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Sources
- Nilmatpurana Written in 6th – 7th (Oldest extant text)
- Kalhana’s Rajatarangani Written in 1149 – 1150
- Jonaraja’s Rajatarangani Covers 1150 – 1459
- Jaina Rajatarangani by Srivara Pandit Covers 1459 – 1486
- Rajavalipataka by Prajyabhatta Covers 1486 – 1512
- Chaturtha Rajatarangani by Suka Covers up to the arrival of Asaf Khan
(Shah Jehan’s, 1628-1657, Prime Minister)
Chronology
Ancient Hindu Era
3120 B.C. – 598 3,718 years 92 kings (chronology speculative – based on Kalhana
and Ghulam Hassan Shah (1832 – 1898), in Tarikh-i-
Hasan. The only source of 47 Lost Kings, based on
Ratnakar Purana, compiled by Anand Kaul.
Kalhana starts with King Gonanda I
Karakota Dynasty 600 – 855 255 years Hieun Tsiang visits Kashmir (631 – 633)
Utpala Dynasty 855 – 1003 148 years Suyya, the great engineer. Sopore named after him
Lalitaditya Muktapida, built Martand Temple.
Avanti Varman (855 – 883). Built Samarsvamin
Temple in Avantipura.
Vasagupta, founder of Kashmir Shaivism
Ksemgupta (950 – 958). Married Didda.
Didda (980 – 1003)
1st Lohar Dynasty 1003 – 1101 98 years King Harsha (1089 – 1101)
2nd Lohar Dynasty 1101 – 1339 238 years Pandit Kalhana wrote Rjatarangani during
Jayasimha’s reign (1128 – 1154)
Suhadeva (1301 1320). During his reign Dulcha,
Rinchana, and Shah Mir came to Kashmir
Rinchana (1323 – 1323). Converted to Islam.
Udyandeva (1323 – 1338), brother of Suhadeva
Kotarani (1338 – 1339). Murdered by Shah Mir.
Lal Ded born in 1335
Total Ancient Hindu Era 4,457 years
Muslim Era
Sultanate 1339 – 1561 222 years Shams’Din (Shah Mir) 1339 – 1342)
Sikandar Bhutshikan (1389 – 1413) –
Most tyrannical to KPs. Forced conversion
of KPs to Islam
Zain-Ul-Abidin (Budshah) 1420 – 1470
Most secular Muslim king. Death of Sheikh
Nur-ud-Din Rishi
Chaks 1561 – 1586 25 years Habba Khatoon
Moguls 1586 -1752 166 years Rupa Bhavani (Shah Jehan’s reign 1628 – 1657)
Afghans 1752 – 1819 67 years Most brutal era for KPs
Parmanand born in 1791
Arnimal
Total Muslim Era 480 years
Modern Hindu Era
Sikhs 1819 – 1846 27 years Treaty of Amristar
Dogras 1846 – 1947 101 years Britain sold Kashmir to Gulab Singh for 75 lak rupees
Master Zinda Kaul
Total Modern Hindu Era 128 years
History of Srinagar
The city of Srinagri was founded by King Ashoka (273 – 232 B.C.) at the present-day village of Pandrethan, about 3 miles of the present-day Srinagar. (Panderthan was called Purnadisthan until 14th cent.). Present-day Srinagar was founded by King Pravarsena The Second (Gonandiya Dynasaty) and used to be called Pravarpura. When the name Srinagri changed to Srinagar and replaced Pravarpura is not known.
Suffern, New York, Original 2003: Rev 1: 2010; Rev 2: January 29, 2017; Rev. 3: Feb. 28, 2017; Rev 4: March 4, 2017; Rev. 5: June 24, 2018
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