View source for Bagasara-Ghed

{{for|the town in Amreli district|Bagasara}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
'''Bagasara-Ghed''', also known as '''Bagasara (Sil)''', is a village in Mangarol Taluka of [[Junagadh district]], [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>[http://junagadhdp.gujarat.gov.in/junagadh/english/mangrol-taluka.htm List of villages in Junagadh district/Mangrol Taluka]</ref> Bagasra-Ghed lies thirty-four miles to the south-west of Junagadh.

==History==
It appears from the inscription in the temple of the Koteshvar Mahadev at [[Kodinar]] that in 1272 (Samvat 1328) this village was under the rule of Visaladeva, the [[Vaghela dynasty|Vaghela]] king of [[Anhilwad Patan]], the then lord paramount of Gujarat, and that he granted it to a dependent of his named Nana, a Nagar Brahmin, who also held a seventh share in the revenue of [[Mangrol, Kathiawar|Mangrol]].<ref name="bg">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=372}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

There is a ''[[paliya]]'' (memorial stone) in the grain-yard at Bagasara dated 1392 (Samvat 1448) from which it seems that Pato, son of Samo, was slain in battle at Bagasara in the victorious reign of [[Mokalasimha]], the [[Chudasama dynasty|Chudasama]] ruler of [[Junagadh]]. Later ''paliya''s bear the names of the Sultans of [[Gujarat Sultanate]] of [[Ahmedabad]] as being lords-paramount here. All these ''paliya''s bear the name Bagasara. Afterwards in 1472 (Samvat 1528), the Bagasra Chovisi was granted in ''jagir'' to Bhupatsingh, son of [[Mandalika III]], the last Chudasama ruler of Junagadh. The descendants of this Bhupatsingh, who are called Raizadas, are still living in certain villages near [[Keshod]].<ref name="bg"/>

It was a subdivision under Sil ''mahal'' during British period.<ref name="bg"/>

==Agriculture==
[[File:Thek or Thegi A food item from Saurashtra Gujarat.jpg|thumb|''Thegi'' or ''Thek'']]
The village lands form part of the huge marsh called the ''Ghed'' and are inundated in the rainy season. ''Kase'' grass grows spontaneously in
the Ghed ; the green grass is cut and given to cattle to eat ; when the grass seeds, the seed or grain is collected and called ''kasaiya'' and is eaten by the residents of the Ghed villages. As it is not considered a grain it is eaten by Hindus on fast days. This grass has bulbous roots and the bulbs are black and the size of small potatoes. They are also cut up and the husk removed and then boiled and eaten. These bulbs are called ''lodh'' when green and ''bid'' when dry. ''Thegi'' or ''Thek'', Cyperus jemenicus, a sedge, is also found in the Ghed, and in the, sand hills on tho sea coast. There are thousands of lotus plants in the Ghed. The pods of the lotus are called ''kumna''s and they contain small white seeds which are made into bread and eaten by the poorer classes and also by the rich on fast days. The gram grown in the Ghed is specially famous both for its excellent flavour, and because it is very easily cooked. It is called ''Ghedia chana'' or Ghedia gram.<ref name="bg"/>

==Demographics==
The population of Bagasara consists chiefly of [[Mer people|Mers]], [[Ghedia Koli|Ghedia]] [[Koli people|Kolis]], [[Memons (Kathiawar)|Memons]], [[Khoja]]s, [[Lohana]]s, Girnar Brahmins, and [[Sindhi people|Sindhis]].<ref name="bg"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{coord missing|Gujarat}}

[[Category:Villages in Junagadh district]]