Parihaspore
Sign in to saveParihaspora or Parihaspur or Paraspore or Paraspur was a small town northwest of Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley. It was built on a plateau above the Jhelum River. It was built by Lalitaditya Muktapida (695–731 CE) and served as the capital of Kashmir during his reign.
Key facts
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- Parihaspore
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- archaeological site
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- Ancient Ruins at Parihaspora 01.jpg
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- Parihaspur Stupa
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- India Jammu and Kashmir#India
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- right
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- yes
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- Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Country
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- India
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- Union territory
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- Jammu and Kashmir
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- District
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- Baramulla
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- Tehsil
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- Pattan
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- Established
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- ~700 CE
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Present ruins
- Notable people
- References
Parihaspora or Parihaspur or Paraspore or Paraspur was a small town northwest of Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley. It was built on a plateau above the Jhelum River. It was built by Lalitaditya Muktapida (695–731 CE) and served as the capital of Kashmir during his reign.
==Etymology== The present name of the place, Paraspore, is derived from the original Sanskrit name of the city, Parihaspur, which loosely translated would mean a city of laughs or a smiling city. "Parihas" means laughter and "pur" means city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parihaspore” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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