Book Title: Gilgit Manuscripts Vol 01
Author(s): Nalinaksha Dutt, D M Bhattacharya, Shivnath Sharma
Publisher: Government of Jammu

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir BUDDHISM IN KASHMIR (111) the stūpa, monastery and caitya at Parihāsapura, the erection of which is attributed to Lalitāditya and his minister Cankuna. From the coins discovered in the monastery it is apparent that it existed up to the time of the king Vinayāditya, Vigraha and Durlabha (pp. 146-8); (iv) the stūpa at Ushkur, the erection of which is attri buted to Huvishka (2nd century A.C.), on the ruins of which a second stūpa was built by Lalitāditya in the middle of the 8th century A.C. (pp. 152-4); and (v) the monastery and stūpa at Shadhradvana (mod. Harwan). Here Pandit R. C. Kak has discovered a stūpa, bases of chapels and a light of steps connecting the stūpa and the chapels, and a large number of brick-tiles. The remarkable feature of the tiles is that they are prepared with a view to present Jātaka scenes or certain scenes from Buddha's life, the other motifs being designs of flowers, aquatic plants, Aying geese, girls, musicians, etc. The tiles are numbered in Kharosthi figures, the use of the Kharosthi script showing that the buildings were erected before the 5th century A.C. when the Kharoșthi characters ceased to be in use (pp. 109 f.). The latest and epoch-making archaeological discovery in Kashmir is the find of several manuscripts deposited in a stūpa at Gilgit, the country of the Dards and the seat of the later Sāhi rulers, the name of the ruler being very likely Srideva Sāhi Surendra Vikramāditya Nanda, whose queens were Samidevi Trailokyadevi and Vihali. One of the mss. is the gift of this king while there are several others given away by the local devotees like Sulkhina, Suli For Private and Personal Use Only

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