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ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY OF KAS'MlR. [Extra No. 2, 
plateau lias since become once more an arid waste though the course of 
the old canal can still be traced above Hut a mar. 
The town of Martanda had left its name to the small Pargana of 
Matan which comprised this plateau as well as the villages situated 
along the foot of the hills further east. It is referred to as Martandcidesa 
by Jonaraja. 1 * Abu-1-Fazl notices the large temple of Matan and the 
well or pit close by, which a Muhammadan legend represents as the 
place of captivity of the ‘angels Harut aud Marut.’ 8 
Section VII. — Southern Districts of Madavarajya. 
112 . At the foot of the western extremity of the Martanda plateau 
lies the town of Islamabad or by its Hindu 
Anantanaga. name Anatnag . The latter is derived from 
the great spring of the Anantanaga which issues at the southern end 
of the town. The Naga, though no Tirtlia of particular repute, is 
mentioned in the Nilamata, Haracaritacintamani and some Mahatmyas. 3 
Of<the town, however, I cannot find any old notice, and it is in all pro¬ 
bability, as its Muhammadan name implies, a later foundation. To the 
north of the town and on the way to Bavan is the Gautamandga , named 
by the Nilamata and the Martandamahatmya. 
The modern name of the small district which comprised besides 
Anatnag the tract immediately south and west of it, is Anyech. This 
is represented in some Mahatmyas of recent composition by Anekdksa. 
This name occurs also once in Srivara’s Chronicle, but the locality there 
meant is not certain. 4 * 
The valley of the Ar a path or Harsapathd which opens to the east 
of Islamabad, forms the Pargana of Kut^har. 
This name is in all probability connected with 
that of the ancient Tirtha of Kapate^vara, 
situated on the southern side of the valley close to the village of Kother 
The name of the latter is undoubtedly a derivative of JZapatesvava, as 
the analogy of Jyether < Jyesthesvara, Triphar < Tripuresvara, etc., 
clearly shows. 
Tirtha of 
Kapatesvara. 
l Jonar. 1310. 
8 See Aln-i-Akb., ii. p. 358. For the Muhammadan story, see also Vigne i. p. 361. 
8 See Nilamata , 902 ; Vitastdf-Trisariidhydmdhdtmya, etc., also Haracar, x. 251 sqq. 
(Anantabhavana). 
4 S'rlv. iii. 184. 
6 See for a detailed account, Rdjat, i. 32 note. 
