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| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Srinagar district|Srinagar]]
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020 | url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=23 September 2020 | archive-date=24 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''Maisuma''' ({{IPA|ur|mɑːiːsʊmɑː}} ; {{IPA|ks|maːjsum}}) is a densely populated neighborhood of [[Srinagar]] in the [[India]]n union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] which is bordered on the north by Gawkadal bridge and on the South by [[Lal Chowk]]. [[Jhelum River|River Jhelum]] forms it western border.

==Origin of name==
The name Maisuma comes for its [[Sanskrit]] name Makshika Swamin.

==History==
Historically, Maisuma actually is the name of the entire area that is more or less an island that forms the center of present-day city of [[Srinagar]].<br/> In other words, historical Maisuma includes Srinagar Golf Course, Polo Ground, S.P and Women's college, Bar Bar Shah, entire neighborhood of Amira Kadal including old Court Complexes, [[Tyndale Biscoe School]], Abi Guzar and entire Residency Road all the way up to [[DD Kashir|Door Darshan centre]].<br/> It is actually an island that is enclosed by [[Jhelum River]] and [[Tsoont Kol]] (Kashmiri apple orchard canal) river. Tsoont Kol normally drains excess flow from [[Dal Lake]] near Dalgate and it carries that water into Jhelum near [[Zero Bridge]] in South but it also goes north and then bends west around the Srinagar Golf Course and empties into Jhelum near Gaw Kadal opposite the [[Sher Garhi Palace]]. Tsoont Kol's old name is Mahasarit and at the confluence of this river and [[River Jhelum|Wyeth]] near Gaw Kadal bridge.<ref>M.A. Stein. Kalhana's Rajtarangini A chronicle Of The Kings Of Kas`mir (Reprint 1979), Motilal Banarsidass 41-U.A, Bungalow Road, Delhi 110 007</ref><ref>Kashur Encyclopedia (کٲشُر انسیکلوپیڈیا) Volume One (Pages 330-333) Jammu And Kashmir Academy Of Art Culture And Languages, Srinagar 1986</ref><ref>W.R. Lawrence The Valley Of Kashmir Kesar Publishers, Srinagar, Kashmir 1967</ref><br/>
According to Stein there was an important Tirath in ancient times. [[Kalhana]] mentions a cremation ground (Shamshan Bhomi) in this area where Uccala was cremated in 1111 AD after he had been assassinated. According to M.A Stein, this cremation ground was still functional up until Dogra times.<ref>M.A. Stein. Kalhana's Rajtarangini A chronicle Of The Kings Of Kas`mir (Reprint 1979), Motilal Banarsidass 41-U.A, Bungalow Road, Delhi 110 007</ref>
Prior and during the Dogra rule Maisuma was a designated prostitution area where licensed prostitutes were allowed to work and was a known area for prostitution and popular among visitors

==References==
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Srinagar]]

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DinahFlo5043561 at 15:34, 25 March 2026