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Dibar Dighi
Native name
Bengali: দ্বিবর দিঘি
view of Dibor Dighi
LocationPatnitala Upazila Naogaon District, Bangladesh
Dibar Dighi is located in Bangladesh
Dibar Dighi
Location of Dibar Dighi in Bangladesh

Dibar Dighi (Bengali: দ্বিবর দিঘি) is a tank in Bangladesh.[1]

Location

The site is located in Dibar village, on the northern side of Nazipur-Sapahar highway in Patnitala Upazila of Naogaon District.[1][2]

Architecture

Dibar Dighi

Alexander Cunningham, whose "servant" visited the site in 1879-80, noted the lake to spread about 1200 square ft.[3] Average depth was about 12 ft.[3] The tank currently occupies about 20 acres of land and sits atop a mound, spread over 100 acres.[1][4]

Kaivarta Stambha

The tank is primarily famed for housing a semi-submerged granite pillar — locally known as Kaivarta Stambha — in its center.[1][4][5] The apex of the pillar is crown shaped and decorated with three inflated circular rings.[1] The pillar does not have any inscriptions.[4] Francis Buchanon-Hamilton's survey of Bengal (1807-08) measured the net height to be 22.5 cubits (33 ft, 75 in) and the diameter to be 6.5 cubits (9 ft, 9 in).[3][a] He had deemed it to be octagonal in shape.[3]

Cunningham's expedition revised the height to be approximately 30 ft — the visible portion spanned 10 ft, the submerged portion 12 ft, and the rest, underground foundation.[3] From the logged data, he determined the pillar to be nonagonal having side-length of 12 in. each; diameter came out to be 29 in.[3] Cunningham regretted that he did not personally visit the site, noting that such a large single-shaft stone pillar was yet to be recorded in Indian subcontinent, after Ashoka's reign.[3]

A Bangladeshi archaeologist confirmed Cunningham's approximation but changed the distribution; 12 ft was above water level, 8 ft was submerged, and 10 ft was below ground.[2]

Preservation

In 1939, the Central Government declared Dibar Dighi to be a heritage site.[6] Rajshahi Social Forestry Division has created an artificial forest (alongside a mini-zoo) around the tank; boating trips seem to be allowed.[7][8][9]

History

The site is yet to be accurately dated.[10][7] Cunningham had equated the place name (Debar) to be a corruption of Devapala, who belonged to the early ninth century.[3]

From an etymological perspective and literary history, it is currently argued that the tank and the pillar were commissioned to commemorate the victory of a local Kaivarta vassal, Dibyak (var. Dibya) over his 11th century overlord, Mahipala II.[1][11][2] The construction might have been executed in the reign of Dibyak himself or his successors — Rudak and Bhim.[1][b][14] Local legends also construct a mythological origin, wherein the lake was dug within one night by a jinn.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Cunningham later noted that this was actually the value of circumference.[3] Taranath committed the same error, too.[3]
  2. ^ Bhim was subdued by Rampala in the Battle of Astgar before being put to death.[12] This brought the short-lived rule of Kaibartas to an end.[12] The sole source is Ramacharitam.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Rahman, Kazi Mostafizur (2012). "Dibar Dighi and Kaivarta Stambha". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ a b c "Dibar Pillar- A Medieval Wonder | Independent". m.theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cunningham, Sir Alexander (1882). Report of a Tour in Bihar and Bengal in 1879-80 from Patna to Sunargaon ... Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. p. 123.
  4. ^ a b c "পত্নীতলা উপজেলা". http. Retrieved 23 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  5. ^ Chakrabarti, Dilip K. (1992). Ancient Bangladesh, a study of the archaeologcial sources. Oxford University Press. p. 155.
  6. ^ Indian Information Series. Vol. 4–5. India: Bureau of Public Information. 1939.
  7. ^ a b c "নওগাঁয় এক রাতে তৈরি ঐতিহাসিক দিবর দীঘি | বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন". Bangladesh Pratidin. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ^ টেলিভিশন, Ekushey TV | একুশে. "কালের সাক্ষী নওগাঁর ঐতিহাসিক দিবর দীঘি". Ekushey TV. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  9. ^ প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. "এলিজার দেখা ৭". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Dibar Dighi and Kaivarta pillar". dept.ru.ac.bd. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  11. ^ Maitreẏa, Akshaẏakumāra (1987). The fall of the Pāla Empire. University of North Bengal. p. 44.
  12. ^ a b প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. "আখতারুজ্জামান ইলিয়াসের না লেখা উপন্যাস". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Ramacharitam, The - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Varendra Rebellion - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 23 June 2021.