In some of the history books it is mentioned that King of Anarta rebuild the ancient Chamatkarpur and offered the same to Nagars as a mark of gratitude and this city was called Anardpur or Anand pur. The name of the place has kept changing from time to time from Chamatkar in Satya yug, Madanpur, to Skandpur, to Anartapur in Treta yug, to Anandpur in Dwapar yug, to Vriddhanagar, and lastly to Vadnagar in Kaliyug.
Chinese traveller Huen Tsang (642 A.D), has written in his memoirs, about the intelligent, highly literate and cultural residents of Vadnagar.
Aina-e- akbar by Abul Fazal also has reference about Vadnagar as a big, ancient city having more than 3000 temples with a huge population of brahmins. At that time Nagars were also considered as Brahmans. According to archeologist Dr. Subbarao, ancient city of Anartpur or Anandpur is the modern day Vadnagar.
Vadnagar was invaded by Nag’s in 348 A.D, by Gurjars in 588 A.D when several Nagars left Vadnagar and shifted to Patan. Kutubuddin invaded Vadnagar in 1196 A.D forcing Nagars to move to Saurashtra. Nagars again left Vadnagar in 1272 A.D and went to Junagadh. It is also believed that around the same time one batch of Nagars moved towards Dungarpur and Banswara. In 1573 A.D Vadnagar was conquered by Akbar’s senapati Raja Bhagwandas.
Chinese traveller Huen Tsang (642 A.D), has written in his memoirs, about the intelligent, highly literate and cultural residents of Vadnagar.
Aina-e- akbar by Abul Fazal also has reference about Vadnagar as a big, ancient city having more than 3000 temples with a huge population of brahmins. At that time Nagars were also considered as Brahmans. According to archeologist Dr. Subbarao, ancient city of Anartpur or Anandpur is the modern day Vadnagar.
Vadnagar was invaded by Nag’s in 348 A.D, by Gurjars in 588 A.D when several Nagars left Vadnagar and shifted to Patan. Kutubuddin invaded Vadnagar in 1196 A.D forcing Nagars to move to Saurashtra. Nagars again left Vadnagar in 1272 A.D and went to Junagadh. It is also believed that around the same time one batch of Nagars moved towards Dungarpur and Banswara. In 1573 A.D Vadnagar was conquered by Akbar’s senapati Raja Bhagwandas.
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