Hari Parbat

"Verse 460 of Bk. iii Rajat records: The royal couple (Ranaditya) built the temple of Ranarambhasvamin and Ranarambhadeva and a matha for Pashupata (mendicants) on the hill of Pradyumanaî. By Pradyumnamurdhan is meant the Sharikaparvata or Harparvat in Srinagar. The E. slope and foot of the hill is now covered by extensive buildings, including sarais connected with the famous Muhammedan shrines of Muqaddam Sahib and Akhund Mulla Shah. These probably occupy the sites of earlier Hindu structures such as the mathas referred to in the verse."

"About the temple of Pravarasena, Stein records: A short distance to the S.E. of Bhimasvamin rock and outside Akbarís fortress has the Ziart of Bahauíd-Din Sahib, built, undoubtedly with the materials of an ancient temple. The cemetery which surrounds it maintains also many ancient remains in its tombs and walls. To the S.W. corner of this cemetery rises a ruined gateway built of stone blocks of remrkable size and stil of considerable height. This structure is traditionally believed by the Srinagar Pandits to have belonged to the temple of Shiva Praveshvara which Kalhana mentions as the first shrine created by Pravarasena in his new capital."

"Stein tells us: Not far from Bahauíd-Din Sahibís ziarat, to the S.W., stands the Jamiía Masjid, the greatest Mosque of Srinagar. Around it numerous ancient remains attest the former existence of Hindu temples. Proceeding still further to the S.W., in the midst of a thickly-built city ... ... quarter, we reach an ancient shrine which has remained in a comparatively fair state of preservation probably owing to its conversion into Ziarat. It is now supposed to mark the resting place of the saint styled Pir Haji Muhammad. It consists of an octagonal cela of which the high basement and the side walls are stil well-preserved. The quadrangular court in which it stands is enclosed by ancient walls and approached by ornamented gateways."