Ancient Monastery and Stupa at Harwan in Srinagar Ancient Monastery and Stupa at Harwan in Srinagar district dates by between the 1st- 5th century CE. Also known as the Buddhist Monastery, Harwan is identified with Shadarhadavana, the Grove of Six Saints, by Sir Aurel Stein and is mentioned in Kalhana’s Rajatarangini. The site is believed to have hosted the Fourth Buddhist Council during the reign of King Kanishka. The Buddhist monk Nagarjuna, a contemporary of the king around 78 CE is said to have lived here. Excavations revealed remains on lower and upper terraces and scattered structures further uphill. The lower terrace has four residential rooms with a corridor, built in rubble masonry and accessed by steps from the east. The upper terrace contains an apsidal shrine in diaper pebble masonry within a courtyard once paved with moulded and plain tiles. These tiles display motifs of flora, fauna, rams fighting, cow suckling their young, archers on horseback chasing deer and shooting arrow at them, dancers, and men and women conversing seated in a balcony, reflecting the artistic tradition of Kashmir and Central Asia in the early centuries of the Christian era. Source: Archaeological Survey of India