Jonaraja
Sign in to saveJonaraja (died AD 1459) was a Kashmiri historian and Sanskrit poet. His '''' is a continuation of Kalhana's '''' 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, Shrivara| continued the history and his work, the '''', covers the period 1459–1486.
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- Died
- 1459
- Works
- 1
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- Rājataraṅgiṇī
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- “When the violence caused by the Rakshasa Dalcha ceased, the son found not his father, nor the father his son, nor did brothers meet their brothers. Kashmira became almost like a region before the creation, a vast field with few men, without food, and full of grass. Dalcha took away the strong men from the country, and Rinchana established his supremacy there ; when darkness covers the earth, unchaste women find it to their advantage.”
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Jonaraja (died AD 1459) was a Kashmiri historian and Sanskrit poet. His '''' is a continuation of Kalhana's '''' 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, Shrivara| continued the history and his work, the ', covers the period 1459–1486.
In his ', 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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