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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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BUDDHISM IN KASHMIR
I See Bhaiṣajyagurusutra, pp. 13, 29.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
During the reign of Sankaravarman, we hear of the appearance of Lalliya Sahi, who ruled over the region between the Daradas and the Turuskas, and located his capital at Udabhāṇḍapura, (IV. 1525). During the reign of Sankaravarman's son Gopālavarman, the minister Prabhakaradeva proficient in the Kakhorda1 witchcraft carried on expeditions against the Sahis of Udabhāṇḍapura but later on bestowed the same on Lalliya's son Toramāna (V. 233). The Tantrin soldiers and Dombas came into prominence about this time (A.C. 936-7). The Sahi's grand-daughter Diddā was married to king Kṣemagupta. She became afterwards the queen regent, and during her regime her commander-in-chief Yasodhara led an expedition · against the Sahi ruler Thakkana and captured him (VI. 230-1). Towards the end of her life Diddā made some pious foundations, one of which was a vihāra with a large Catuḥśālā meant for use by the Kashmirians and the Daisikas. She was succeeded by her brother's son Sangramarāja on the throne of Kashmir (1003-1028 A.D.). Kalhana tells us that it was during the reign of Sangrāmarāja that the Sāhi kingdom of Trilocanapāla was destroyed by the Turuskas under Hammira (VII. 669), and it was brought to an end during the reign of the following king Ananta (1028-63). During the reign of Harsa, one of his ministers incited Vidyadhara Sahi the ruler of Dards to fight against Harṣa.
The Sahis had their first seat on the west and south of the Dard country, and then with the disappearance of their independence they were scattered, some Sahi princes taking to service under the kings in the Kashmir court and some preferring to lead independent lives in the mountainous regions of north Kashmir. The entry of the Sahi princes into Kashmir court commenced in the reign of Lalitāditya Muktāpiḍa who for the first time brought
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