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THE KAS'MiR CHRONICLES. 
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these religious structures left their names to the sites at which they 
were erected. They can thus be traced to the present day in the 
designations of villages or city quarters. 1 
The topographical interest which Kalhana’s notices of town-founda¬ 
tions possess is considerably enhanced by the fact that in more than 
one case they are accompanied by accurate descriptions of the site 
chosen and the buildings connected with them. Thus Kalhana’s 
detailed accounts of the foundation of Pravarapura , iii. 336-363, is 
curiously instructive even in its legendary particulai's. It enables us 
to trace with great precision the original position and limits of the city 
which was destined to remain thereafter the capital of Kasmir. 2 3 Simi¬ 
larly the description given of Parihasapura and its great shrines has 
made it possible for me to fix with accuracy the site of the town which 
Lalitaditya’s fancy elevated for a short time to the rank of a capital, 
and to identify the remains of the great buildings which once adorned 
it. 8 Not less valuable from an antiquarian point of view is the account 
given to us of the twin towns Jayapura and Dvavavati which King 
Jayapida founded as his royal residence near the marshes of And^rkoth. 4 
We shall see below to what extent the correct identification of the extant 
ruins of Kasmir has been facilitated by these and similar accounts of the 
Rajataranginl. 
20. Valuable as the data are which we gather from the two 
groups of notices just discussed, it may yet 
be doubted whether by themselves, that is, 
unsupported by other information, they can 
throw as much light on the old topography 
of Kasmir as the notices which we have yet to consider. I mean the 
whole mass of incidental references to topographical points which we 
find interwoven with the historical narrative of the Chronicle. 
It is evident that where localities are mentioned in the course 
of a connected relation of events, the context if studied with due 
regard to the facts of the actual topography, must help us towards a 
correct identification of the places meant. In the case of the previous 
notices the Chronicler has but rarely occasion to give us distinct indica¬ 
tions as to the position of the sites or shrines he intended. In our 
Topographical data 
in historical 
narrative. 
1 The name of the Amrtabhavana, iii. 9, survives in the present Ant a bavan ; 
Didddmatha and Skandabhavana in the Did a mar and Khand a bavan quarters of 
S'rinagar ; similarly Lalitaditya’s great temple of Mdr.tdn.da left its name to the 
village and district of Matan. 
8 See note iii. 339-349 and below, § 92. 
3 Compare Note F, iv. 194-204, and below, § 121. 
4 See note iv. 506-511; also below, § 122. 
