Atoli

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Poonch district map

Atoli (अटोली) is a village in tahsil Mandi of Poonch district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Variants

• Attoli (अट्टोली)
• Attalika (अट्टालिक) - mentioned in Rajatarangini Lothana passed through in 1130 AD.

• Aṭṭilikā/Attilika (अट्टिलिक) - mentioned in Rajatarangini

Location

Attoli is a Village in Mandi Block in Poonch District of Jammu & Kashmir State, India. It is located 16 KM towards East from District head quarters Poonch. 70 KM from State capital Srinagar, Jammu. Attoli Pin code is 185102 and postal head office is Mandi . Attoli is surrounded by Surankote Block towards South , Poonch Block towards west , Mendhar Block towards South , Tangmarg Block towards North . Punch , Baramula , Rajauri , Sopore are the near by Cities to Attoli. This Place is in the border of the Poonch District and Baramulla District. Baramulla District Tangmarg is North towards this place . Also it is in the Border of other district Badgam.

History

Lalitaditya had built Poonch city but at present there is no building existing on ground belonging to Lalitaditya except Ram Kund Temple Mendhar. Mr Stein who translated Rajatarangini, visited Poonch in 1892, identified a number of places like Loharkote (Loran), Attalika (Atoli), Saramber (Chamber Kanari), Savvernik (Surankote) mentioned in Rajatarangini. He could not locate Ram Kund as it was located in very remote area. Other proof is that Devadasis reported to Lalitaditya that they belonged to a nearby village known as Sover Dehmana, which is still existing near Narol, where Ram Kund Temple exists, known as Dharana instead of Dehmana.

In Rajatarangini

• Aṭṭilikā/Attilika (अट्टिलिक) is mentioned in Rajatarangini

• Attalika (अट्टालिक) is mentioned in Rajatarangini Lothana passed through in 1130 AD.