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Parihaspore
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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) and served as the capital of Kashmir during his reign.
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It was adorned with many fine temples and monuments; among others, with a pillar cut out of one stone, twenty four yards high, at the top of which stood the image of Garuda, half-man and half-eagle.
Charles von Hügel (1854), quoted in M. Jain, Flight of Deities and Rebirth of Temples (2019)
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Category:Ancient Indian cities
Category:Geography of Kashmir