Sunishchitapura

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Sunishchitapura (सुनिश्चितपुर) was a town built by Lalitaditya in Kashmir and mentioned by Rajatarangini. [1] It has not yet been identified by historians but it may be identified with Sunti Pora village in Kupwara tahsil in Kupwara district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

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History

In Rajatarangini

Sunishchitapura (सुनिश्चितपुर) is mentioned in Rajatarangini (Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Book IV, p.70) - " City of Certainty.", When Lalitaditya set out on his expedition, he felt certain of conquest, and built this town. The ruins of city were destroyed by Muslim Invaders.

Rajatarangini (Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Book IV, p.70) mentions ....Rich with the spoils of conquest the king returned to his country. He gave Jalandhara and Lohara and other small provinces to his adherents. To mark his conquest, he obliged other kings to wear a symbol of subjection, which they bear to this day. The Turashkas commemorate the fact of their being bound by generally clasping both their hands behind their backs, and, shaving the front part of their heads. To prove the inferiority of the people of the South, he caused them to wear in their clothes a tail which touched the ground. There was not a town or village, or island, or river, or sea, where he did not raise triumphal monuments. These monuments he named according to the event or the time. When he set out on his expedition, he felt certain of conquest, and built a town named Sunishchitapura (सुनिश्चितपुर), or the " City of Certainty." When in his pride of conquest, he built another named Darpitapura (दर्पितपुर), or the " City of Pride," in which he set up an image of Keshava. And when his conquests were over, and he was enjoying the fruits of his victories, he raised another city ' which he named Phalapura (फलपुर) (phala signifying fruit or effect). He completed Parnotsa (पर्णोत्स) and built a house for amusement named Krirārāma (क्रीराराम), the name indicating the purpose of the building.

सुनिश्चितपुर

ललितादित्य के शासनकाल में समाज बहुत सुखी एवं सम्पन्न था। एशिया के प्राय: सभी देशों के साथ खुली व्यापार व्यवस्था थी। खेती के लिए अनेक सुविधाएं थीं और अनेक नवीन खोजें की गईं। जलसंचार योजना को महत्व दिया गया। ललितादित्य ने विदेशों में अपने विजय स्मृति स्थल बनवाए। सुनिश्चितपुर और दर्पितपुर नामक दो महानगरों का वर्णन राजतरंगिणी में आता है, यद्यपि इन नगरों के खंडहर तक भी मुस्लिम हमलावरों ने समाप्त कर दिए हैं। उसने फलपुर और पर्णोत्स नाम के भी दो नगर बसाए। फलपुर आजकल शादीपुर गांव है और पर्णोत्सव नगर आजकल का पुंछ है। ललितादित्य ने ललितपुर में जो आजकल का लेतापुर है एक बड़ा मंदिर बनवाया। हुष्कपुर में जो आजकल उशकुर है, सम्राट ने एक बड़ा विहार एवं बौद्ध मंदिर का निर्माण करवाया। कश्मीर के इतिहास में मार्तण्ड का मंदिर और परिहासपुर शहर अमर है। आजकल के शादीपुर के पास ही परिहासपुर नगर था।' (कश्मीर, गोपीनाथ श्रीवास्तव, पृ.25)

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