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ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY OF KAS'MIR. [Extra No. 2, 
&anara. 
muklii-Durga and largely visited by pilgrims. I am, however, unable 
to trace any old reference to this Tirtha. 
Only a mile to the south-east of Khruv is the village of Sdr, until 
recently the seat of a flourishing iron-industry. 
Kalhana mentions it by the name of S'anara as 
an Agrahara founded by King S'aclnara. 1 Whatever the historical 
value of this notice may be, which Kalhana took from Padmamihira, 
the evidence detailed in my note on the passage proves that the present 
S'ar is intended. An intermediate form of the name is preserved in the 
S'nar of an old gloss. The Ziarat of Khwaja Khizr which stands here 
near several small springs, is built with remains of a Hindu temple; 
among them, is a Lihga-base some six feet square. 
About two miles south-west of S'ar are found the well-preserved 
ruins of a temple near the village of Ladu (not marked on Survey map). 
They have been described by Bishop Cowie, 2 3 but I am unable to trace 
any old reference to this shrine in the texts I have examined. It is 
remarkable for having a circular cella, the only one known to me in 
Kasimr. A small square cella to the east of this temple has been 
annexed to a neighbouring Ziarat. 
Near the south end of the Vihl Pargana and on the river lies the 
village of Lcitvpor. An old gloss of the Rajatarangini identifies it with 
Lalitapura, a place founded in honour of King Lalitaditya by his 
architect. 8 The King according to the Chronicle was not pleased with 
the attention ; in any case no importance seems to have attached to this 
place. There are no old remains above ground, but the local tradition 
still tells of King ‘ Lalitadit * as the founder of a large town on the 
neighbouring Udar. 
106. Passing round the foot of Mount Vast a rvan we enter the 
Pargana of Vular, the ancient Holada. This 
identification is supported, apart from the 
clear phonetic evidence, by all passages of the 
Rajatarahgini which mention Holada. 4 * Its feudal barons played a 
great part in the troubled times of the later Hindu reigns. 
Its most important place in old times was undoubtedly the town of 
Avantipura, founded by King Avantivarman (a.d. 855-883). 6 Its posi¬ 
tion is marked by the present village of Vaut'por on the Vitasta. The 
District of Holada; 
Avantipura. 
1 See note i. 100. 
2 See J. A. S. B., 1866, pp. 97 sqq. 
3 See Rajat. iv. 186. 
4 See Rajat. i. 306 note. 
6 See Rajat. v. 45 sq. note. Its identity with Yantipdr was first pointed out by 
Dr. Wilson in liis note on Moororoft, Travels , ii, p, 244. 
