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245			_aKalhana Rajatarangini : A chronicle of the kings of Kashmir Vol. I Introduction
260			_aDelhi _bMotitlal Banarasidass Publications _c2009
300			_a402p _cxxxi
365			_b Rs. 1,900 Vols
505			_aKalhana s Rajatarangini is the most famous historical poem which records the oldest and fullest history of the legendary kings of Kashmir as well as gives accounts of the Kashmirian kings of the historical period. The interest of this treatise for Indian history generally lies in the fact that it represents a class of Sanskrit composition which comes nearest in character to the chronicles of Medieval Europe and of the Muhammadan East. Together with the later Kashmir chronicles which continue Kalhana s narrative, it is practically the sole extant specimen of this class. Its author s object is to offer a connected narrative of the various dynasties which ruled Kashmir from the earliest period down to his own time. The final portion of the work, considerable both in extent and historical interest, is devoted to the accounts of the events which the author knew by personal experience or from the relation of living witnesses. These events are narrated from the point of view of a more or less independent chronicler and by no means the purely panegyrical object of the court-poet.
650			_a1. Jammu & Kashmir - India - History2. Kings & Rules
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