Jonaraja (died A.D. 1459) was a Kashmiri historian and Sanskrit poet. His Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. is a continuation of Kalhana's Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. and brings the chronicle of the kings of Kashmir down to the time of the author's patron Zain-ul-Abidin (r. 1418-1419 and 1420-1470). Jonaraja, however, could not complete the history of the patron as he died in the 35th regnal year. His pupil, Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. continued the history and his work, the Script error: The function "transl" does not exist., covers the period 1459–86.[1]
In his Script error: The function "transl" does not exist., Jonaraja has vividly described the decline of the Hindu ruling dynasty and the rise of the Muslim ruling dynasty in Kashmir.
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- ↑ Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). The Delhi Sultanate, Mumbai:Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, p.466
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Kingship in Kaśmīr (AD 1148‒1459); From the Pen of Jonarāja, Court Paṇḍit to Sulṭān Zayn al-‛Ābidīn. Critically Edited by Walter Slaje. With an Annotated Translation, Indexes and Maps. [Studia Indologica Universitatis Halensis. 7.] Halle 2014. ISBN 978-3-86977-088-8
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