12. Pir Pantsal Route.-Surapura.—Kramavarta 43. Hastivañja.-Legend of Mihirakula 44. Pañcāladhārāmatha.-Kșemendra's description of pass 46. 'Pir,' a term for pass.-Pañcāladeva 47. Pass of Pir Pantsāl.-Puşyāṇanāda ... SECTION III.-THE VITASTĀ VALLEY. 61. Vitastā Valley Route.-Connection with Uraśā 52. Gate of Varāhamūla.-Yakşadara SECTION IV-NORTHERN AND EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES. 88 89 55. Range towards Karnau and Sardi.-Dranga 56. Pass of Dugdhaghāta.—Marg : Mathikā 57. Mount Haramukuța.—Tirthas of Nandikşetra, Bhūteśvara 58. North-eastern range.—Route over Zoji-Lā 59. Eastern Range.—Tirtha of Amaranātha ... 95 ... ... SECTION V-UPPER COURSE OF THE VITASTĀ. 96 61. Name of Vitastā.-Legendary source of Vitastā 62. Headwaters of Vitastā.-Harsapathā; Ledari 63. Course of Vitastā in alluvial plain.-Importance of river 64. The Gambhirā.-The Visokā.—The Ramaṇyātavi 65. The Vitastā near Srinagar.—The Mahāsarit ... 101 J. 1. 29 107 108 109 Para. ... SECTION VII.-SOIL AND CLIMATE OF THE VALLEY. 117 76. Alluvial Plateaus (Udar).-Soil of Udars Grapes 120 ... SECTION VIII.-ETHNOGRAPHY. 79. Old ethuography of Kaśmir.-Absorption of foreign ethnic elements.—Tribal sections 123 CHAPTER IV.-POLITICAL TOPOGRAPHY 126 SECTION 1.-FRONTIERS OF ANCIENT KAŠMIR. lātā Parņotsa.-]väravati ... ... ... 128 SECTION II.-ANCIENT POLITICAL DIVISIONS. ... 85. Kramarājya, Madavarājya 133 SECTION III. -THE OLD AND NEW CAPITALS. ... 88. Srinagara in Eliuen Tsiang's time Srinagara.-City on left river-bank 137 ... 145 Page. 95. Hill of Sārikā.-Bhimasvāmin Ganesa 96. Temple of Pravareśvara.-Position of Raņas vāmin temple 97. Bhattārakamatha; Diddāmatha.--Skandabhavana; Nada- 98. Bridges of old Srinagara.-Bșhatsetu 99. Eastern quarters of Srinagara.-Samudrāmatha.- Mākşi- 153 155 SECTION V.—THE ENVIRONS OF ŚRINAGARA. 157 ... 159 101. The · Hill of Gopa.'-Temple on Gopādri 102. Tirtha of Jyeșthesvara.--Gopāgrahāra.-Bhūkņiravāțikā. 103. Tirtha of Sureśvari; Iseśvara temple.-Şadarhadvana; Tripureśvara.-Sridvāra ; Mahādeva ... 163 ... SECTION VI.- NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF MADAVARĀJYA. 105. District of Khadāvi.—Jayavana.-Khonamuşa.—Padma- 106. District of Holadā.--Avantipura 107. District of Dakşiņa pāra.—Temple of Cakradhara 109. Vijayeśvara.— Temple of Siva Vijayeśvara,-Lidor Valley 178 180 SECTION VII.-SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF MADAVARĀJYA. 112. Anantanāga.--Knpațeśvara Tirtha; Samāngāsā. --Akşa- 113. Pargana of Bring.-Lokapunya.-Bhedara; Ardbanāri. 114. Vēr Pargana (Shāhābād).--Nilanāga; Vitastātra. 115. District of Devasarasa.-Kberi.-. Godharā; Hastiśālā ... 184 186 117. Kalyāṇapura; Drābhagrāma.-Tirtha of Bhedā (Bheďa- 118. Districts of S'āvur and Chrăth.-Rāmuşa; Gusikā.- Utpalapura 189 SECTION VIII.-SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF KRAMARĀJYA. 191 120. Pargaņas of Dūnts, Biru, Māñchehom.-Suşkaletra.- Bahurūpa; Khāgikā; Puşkaranaga.—Malhāņapura 121. Parihāsapura.—Lalitāditya's temples.-History of Pari- 122. Trigrāmi; Phalapura.- Jayapura ; Dvāravati 123. District of Bhāngila.-Pattana.–Pampāsaras.-Pratāpa- 198 ... 201 SECTION IX.-THE NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF KRAMARĀJYA. 125. District of Samālā.-Tirtha of Svayambhū.-Kambale- 126. District of Uttara.-Ghoşa ; Dranga; Hāyāśrama 127. Tbe Sāradā Tirtha.—The Siraḥšilā Castle 123. Pargaņas of Lūlau and Zaingir.-Suyyapura.-District of Khāyāśrama.-Mātsgrāma 129. District of Lohara.—Tūlamūlya.-Mayagrāma ... 208 SUPPLEMENTARY Note AA: Māhātmyas of Kaśmirian Tirthas ... LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. Ain-i Akb. The Ain-i Akbarī by A bū-l-Fazl 'Allāmī, translated from the original Persian, by Col. H. S. Jarrett. Vol. II. (Bibliotheca Indica). Calcutta, 1891, BATES, Gazetteer. A Gazetteer of Kashmir and the adjacent districts of Kishtwar, Badrawar, etc., compiled (for political and military reference), by Charles Ellison Bates, Captain, B.S.C., and Brevet-Major. Calcutta. 1873. Bernier, M.D. A revised and improved edition, etc., by and Co., 1891. Bühler, Report. 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