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Mathura Historical Information

¤ Mathura A City Whose History Is Traced To 600 B.C

Ptolemy, the Alexandrian astronomer during the 2^nd century, has referred to this city as Modoura. Modourain Latin means the ‘city of gods’. Although this city is associated mainly with the legend and cult of the blue god/cowherd, Krishna, it was as sacred to the Jains and Buddhists as it was to the Brahminical Hindusin the past.


¤ Attacked By Muslim Invaders

Situated between the Muslim capitals of Delhi and Agra, Mathura bore the brunt of various Muslim attacks. The Afghan invader, Mahmud of Gazhni sacked the city in 1018-19.
The city was plundered and important temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb. In 1757, Ahmad Shah Durrani inflicted fresh wounds on Mathura. Today, not much remains of the ancient Hindu structures. However, archaeologists have managed to unearth some valuable sculptures from this site.


¤ Buddhist Influence

When Fa-Hian travelled to India in a.d. 405, there were 20 Buddhist monasteries with some 3000 monks in the neighbourhood of Mathura. A couple of centuries later, when Huien Tsang came to India, the number of monks at the monastries had dropped to 2000, with Buddhism bowing out to Hinduism.