Kalhana's Rajatarangini: A Chronicle of the Kings of Kashmir - Vol. 2

SPECIFICATION:

Publisher :  Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House
 By      :  M. A. Stein
Language : English
Pages : 562 pages
Weight :  600 Gram 
Size : ‎ 14 x 4 x 20 cm
ISBN-10 : 8120803701
ISBN-13 : 978-8120803701

DESCRIPTION:

Kalhana’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. It consists of eight chapters and draws upon earlier sources, notably the Nilamata Purana.

Sir Stein recognising the inestimable value of the only work of its kind, succeeded in publishing the critical edition of the text as early as in 1892.

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.