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8th centuryNear Pattan, Baramulla district
Lalitaditya's capital, now scattered ruins on a plateau.
Lalitaditya built Parihaspora as his new capital, filling it with a royal palace, Vishnu temples and Buddhist monuments including a large stupa and monastery. Its ruins, spread across a karewa plateau, show how Hindu and Buddhist buildings stood side by side.
Facts
- The name means city of laughter or city of pleasure.
- A later king moved the capital away, and stone from the site was reused elsewhere.
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