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Wangath Temple complex

Hindu temple complex in Kashmir, India

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Wangath Temple complex is a group of Hindu temple monuments in Wangath, close to Naranag, in the Ganderbal district of the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Wangath is a village located around 48 miles (77 km) northeast of Srinagar. The current structure was built by Lalitaditya Muktapida of the Karkota dynasty in the 8th century CE.

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Ashoka and Srinagar foundation

3rd century BCE

Jaluka's Shaivite foundations

c. 220 BCE

Jaluka's stone temple at Naranag

c. 137 BCE

Jayendra's worship at the shrine

61 BCE

Lalitaditya's reconstruction

713–735 CE

Avantivarman's additions

855–883 CE

Sangramraja's plunder

1003–1028 CE

Plunder during Uccala's reign

1101–1111 CE

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Defensive Walls
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Cisterns
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Pillared PavilionGateways
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TemplesMathasSacred Wells
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StatuesMonolithic bases/piers
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Coordinates

34.35° N, 74.97° E