Bhojshala

Bhojshala, Dhar
Bhojshala, Dhar
Bhojshala, Madhya Pradesh
Dhār, Madhya Pradesh. Pillar arcade looking south. The pillars and other architectural parts date to the twelfth century, with the different designs showing they are re-cycled from a variety of buildings.

The Bhojshala (IAST: Bhojaśālā, sometimes Bhoj Shala, meaning 'Hall of Bhoja') is a historic building located in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India. The name is derived from the celebrated king Bhoja of the Paramāra dynasty of central India, a patron of education and the arts, to whom major Sanskrit works on poetics, yoga and architecture are attributed.[1] The architectural parts of the building proper are of different periods but mainly date the 12th century; the Islamic domed tombs in the wider campus were added between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.[1]

  1. ^ a b Willis, Michael (2012). "Dhār, Bhoja and Sarasvatī: from Indology to Political Mythology and Back". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 22 (1). Cambridge University Press: 129–153. doi:10.1017/s1356186312000041. S2CID 154892248.