The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.77

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Kāśyapapura—Wilson supposes that the name of Kāśmīr is derived from Kāśyapapura, the town of Ṛiṣi Kāśyapa, the Kaspapyros of Herodotos. Dr. Stein, however, is of opinion that Kāśmīr was never called Kāśyapapura, but it was always called Kāśmīra (Dr. Stein’s Ancient Geography of Kasmir, pp. 11, 62). Kaspairia of Ptolemy has been identified with Multan. For the legend how the lake Satisara was desecrated and Kāśmīra was created by Kāśyapa, see Rājatarangiṇī (Dr. Stein’s Rājatarangiṇī, vol. I, p. 5). 1. The hermitage of Ṛiṣi Kāśyapa was on the Hari mountain, three miles from Srinagar. 2. Multan was also called Kāśyapapura, the Kaspeira of Ptolemy, being founded by Kāśyapa, the father of Hiraṇyakaśipu (Alberuni’s India, I, p. 298).