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SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF KRAMARAJYA. 
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Aristotsadana of the Rajatarangini. 1 From this form the modern 
name of the village can be derived without difficulty. A temple is said 
to have been erected there by a queen of JBaladitya. 
On the Vifcasta some six miles below Srinagar is the small village of 
Malur which on the authority of Rajanaka Ratnakantha maybe identified 
with Malhanapura, a foundation of King Jayapida. 2 ZaintJcoth, situated 
near marshy ground about two miles south-east of it, preserves the 
name of Zainu-l-‘abidin, its founder, and is mentioned as Jainakotta 
by Jonaraja. 3 
121. The Pargana of Par^spor (map ‘ Paraspoor ’) which lies next 
to Manch^hom, is one of small extent, but 
an asapura. contains a site of great historical interest. It 
has received its name from the ancient Parihasapura, which King 
Lalitaditya had built as his capital. 4 The identity of the name Par^spar 
and Parihasapura is evident on phonetic grounds and was well-known 
to the authors of the Persian abstracts of the Rajataranginl. Yet 
curiously enough the site of Parihasapura had remained unidentified 
until I visited the spot in 1892 and traced the ruins of Lalitaditya’s 
great structures as described by Kalhana, on the plateau known as the 
‘ Par^spor Ildar.’ 
This plateau rises south-east of Shad i pur, between the marshes of 
Panz i nor on the east and those of Har a trath on the west. Its length 
is about two miles from north to south, and its greatest breadth not 
much over a mile. On the north this plateau is separated from the 
higher ground of Trigam by the Badrihel Nala which, as I have shown 
above, represents the old bed of the Vitasta previous to Suyya’s regula¬ 
tion. 6 On the other sides it is surrounded by marshes which for a great 
part of the year are still accessible by boats. Its general elevation is 
about one hundred feet. 
A broad ravine which cuts into the plateau from the south, and in 
which the village of Divar (map 4 Diara ’) nestles, divides it into two 
parts. On the south-western portion are the ruins of two large temples, 
much decayed, but still showing dimensions which considerably exceed 
those of the great temple of Martanda. On that part of the Udar which 
lies to the north-east and towards the Badrihel Nala, there is a whole 
1 Raj at. iii, 482. 
2 Compare Rdjat. iv. 484. 
3 Jonar. (Bo. ed.), 1248. 
4 For a detailed account of the site of Parihasapura and its identification, com¬ 
pare Note F, Rajat. iv. 194-204. The large scale map added to Note / shows the 
position of the several ruins in detail. 
6 See § 70. 
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