Kanhiara

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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.

Kanhiara

Village in the District and tahsil of Kangra, Punjab, situated in 32 degree 12' N. and 76 degree 24' E., 4 miles east of Dharmsala. Population (1901), 3,446. The name is a corruption of Krishna- yashas-arama, according to Cunningham, or possibly Krishna-vihara. An inscription cut on two massive granite blocks in the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts found here would appear to prove the existence of a Buddhist monastery (drama) at this place in the second century a. d. Slate is quarried at and round the village. Kanhiara suffered seriously from the earthquake of April 4, 1905.

(Archaeological Survey Reports, vol. v, p. 177; and Epigraphia Indie a, vol. vii, p. 116.]