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Locally known as Pambaran, is a village of Akhnoor tehsil in Jammu district and is said to have been founded by Amba Jagdev Pawar dynasty of Dhar Ujjain. It was named Ambari after the family diety Amba, one of the names of goddess Durga. An important centre of Buddhism between the 1st and 7th century B.C. Excavations have unearthed terracotta figures, small sculptures, pottery and burnt brick structures dating back to four different periods of human settlements in the area - the pre-Kushana period (second Century BC), the Kushana period, the Gupta period and the post-Kushana period.