Devagiri

Japanese: Devagiri

...It is now a small village, but with a steep, isolated rock hill 180m above sea level, it occupies a strategic location that controls the junction of the transportation routes on the Deccan Plateau. At the end of the 12th century, it became the capital of the Yadava Dynasty, which ruled over the western Deccan Plateau, and was called Devagiri or Deogiri. In 1327, King Muhammad bin Tughluq of the Tughluq Dynasty moved the capital here from Delhi with the intention of conquering the Deccan Plateau, and renamed it to its current name, which means "City of Wealth."

From the Tughluq Dynasty

…The territory of the empire reached its greatest extent during the time of Muhammad, who briefly controlled an area stretching from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin. He carried out various reforms to control the empire, and in particular built a new capital at Devagiri in the Deccan to control the southern tip of the peninsula. It is said that he forced the inhabitants of Delhi to move to Daulatabad (meaning "city of wealth"), but it is also said that his aim was not to build a new capital and abandon Delhi, but to create a second capital separate from Delhi. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Devagiri" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…いまは小村であるが，比高180mの急峻な孤立岩丘があり，デカン高原上の交通路の結節点を扼する戦略的要衝を占める。12世紀末にデカン高原西部に覇を唱えたヤーダバ朝の首都となり，デーバギリDevagiri，デーオギリDeogiriとよばれた。1327年にはトゥグルク朝のムハンマド･ビン･トゥグルク王が，デカン高原征服の意図のもとにデリーからここに遷都し，〈富の都〉を意味する現名に改名した。…

【トゥグルク朝】より

…ムハンマドのときその領域は最大となり，一時的ながらヒマラヤからコモリン岬までを支配した。彼は帝国支配のためさまざまな改革を行い，とくにデカン，半島南端支配のため，デカンのデーバギリDevagiriの地に，新都城を建築した。このダウラターバードDaulatābād(〈富の町〉の意)に，デリーから住民を強制的に移住させたといわれるが，彼の目的は，新首都建設とデリーの放棄というよりも，デリーとは別の第二の首都をつくることにあったともいわれている。…

※「Devagiri」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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