Kalhana (Sanskrit: कल्हण, romanized: kalhaṇa) was the author of Rajatarangini (River of Kings), an account of the history of Kashmir. He wrote the work in Sanskrit between 1148 and 1149.[1] All information regarding his life has to be deduced from his own writing, a major scholar of which is Mark Aurel Stein.
Kalhana (Sanskrit: कल्हण, romanized: kalhaṇa) was the author of Rajatarangini (River of Kings), an account of the history of Kashmir. He wrote the work...
himself as vassal and submitted to the Tang. The 12th-century chronicler Kalhana characterizes Lalitaditya as a "world conqueror", crediting him with extensive...
the kings of Kashmir. It was written in Sanskrit by Kashmiri historian Kalhana in the 12th century CE. The total reign of the following kings is mentioned...
Restored Gonanda dynasty), was a Kashmiri Hindu dynasty. According to Kalhana, this dynasty ruled Kashmir just before the Karkotas. No contemporary literature...
by Kalhana, was aimed at sketching an outline of Kashmir's history since ancient times, and it did discuss the Karkota dynasty in depth. Kalhana depended...
historical reference to the hill comes from Kalhana. He called the mountain 'Gopadri' or 'Gopa Hill'. Kalhana says that King Gopaditya granted the land...
Srinagar to Parihaspur. Kalhana mentions the construction of the city in his Book 4 cantos 194–204. Lalitaditya according to Kalhana built his residence and...
head (referring to his peaks) [in pride] of her residence there." In Kalhana's 12th century epic, Rajatarangini, Sharada Peeth is identified as a site...
described in the Rajatarangini (Chronicle of Kings), a work written by Kalhana in the mid-12th century and upon which many and perhaps all studies of...
were built, notable of which is the Avantiswara and Avantiswami temples. Kalhana's Rajatarangini, written in the 11th century, was meant to outline Kashmir's...
and goddess’’ Kalhana's Rajatarangini gives an interesting account of Harsha. Kalhana's father Champaka was a minister of Harsha. Kalhana wrote during...
chronicles of neighboring powers — Kashmir and Ghaznavi. Of the former, Kalhana's Rajatarangini (1148-1149) is the only extant source. Of the latter, we...
According to Rajatarangini (The River of Kings) written in 12th-century CE by Kalhana, he lived during the reign of Avanti Varman (855-883 CE). Yoga Spandakarika:...
Sitaram Pandit's translation of Rajatanangini by Kalhana, this mechanism is referred to by Kalhana when alludes to a Yantra to take water from a well...
information on its history, geography, religion, and folklore. It was used by Kalhana as one of sources of his history. The dating of the text to 6th to 8th...
(virāga) and nobles (ārya) are not born there.) According to Rajatarangini of Kalhana, king Lalitaditya Muktapida of Kashmir leads a war expedition against the...
wrote a work on the history of Kashmir that adds to the previous works of Kalhana and Jonaraja, thereby providing an update of the history of Kashmir till...
अथाऽशोककुलोत्पन्नोयद्वाऽन्याभिजनोद्भवः । भूमि दामोदरो नाम जुगोप जगतीपतिः ।।१५३॥ — Kalhana, Rajatarangini 1.143 Translation : Jalauka who born in the lineage of Ashok...
classical Kashmiri culture, as is reflected in the Nilamata Purana and Kalhana's Rajatarangini. Buddhism is generally believed to have become dominant...
relating to her is obtained from the Rajatarangini, a work written by Kalhana in the twelfth century. Didda was a daughter of Simharāja, the King of...
to the Rajatarangini of Kalhana, a capital city by the name of Srinagari was built in the Kashmir valley by Ashoka. Kalhana calls this capital puranadhisthana...
century text Rajatarangini written by the local Kashmiri Pandit historian Kalhana. Furthermore, Rajatarangini describes the rulers of Rajapuri (modern Rajauri)...
clan). Similarly, the term Kayastha is used in the works of Kshemendra, Kalhana and Bilhana to refer to members of bureaucracy varying from Gṛhakṛtyamahattama...
Mārtaṇḍa). The temple was destroyed by Sikandar Shah Miri. According to Kalhana, the Martand Sun Temple was commissioned by Lalitaditya Muktapida in the...
astronomers and historians, represented by Vrddha Garga, Varāhamihira and Kalhana, place the Bharata war 653 years after the Kali Yuga epoch, corresponding...
believed to have turned into Duggar, eventually transforming to 'Dogra'. Kalhana's Rajatarangini makes no mention of a kingdom by any of these names, but...
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