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lahore - lavapura
kasoor (another town in TSP's punjab) - kushapura
Tashkent - takShakhaNDa
Taxila - takShashilA
swat - suvAstu
Lucknow - lakhanpur - lakShmaNapura
but the above examples I think are natural and unavoidable degradation from saMskR^ita names, rather than due to the effect of islamic-british-colonialization.
lahore - lavapura
kasoor (another town in TSP's punjab) - kushapura
Tashkent - takShakhaNDa
Taxila - takShashilA
swat - suvAstu
Lucknow - lakhanpur - lakShmaNapura
but the above examples I think are natural and unavoidable degradation from saMskR^ita names, rather than due to the effect of islamic-british-colonialization.