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Srinagar means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: archive.org: Rajatarangini (Ranjit Sitaram Pandit) (history)Srinagar (“the city royal”) or Śrīnagara is the name of an ancient city of Kashmir mentioned by Kalhaṇa.—Accordingly, Kalhaṇa composed his historical poem in the middle of the 12th century, in the age when the Crusaders of Europe were fighting in Western Asia. He saw kings who rode to Srinagar in the centre of a cavalcade of steel-clad horsemen escorted by the Rājaputras, to whom the sword-hilt was familiar since childhood, and followed by intriguing courtiers, priests, bards and lovely women with “moon-like faces”. He tells us that the capital owed its name to Śrīnagarī, the city founded in the remote past by the great Aśoka, the Constantine of Buddhist India. He describes the environs of this unique city of the East and mentions its landmarks, the Śārikāparvata (Harparvat) and the Gopa Hill (Gupkar) surmounted by the ancient temple of Jyeṣṭha Rudra, now known as Śaṅkarācārya. Numerous towns, temples, shrines and monasteries are mentioned by him including the glorious sun-temple founded early in the eighth century by king Kalitāditya.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Full-text: Jushkapura, Mahapadma, Mahapadmasara, Badarishaila, Shrinagara, Badarinatha, Ashoka.
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