1899.] 
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OP MADAVARAJYA. 
185 
The place is mentioned by Kalhana as an Agrahara founded by 
Tunjina I., and contains some old remains built into its chief Ziarat. 1 
Part of Ad^vin lies on an alluvial plateau. The northernmost 
portion of this Udav seems to have been formed into a separate Pargana 
after Zainu-l-‘abidin had constructed there extensive irrigation chan¬ 
nels. From the small town of Jainapuri founded by him the new sub¬ 
division took the name of ZainSpor or Jainapura . 2 3 At the east foot 
of the Zain^por Udar lies the village of Vach i (map ‘Woochi’) which 
on the authority of an old gloss may be identified with Va^cika (or 
Vascika), an Agrahara founded by Gopaditya. 8 
The Pargana which joins on to Ad^vin in the north-east, is now 
known as JBot (map ‘ Batoo ’). Its ancient name is unknown. The 
only old locality I can trace in it is the village of Sidciu, 74° 51' long. 
33° 4P lat., the ancient Siddhapatha. 4 * It has given its name to the 
route previously mentioned which leads to the Budil and Kons a r Nag 
Passes. 
It is curious that we find no old mention whatever of S'upiyan , a 
considerable town, which is now the trade emporium for the Pir Pantsal 
route. In this character S'upiyan has replaced the ancient Sfiirapura 
or Hur^por, but the change must be a comparatively recent one. 
S'urapura which we have already noticed as the Kasmir terminus 
of the Pir Pantsal route, lies some seven miles 
Surapura. “ _ _ t _ . 
higher up on the Kembyar?'. 6 It received its 
name from the minister STiravarman who built it in the time of Avanti- 
varman and transferred to it the watch-station or ‘ Dranga ’ of the 
route. The position of the latter is marked by a spot known as Ilahi 
Darwaza, a short distance above Hur^por. 6 S'urapura must have been 
a place of considerable extent as ruins of old habitations can be traced 
on the river banks for over two miles below the present Hiir^por. It 
evidently retained its importance down to Akbar’s time. For it is 
regularly mentioned by all the later Chronicles in connection with 
marches and traffic by the Pir Pantsal route. The ancient remains of 
the place have been described by me in my notes on the lafter. 7 
Our previous account of the old localities on the way to the Pir 
1 Compare Rdjat. ii. 55 note. 
2 See Jonar. (Bo. ed.) 1144' sq .; S'rlv. iii. 194; Fourth Chron. 360, 383. 
3 Compare Rdjat. i. 343 note. 
4 See Rdjat. viii. 557. 
3 Regarding S'urapura and its old sites, compare Rajat. Note D (iii. 227) ; v. 39 
note ; also J. A. S. B., 1895, pp. 381 sqq. 
6 See above, § 42. 
T See J. A. S. B., 1895, p. 385. 
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