"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."
Hari Parbat

January 1, 1970