... ... ... ... SECTION III.-THE VITASTĀ VALLEY. SECTION IV.-NORTHERN AND EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES. ... ... ... SECTION V.UPPER COURSE OF THE VITASTĀ. 61. Name of Vitastā.-Legendary source of Vitastā 62. Headwaters of Vitastā.-Harṣapathā; Ledarī 63. Course of Vitastā in alluvial plain.-Importance of river SECTION VI.-LOWER COURSE OF THE VITASTĀ. ... 72. Course of Vitasta towards Volur lake.-Mānasa lake 75. Lower affluents of Vitastā.-Suyyapura 77. SECTION VII.-SOIL AND CLIMATE OF THE VALLEY. ... 76. Alluvial Plateaus (Uḍar).-Soil of Uḍars 117 ... 118 120 SECTION VIII.-ETHNOGRAPHY. 79. Old ethnography of Kaśmir.-Absorption of foreign ethnic 124 80. Races on Kasmir borders.-Khasas.-Darads.-Bhauṭṭas... CHAPTER IV.-POLITICAL TOPOGRAPHY, SECTION 1.-FRONTIERS OF ANCIENT KASMIR. 81. Territories S. E. of Kaśmir.-Camba.-Vallapura.-Visa- 82. Frontier territories to S. W. and W.-Rājapuri.-Lohara ; ... ... ... 83. Uraśa-Hazāra.-Kiṣanganga Valley; Karṇāha ... 86. Administrative Districts.-Lists of Kasmir Parganas 87. Density of population in old Kaśmir.-Number of villages 90. Aśoka's Srinagari.-Transfer of name to new capital Para. SECTION IV. ANCIENT SITES OF SRINAGARA. 150 152 153 SECTION V.-THE ENVIRONS OF SRINAGARA. ... ... SECTION VI.-NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF MAṆAVARĀJYA. ... 109. Vijayeśvara.-Temple of Siva Vijayeśvara,-Lidar Valley SECTION VII.-SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF MADAVARAJYA. 182 ... ... 186 ... 188 189 SECTION VIII.-SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF KRAMARAJYA. 120. Parganas of Dūnts, Biru, Māñch hōm.—Suṣkaletra.— SECTION IX. THE NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF KRAMARĀJYA, 126. District of Uttara.-Ghosa; Dranga; Hāyāśrama 127. The Saradā Tirtha.-The Siraḥśilā Castle 123. Parganas of Lōlau and Zain gir.-Suyyapura.-District of 204 ... 205 ... 206 ... ... 208 ... 129. District of Lohara.-Tulamulya.-Mayagrāma 130. Tirtha of Ciramocana.-Tirthas of Bhūteśa, Jyeṣṭharudra 211 131. Upper Sind Valley.-Gaganagiri; Defile of Dhuḍāvana ... 212 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE AA: Mahātmyas of Kaśmirian Tirthas LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. Ain-i Akb. BATES, Gazetteer. BERNIER, Travels. BÜHLER, Report. COLE, Anc. Buildings. CUNNINGHAM, Anc. DREW, Jummoo. FORSTER, Journey. Fourth Chron. Harucar. The Ain-i Akbarī by Abu-l-Fazl ‘Allāmī, translated from the original Persian, by Col. H. S. Jarrett. Vol. II. (Bibliotheca Indica). Calcutta, 1891. A Gazetteer of Kashmir and the adjacent districts of Kishtwar, Badrawar, etc., compiled (for political and military reference), by Charles Ellison Bates, Captain, B.SC., and Brevet-Major. Calcutta. 1873. Travels in the Mogal Empire A.D. 1656-1668, by François Bernier, M.D. A revised and improved edition, etc., by Archibald Constable. Westminster, Archibald Constable and Co., 1891. Detailed Report of a tour in search of Sanskrit MSS. made in Kasmir, Rajputana and Central India. By G. Bühler. Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1877. Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir. Prepared under the authority of the Secretary of State for India. By Henry Hardy Cole, R.E., Superintendent, Archæological Survey of India, N.-W. P. London, 1869. The Ancient Geography of India, I. The Buddhist period, including the campaigns of Alexander and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang. By Alexander Cunningham, Major-General, R.E. London, 1871. The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories. A Geographical Account. By Frederic Drew, F.R.G.S. London, 1875. A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern part of India, Kashmire, etc. By George Forster. Vols. I, II. London, 1808. Rājāvalipataka of Prajyabhaṭṭa and Suka. [ Fourth Sanskrit Chronicle of Kaśmir. Quoted according to the editio princeps, Calcutta, 1835; compare below, p. 41]. The Haracaritacintamani of Rājānaka Jayadratha. Kavyamālā, Bombay, 1897 [compare below, p. 48]. |
