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and dedicated to Sikandar—to challenge simplistic notions of religious persecution. Slaje disagrees about an absence of religious motivations but notes the aversion of Brahmin chroniclers to be, largely, the result of resistance to the gradual disintegration of caste-hierarchy under Muslim influence.
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Scholars caution against accepting these sources at face value — Jonaraja was appointed by Sikandar's son, who sought to bring back the Brahminical elite into the royal fold while later Muslim chroniclers had their motives to fit the past into an idealist tale of orthodox Islamic morality. According
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The temple has a colonnaded courtyard, with its primary shrine in its center and surrounded by 84 smaller shrines, stretching to be 220 feet long and 142 feet broad total and incorporating a smaller temple that was previously built. The temple turns out to be the largest example of a
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and, like with the previous Hindu rulers, an attempt to secure political legitimacy by asserting state power over Brahmans and gaining access to wealth controlled by Brahminical institutions. J. L. Bhan notes a stone sculpture—a four-armed Brahma, sculpted by son of a Buddhist
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Slaje, Walter (2019). "What Does it Mean to Smash an Idol? Iconoclasm in Medieval Kashmir as Reflected by Contemporaneous Sanskrit Sources".
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claimed that the site was depicted as a "den of evil"—hurting their sentiments in the process—and sought a ban.
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Kingship in Kaśmīr (AD 1148‒1459) From the Pen of Jonarāja, Court Paṇḍit to Sulṭān Zayn al-'Ābidīn
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2014: The temple was selected as the background for the song "Bismil", in the Hindi film
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The Martand temple was built on top of a plateau from where one can view whole of the
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The ruins and the remnants of structure were further ruined by several earthquakes.
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Brahma's Curse : Facets of Political and Social Violence in Premodern Kashmir
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a)A History of Kashmir by Pandit Prithvi Nath Kaul Bamzai, pp. 140
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has declared the Martand Sun Temple as a site of national importance in
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Kashmir Sculptures: An Iconographical Study of Brāhmanical Sculptures
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Hindu temples sacked in the Muslim period in the Indian subcontinent
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Son of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (1314-1384), a Sufi preacher of the
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Temple ruins as seen from the entrance to the main temple structure
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According to Kalhana, the Martand Sun Temple was commissioned by
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Religious buildings and structures completed in the 750s
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Location within Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir
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Baharistan-i-shahi: A chronicle of mediaeval Kashmir
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government initiated efforts to restore the temple.
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Affiliation
Hinduism
Anantnag district
Deity
Surya
Martand
Anantnag
Jammu and Kashmir
Martand Sun Temple is located in Jammu and Kashmir
Martand Sun Temple is located in India
Geographic coordinates
33°44′44″N 75°13′13″E / 33.74556°N 75.22028°E / 33.74556; 75.22028
Ancient Indian
Lalitaditya Muktapida
Hindu temple
Anantnag
Kashmir Valley
Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)
Surya
solar deity
Hinduism
Sanskrit
Martand
Sikandar Shah Miri
Lalitaditya Muktapida
Jonaraja
Sikandar Shah Miri
Chitralekha Zutshi
Richard G. Salomon

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