Shivganga, 1908

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Shivganga

This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Valley in the Salt Range, Jhelum District, Punjab, situated in 32 43' N. and 72 53' E., 3 miles north-east of Malot. In it stands a small temple in the later Kashmir style ; and near Warala, a hamlet on the adjacent spur, a Buddhist sculpture was found by the villagers some years ago and set up by Hindus in a small temple at Shivganga. Having recently been broken and thus rendered useless for purposes of worship, the Hindus allowed its fragments to be sent to the Lahore Museum, where it was restored. The relief originally con- tained eighteen or nineteen figures, the central one, a Bodhisattva, carved in a somewhat late stage of Gandhara art.