The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s1.88

c5.s1.88

Aravâlo—The Wulur or Volur lake in Kaśmîra (Turnour’s *Mahâvaṃśa*, p. 72). The Nâga king of Aravâlo was converted to Buddhism by Majjhanṭika (Madhyantika), the missionary, who was sent by Aśoka to Kaśmîra and Gândhâra. It is the largest lake in the valley of Kaśmîra, and produces water-nuts (*śiṅgâḍâ*) in abundance, supporting considerable portion of the population, the nuts being the roots of the plant *trapa bispinosa* (Thornton’s *Gazetteer*).