It is said that when this great engineer was working in Sopore no people were coming forth to plunge themselves in gushing water.

The king thereupon ordered that a part of treasury may be thrown into the water, a large number of people plunged into the river to get as many coins as they could.

[2] Sopore town in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir was founded by the famous Utpala engineer and irrigation minister Suyya during the peaceful reign of king Avantivarman in 880 CE.

[3] The country had been badly affected due to the numerous civil wars over the last forty years and Avantivarman's reign restored the economy.

[4] Avantivarman was a patron of the arts and the most notable scholar of his time was Anandhavardana, the author of the Dhvanyaloka.