Kashmir Valley (near Mahādeva mountain, Harvan, behind present Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar)

A locality in the Kashmir Valley near Mahādeva mountain, in the Harvan area behind the present Shalimar Bagh north-east of Srinagar. Tradition associates this place with Vasugupta (9th–10th c.), to whom the Śiva Sūtras, a foundational text of Kashmir Shaivism, are attributed—he is said to have found their teaching at a rock on the mountain.