History of Jammu Part 2 Kishtwar ..BC -1500AD Kishtwar was lake ... it is believed that entire Chandrabhaga valley was a huge lake called Govardhansar Then the Gods drained it by cutting a passage through one of the mountains .There is indeed some geological evidence of the Kishtwar area once having been a lake like valley of Kashmir . Writers of Kishtwar believe that civilization existed in Kishtwar when Kashmir was still submerged in water . they claim one of the eighteen puranas was written here in Kishtwar The old kingdom of Kishtwar included all the present day Doda minus Baderwah kingdom The relatively warm doda city was the winter capital of kishtwar kingdom It is assumed that kingdom was founded in 10th century by rajas of Bengal ..related to kings of himanchal ... Thakur term came to be used in 11th century its said Kahan Pal(1087-1088) was first recognized ruler of Kishtwar and belonged to Ujjain dynasty ,succeeded by Gandarb Sen and 45 other rulers in succession .Alkah was capital of Kishtwar in ancient time .it was 60 kos from Srinagar
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 09:18:45 +0000
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