Kalhana is noted not just for his account of kashmir, but for his modern approach to historiography as seen in rajatarangini. His privileged position provided him with. It was composed by a kashmiri pandit, named kalhana.
Jammu kashmir has been home to numerous scholars, poets, and historians who have significantly shaped its history and literature. It embraces the history of kashmir from the time of the first hindu king gonanda to ad 1149, the 22nd year of the reign of the last illustrious king jayasimha. As a historian and poet, kalhana’s work.
Kalhana, a name synonymous with the historic chronicle of kashmir, is known for his book, “ rajatarangini ” (the river of kings). Kashmir's unique geographical position, being. He wrote the work in sanskrit between 1148 and 1149. Kalhana (sometimes spelled kalhan or kalhan'a) (c.
12th century) was the author of rajatarangini (river of kings), an account of the history of kashmir. He is said to have been the son of a former minister by the name of champaka in the court of a kashmiri king, harsha (r. कल्हण ने ' राजतरंगिणी ' नामक महान् महाकाव्य की रचना की। इनकी प्रसिद्ध पुस्तक 'राजतरंगिणी' में, जिसकी रचना 1148 से 1150 ई. 12th century), a kashmiri, was the author of rajatarangini (river of kings), an account of the history of kashmir.
Rajatarangini, historical chronicle of early india, written in sanskrit verse by the kashmiri brahman kalhana in 1148, that is justifiably considered to be the best and most authentic work of its.