PASHCHIMI RAJASTHAN KE PRAMUKH BAUDH STHAL EVAN UNKA PURATATVIK MAHATVA

pashchimee raajasthaan, jise saamaanyatah marusthaleey aur shushk bhaugolik kshetr ke roop mein jaana jaata hai, praacheen kaal mein keval bhaugolik drshti se hee nahin balki saanskrtik, dhaarmik aur aarthik gatividhiyon ke drshtikon se bhee atyant mahatvapoorn kshetr raha hai. yah kshetr praacheen vyaapaarik maargon ka pramukh kendr tha, jisake kaaran yahaan vibhinn sanskrtiyon aur dharmon ka aagaman hua. inheen mein se ek pramukh dharm bauddh dharm tha, jisane is kshetr kee saanskrtik sanrachana ko gaharaee se prabhaavit kiya. prastut shodh patr ka mukhy uddeshy pashchimee raajasthaan ke pramukh bauddh sthalon ka adhyayan karana tatha unake puraataatvik mahatv ko spasht karana hai. bauddh dharm ka uday chhathee shataabdee eesa poorv mein hua aur maury samraat ashok ke kaal mein isaka vyaapak prasaar hua. ashok ne bauddh dharm ko na keval apanaaya, balki isake prachaar-prasaar ke lie poore bhaarat mein stoop, vihaar aur shilaalekh sthaapit karae. pashchimee raajasthaan mein bairaath (viraatanagar) jaise sthal is prakriya ke sashakt pramaan hain, jahaan se ashok ke shilaalekh, bauddh mandiron ke avashesh tatha any puraataatvik saamagree praapt huee hai. yah sthal na keval dhaarmik drshti se mahatvapoorn hai, balki yah mauryakaaleen sthaapaty kala aur prashaasanik vyavastha ko bhee samajhane mein sahaayak hai. pashchimee raajasthaan mein bauddh dharm ka prasaar mukhyatah vyaapaarik gatividhiyon ke maadhyam se hua. yah kshetr praacheen samay mein uttar bhaarat, madhy bhaarat tatha pashchimee eshiya ke beech sampark ka pramukh maarg tha. vyaapaariyon, bhikshuon aur yaatriyon ke nirantar aavaagaman ke kaaran yahaan bauddh dharm ke siddhaanton ka prasaar hua aur anek bauddh kendr vikasit hue. naagaur, beekaaner aur jaisalamer ke aasapaas praapt bauddh avashesh is tathy kee pushti karate hain ki yah kshetr keval seemaant pradesh nahin tha, balki saanskrtik aadaan-pradaan ka sakriy kendr tha. puraataatvik drshti se in sthalon ka adhyayan atyant mahatvapoorn hai. yahaan praapt stoop, vihaar, moortiyaan, sikke tatha shilaalekh us samay kee dhaarmik aasthaon, saamaajik sanrachana, aarthik gatividhiyon tatha kala-vaastukala ke star ko darshaate hain. vishesh roop se shilaalekh tatkaaleen shaasan vyavastha, dhaarmik neetiyon aur samaaj kee vichaaradhaara ko samajhane ka pramukh saadhan hain. in avasheshon ke maadhyam se yah gyaat hota hai ki bauddh dharm ne sthaaneey paramparaon ke saath samanvay sthaapit kar ek vishisht saanskrtik svaroop vikasit kiya. yah shodh patr aitihaasik, puraataatvik tatha vishleshanaatmak paddhati par aadhaarit hai. isamen praathamik sroton jaise shilaalekhon aur utkhanan riporton ke saath-saath dviteeyak sroton jaise itihaasakaaron ke granthon aur shodh patron ka upayog kiya gaya hai. vibhinn sthalon ke saakshyon ka tulanaatmak adhyayan kar unake mahatv ko spasht kiya gaya hai. antatah yah nishkarsh nikaala ja sakata hai ki pashchimee raajasthaan ke bauddh sthal bhaarateey itihaas kee ek mahatvapoorn dharohar hain. ye sthal yah pramaanit karate hain ki bauddh dharm ka prabhaav keval ganga ghaatee tak seemit nahin tha, balki yah doorasth marusthaleey kshetron tak bhee vyaapak roop se phaila hua tha. in sthalon ka sanrakshan aur vyavasthit adhyayan bhavishy mein aur adhik aitihaasik tathyon ko ujaagar karane mein sahaayak siddh hoga. atah aavashyak hai ki in sthalon ko raashtreey dharohar ke roop mein sanrakshit kiya jae aur inake prati jan-jaagarookata badhaee jae.