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ARAMUDI

Aramudi, a name of legend  in the 8th century Himalayan history, particularly the history of Kashmir & Ancinet Nepal. It is believed that there was a war between King Aramudi & Kashmir King Jayapida then Kashmir king was defeated and kept a prisoner in a fortress built high above the bank of the Kalagandika. The place where the Kashmiri king was kept temporarily is called by Kalhana ‘aśma-veśman’ "stone house". In modern Nepal, there is a Gulmi district, situated on the west bank of the Kali Gandaki;

Aramudi, Baradev and Dual  Rule:

Some Nepalese historians have also written that Aramudi was none other than king Baradev of ancient  Nepal. During the battle of Kaligandaki, Ancient Nepal was ruled by King Baradev who had made Lalitpattan, present day Lalitpur, his capital.Some historians believed that  Aramudi in fact ruled Kathmandu Valley but his name not to be found in the list of the rulers of ancient Nepal

About him is a little explored and analyzed. Micheal Witzel confirmed that King Aramudi was a magar during 8th century, defeated King Jayapida  of Kashmir at the bank of Kaligandki river and Kaligandki region was a traditional homeland of Magar , was & still mostly inhabited by Magar. ' Aramudi’ sounds an indigenous Magar name with an inflection ‘di’ suggesting – ‘water’ and also ‘river’. Battle between Aramudi and King Jayapida  was happened in the heartland of Magar which was Magarat during at that time. At the morphophonemic level in ‘Aramudi’ - there are four morphemes or segments  ‘a’ + ‘ra’ + ‘mu’ + di’ or ‘mo + di’. If we conjugated these four morphemes into intelligible sounds: it would either become “aramu + di” or “ara’ + ‘mudi or modi”. In Magar language of Kali Gandaki region ‘aramu’ or ‘armu’ means ‘sweet smell’ and ‘di’ means ‘water’ - hence literally “aramu + di” means ‘sweet smelling water’ – which should also mean - ‘sweet tasting spring water, also in Nepali ‘jharanako mitho pani’. The ‘di’ in ‘Aramudi’ is definitively suggestive of ‘water’ in the Magar language. In the Kali Gandaki region and western Nepal, names for rivers, small streams, towns and villages are still in Magars language. Such as Marshyang+di river in Tanahu, ‘Lang+di’, ‘Darang+di’; ’Lun+di’ in Gorkha, ‘Hosrang+di’ village in Parbat, Chhang+di in Tanahu, ‘Argaun+di’ village, ‘Hug+di’ in Plapa district. These are only few names here to understand how the ‘di’ element has influenced the ancient and contemporary history and society of Nepal. that's why some historians believed that He was a Magar & Magar of Gadigulm’ or present Gulmi district in Nepal may have been  his descendants. The present day ‘Gulmi’ is a place name of considerable significance for the Magars as it used to be one of the ‘Barha Magarats’ or the confederation of twelve Magar kingdoms or principalities. Here ‘Gadigulma’ in Gulmi district on the west bank of Kali Gandki river should suffice to attest Aramudi's ‘singular shining’ as a king in the dark age of Nepalese history.