1899.] 
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF KRAMARAJYA. 
191 
The Udar stretches in a north-westerly direction, for about six miles 
from the village of VahHor, with a breadth varying from two to three 
miles. It bears only scanty crops of Indian corn in patches. Being 
entirely devoid of water, it is a dry and barren waste, a haunt of jackals 
as in the days when King Ksemagupta bunted over the ‘ Damodararanya, 1 2 
The main features of the legend regarding it are well known to popular 
tradition throughout Kasmir. The inhabitants of the neighbouring 
villages also point to a spot on the Udar known as Sat a rds Teng, as the 
site of Damodara’s palace. A spring called Damodar-Nag in the village 
of Lalgam, is believed to have served for the king’s ablutions. 
To Yech belongs also the small village of SomarVbug on the left 
bank of the Vitasta which according to the note of the old glossator 
A 3 marks the site of the temple of Visnu Samarasvamin mentioned by 
Kalliana. 3 Another old locality in Yech is probably marked by the 
hamlet of Hal a thal to which Abu-1-Fazl refers. It is not shown on the 
Survey map, and I have not been able to ascertain its exact position. 
HalHhal is evidently a derivative of S'alasthala, the name given by 
Kalhana to a locality where a fight took place in the time of King 
Ananta. 3 Abu-1-Fazl mentions ‘ Halthal ’ for its quivering tree. “ If 
the smallest branch of it be shaken, the whole tree becomes tremulous.” 
Section VIII.— Southern Districts op Kramarajya. 
Districts of Dunts, 
Biru, Mafich%lidm. 
120. — To the west of Yech and reaching close up to the capital, 
lies the Pargana now called Dunts (map 
‘Doonsoo’). Its ancient name is uncertain; 
possibly it is intended by the name Dvdvimsati 
in the Lokaprakasa’s list of ‘ Visayas.’ In Abu-l-FazTs table of Parganas 
Dunts (‘Dunsu’) is already counted with Kamraz. An old locality in 
it is S'0por, a large village situated circ. 74° 45' long. 34° 1' lat. (map 
‘ Shalipoor’). We may safely recognize in it the Selyapura of the 
Rajatarangini which is referred to as a place on the direct route from 
the Tos^maidan Pass and the Karkotadranga to S'rlnagar. 4 S 
DLukh'ilitH (map ‘ Haklitri ’) can safely be identified, in view of the 
name and the evidence of an old gloss, with S'uskaletra mentioned in the 
1 Compare Rdjat. vi. 183. 
2 See note v. 25.—The ending -bug is not rare in Kasmir village names. Accor¬ 
ding to Pandit tradition, it is derived from Skr. bhoga in the sense of ‘ property 
granted for the usufruct [of a temple].’ 
S See note vii. 159; Ain-i-Akb ., ii. p. 363. 
4> See Rajat. vii. 494 note j viii. 200. 
