTS (AD ca 569), forerunner of the Mewar Dynasty.
mandapa (mandap), (Hindi) a porch or pillared hall or pavilion of a Hindu temple; a marriage pavilion.
mandapam, (Hindi) a shallow Dravidian (southern Indian) temple porch or hall resembling a portico.
Mandhata Raja, of the Paramara tribe of Malwa, and sovereign of Central India, whose capitals were Dhar and Ujjain. His period in history is uncertain - tradition assigns him priority to Vikramaditya whose era was fifty-six years before the Christian era began. In those early times, Chittor was but a relatively unimportant source of revenue of this Dhar sovereign.
mandi (Hindi), a temple.
Mandor, now a suburb of Jodhpur; originally a town that was capital of the Paramara (Parihara) clan in Marwar before the founding of Jodhpur. Ranmal, maternal uncle of Maharana KUMBHA, came from Mandor.
Mandu (Mandogarh), now a majestic ruined city in the Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, on Mewar's eastern border. Said to have been founded in the 6th century AD, Mandu became famous as the capital of the Muslim Malwa kingdom (1300s-1400s), that invaded Chittor on a number of occasions. The city reached its zenith under Hoshang Shah (1405-1434), but declined with the advent of the Mughals, the new invaders of Malwa. Prince CHOONDA of Mewar retired there for a short time after leaving Chittor.
Mangrop (Poorawat), a village in Bhilwara District near Hamirgarh, 20-30 km. from Bhilwara; the jagir of the descendants of Puranmal, Maharana Pratap Singh I's eleventh son. Their title is 'Baba'. While going to Dwarka on a pilgrimage, Puranmal helped the ruler of Loonawada (a Solanki chieftain) to crush the troublesome Subedar of Junagarh. In gratitude, the Loonawada chieftain granted a son of Puranmal the jagir of Malikpur and Ader. On his return to Udaipur, Maharana Amar Singh II subsequently gave Puranmal the jagir of Mangrop. Nath Singh succeeded Puranmal. He had two sons, Maheshdas and Mokham Singh. Maheshdas's descendants were called Maheshdasot; Mokham's were called Mokham Singhots. The villages of Mangrop and Athun belong to the Maheshdasots; the Mokham Singhots own the villages of Gurla, Gadarmala, Singoli, and Surawas.
Genealogy: Pooranmal (Poora); Nath Singh; Maheshdas; Jaswant Singh; Ratan Singh; Bhawani Singh; Bishan Singh; Birad Singh; Maryad Singh; Girwar Singh; Ranjeet Singh; Ishri Singh; Bhupal Singh; Nahar Singh.
Manikyalal (M.L.) Verma Garden, Udaipur; part of the picnic area known as DOODH TALAI, on the southeastern shore of Pichola Lake. The garden was named after a previous Chief Minister of Smaller Rajasthan, Manikya Lal Verma, a Congress Party minister in the Rajasthan Government. A refreshing feature of the garden is a small waterfall, where water cascades down the garden's hillock. The garden is said to cover an area fifteen times larger than the ARAVALLI VATIKA does. The nearby area of Doodh Talai is part of a triangle: on one side is Pichola Lake, in the centre there is Doodh Talai, and on the other side, M. L. Verma Garden (a shortened version of the name). The scenic beauty of the triangle attracts many visitors.
Manipuri, one of the four classical Hindu dance dramas.
Manohar Singh. There were several leading members of clans who had this name. They came from Bedla (Chauhan Rajput); Gogunda (Jhala Rajputs), and Sardargarh (Dodia Rajput).
mansab (mansabdar), a member of the Imperial bureaucracy of the Mughal Empire. This important and powerful officer governed the Empire and commanded its armies in the emperor's name; though usually an aristocrat, he did not form a feudal aristocracy, for neither the offices nor the estates that supported them were hereditary.
Mansi-Wakal River Project (nicknamed the Ganges of Mewar), a scheme to build a dam at Gorna, 40 km. from Udaipur, and to feed Pichola and Fateh Sagar lakes by canals or a lift system.
Manu, in Hindu mythology, the first man, and alleged author of the MANU-SMRITI. This Hindu god, the equivalent of the Christians' Adam (and Noah), was warned by the horned-fish Matsya about a coming flood, then saved him in a ship hooked on to his horn.
Manu, Laws of (Manu-smriti), important Hindu holy text books in Sanskrit, containing a great number of rules, laws, customs and rites which the Brahman students had to observe; said to have been written by MANU, the Hindu equivalent of the Christians' Adam. For example, Rajputs had a tendency to annex part (or all) of a neighbour's property which often resulted in a bitter feud between the two factions. To settle compensation claims caused by injuries, reference was made to the ancient Hindu doctrine, the Laws of Manu. One of the most expensive victims was a Brahman, a member of the highest caste. His life was worth four times that of a soldier, eight of a merchant, and sixteen times of a Sudra, one of the four main lowest castes. "If a Brahman kills one of the soldier caste (without malice), a bull and one thousand cows is the fine. If he slays a merchant, a bull and one hundred cows is the fine. If a Sudra or lowest caste, ten white cows and a bull to the priest is the fine." Manu legislated also for the protection of all creatures, and if the priest by chance kills a cat, a frog, a dog, a lizard, an owl, or a crow, he must drink nothing but milk for three days and nights, or walk four miles in the night.
Manu-smriti (Hindu code of law): see MANU, LAWS OF.
Manwa Khera: see MARCHYA KHERI.
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