EMPEROR AKBAR ALSO VISITED MARTAND TEERTHAA OF KASHMIR
(Page from Jonaraja's Rajtaringini)
Martand Teertha ( Mattan Kashmir ) of Kashmir and visit of Emperor Akbar
Photo Autar Mota.
'' Emperor Akbar visited kashmir three times . Once he brought his finance minister Raja Todar Mal with him who camped at village Pattan and measured the whole land to settle the revenue."
From "Kashmir Through Ages "by Gwasha Lal Kaul.
Ain e Akbari also confirms that Emperor Akbar visited kashmir three times via Pir Panchal .
'' Emperor Akbar visited kashmir three times . Once he brought his finance minister Raja Todar Mal with him who camped at village Pattan and measured the whole land to settle the revenue."
From "Kashmir Through Ages "by Gwasha Lal Kaul.
Ain e Akbari also confirms that Emperor Akbar visited kashmir three times via Pir Panchal .
Rajtarangani of Jonaraja confirms Emperor Akbar ‘s vist to
Mattan town as under:-
“ He came from the city of Lahora in order to see the country . On fifth
bright lunar day of Ashaadha he arrived with his army in the capital of
kashmira .On the seventh bright lunar day of that month he pleased the Brahmans
boys with gifts of gold and they blessed him. He then went to Marttanda (
Mattan Teertha ) and gave cows adorned with pearls and gold to Brahmanas .
jaylalldina ( jalal Ud din Akbar ) was a great benefactor of Brahmins . Truly a
Vikramaditya .Ramdasa his servent gave one hundred pieces of silver and also
pieces of gold to every house of Brahman. He also distributed fifty thousand pieces
of silver among poor Brahmans. The emperor then ordered shikhaphaija to take
one thousand pieces of silver and distribute it among Brahmans and beggars who
dwelt in villages and woods respectively. .”
. I need to clarify as under ….
I need to add that The picture in the post is of
Mattan Naag or Martand spring . This is an ancient Teertha for Hindus especially for
performing Shradaa (Homage to dead parents or grand parents ). This particular
place finds mention in NEELMAT PURANA .
Jonaraja entrusted the
manuscript of his Rajtarangini to his trusted pupil Srivara who updated it upto
1486 AD . It was further entrusted to Prajyabhatta and shuka who completed the
book upto Akbar’s visit to Kashmir .
This entire manuscript was in one book which was finally translated to English
from Sanskrit by A Bengali scholar Jogesh Chandra Dutt and published in 1879 AD
by Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal and sold as ‘ RAJTARANGINI OF JONARAJA ‘ by
Jogesh Chandra Dutt . what I have written is from pages pages 416 to 427 of
this book..
( Autar Mota )
PS
(1)
At the spot where Gurdwara has come up in Mattan Town, Guru Nanak Dev ji has addressed a large gathering of Brahmans under the shady chinars . He also had a discourse with Brahm Dass ji at Mattan.Brahm Das ji belonged to Datt family of Mattan.Later, Kripa Ram Datt from this family headed a delegation of 500 Kashmiri Brahmans to Amritsar and thence to Anandpur to meet Guru Teg Bahadur ji during dark days of Afghan rule in Kashmir.....
(2)
There are two temples in Mattan. One the spring temple in the town where Shraadha is performed .The spring water here gushes out and comes to a bigger pond with fish. No Kashmiri would eat fish from this sacred pond. People from north India would perform Shraadha at this spring.Like Haridwar ,Varanasi and Nasik, the local Purohits maintained a Bahi or RECORD of their Yejmaans . There is another temple( in ruins at present )up above the hill.It is just 2 kms from Mattan town on Ranbirpora plateau.That is world famous Sun Temple (In Greek Style ) built by illustrious king Lalitaditya of Kashmir in 8th century. It is in ruins but listed as a HERITAGE monument by UNESCO..
(3)
I have personally seen family records of some prominent film actors,politicians and Industrialists of the country in Bahis or records maintained by Purohits of Mattan.
(4)
Ram Dasa finds repeated mention in Jonaraja's Rajtaringini as a trusted servant of king Jaylaldina Akvara (Emperor Akbar) .Ram Dasa is none other than the renowned miniature Painter in Akbar 's Darbar. Akbar respected him and brought him to Kashmir along with. RamDasa painted illustrations for Emperor's Biography. or Akbar-nama.
PS
(1)
At the spot where Gurdwara has come up in Mattan Town, Guru Nanak Dev ji has addressed a large gathering of Brahmans under the shady chinars . He also had a discourse with Brahm Dass ji at Mattan.Brahm Das ji belonged to Datt family of Mattan.Later, Kripa Ram Datt from this family headed a delegation of 500 Kashmiri Brahmans to Amritsar and thence to Anandpur to meet Guru Teg Bahadur ji during dark days of Afghan rule in Kashmir.....
(2)
There are two temples in Mattan. One the spring temple in the town where Shraadha is performed .The spring water here gushes out and comes to a bigger pond with fish. No Kashmiri would eat fish from this sacred pond. People from north India would perform Shraadha at this spring.Like Haridwar ,Varanasi and Nasik, the local Purohits maintained a Bahi or RECORD of their Yejmaans . There is another temple( in ruins at present )up above the hill.It is just 2 kms from Mattan town on Ranbirpora plateau.That is world famous Sun Temple (In Greek Style ) built by illustrious king Lalitaditya of Kashmir in 8th century. It is in ruins but listed as a HERITAGE monument by UNESCO..
(3)
I have personally seen family records of some prominent film actors,politicians and Industrialists of the country in Bahis or records maintained by Purohits of Mattan.
(4)
Ram Dasa finds repeated mention in Jonaraja's Rajtaringini as a trusted servant of king Jaylaldina Akvara (Emperor Akbar) .Ram Dasa is none other than the renowned miniature Painter in Akbar 's Darbar. Akbar respected him and brought him to Kashmir along with. RamDasa painted illustrations for Emperor's Biography. or Akbar-nama.
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