Bhoj Shala or Hall of Bhoja (Dhar)

India / Madhya Pradesh / Dhar / dhar
The BHOJ SHALA, or hall of Bhoja, was first built by King Bhoja the Great who ruled between 1000 and 1055. Famed for his learning and love of Sanskrit, Bhoja was dedicated to Sarasvati, the goddess of knowledge. The city of Dhar was sacked by the Chalukyas and Solankis in the 12th century and the statue of Sarasvati was taken away to Gujarat where a temple was built for the goddess in 1271. The library of Dhar was also looted and manuscripts preserved in the Bhandars of western India.

The building known as Raja Bhoj's madrasha was built out of Hindu and Jain remains in the 14th or 15th centuries: its name is derived from one of the slabs, covered with inscriptions giving rules of Sanskrit grammar, once used as a paving stone in the hall.
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Coordinates:   22°35'25"N   75°17'41"E

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  • jai maat di !!!!!!
  • Jai vidya aur jai vidya devi! Correct knowledge serves the Hindu cause, ignorance is darkness. Bhoja lived 1000-1050 and early in his reign resisted invasion from Ghazna. The first year of Islam over in Arabia was 622. This was four hundred years before Bhoja's time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam#Calendar And the Sarasvati is not located as yet. It was not taken to London by the British. They were only interested in India's wealth.
  • Islam was born in 632 and it is the youngest religion on earth, go and read ur text books. Except the FACTS even if they are against you. This is Sanatan Dharm temple and was built way before Islam was even born. Jai Maa Saraswati.
  • Sure accept the facts, and the maths. Bhoja ruled about 1000-1050, Islam begins in Arabia in about 400 years before.
  • after the partition of india (1947) tragically targeting to Indian Muslims one by one....issue from saffronist ......
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