Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
855 to 939 CE
2 events5 exhibits
Avantivarman founded the Utpala dynasty and a new town, Avantipura, with two great temples. His engineer Suyya reshaped the Jhelum's course to control floods and open new farmland. Kashmir's reputation as a centre of Sanskrit learning grew stronger through these years.
Events in this period
855
Avantivarman founds the Utpala dynasty
Avantivarman took the throne and began a period of relative peace and rebuilding after the last troubled years of the Karkotas.
In the museumAvantivarmanAvantipora Temples
Avantipora Temples Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
late 9th century
Suyya tames the Jhelum
Avantivarman's engineer Suyya cleared blockages in the Jhelum, moved where rivers met and drained marshes, opening new farmland and reducing floods. The town of Sopore, once Suyyapura, is named after him.
In the museumSuyyaThe Jhelum
The Jhelum Photo: Myasinilyas · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In this wing
5 exhibits
Further reading for this period
Books that cover this period. They are places to read further, not sources for any single sentence on this page.
- Kalhana's Rajatarangini: A Chronicle of the Kings of KashmirM. A. Stein (translator), 1900
- Ancient Monuments of KashmirRam Chandra Kak, 1933