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The Indian Historical Quarterly December 1942

1942

Modern Period In the narrative of Kalhana the modern or the historical period dawns with the rise of the Kdrkota dynasty in the early part of the 7th century A. D. (Book IV) and comes into full bloom with the advent of the Utpala dynasty in 855-56 A. D. (Book V). [...] Equally historical may be the account of Lalitdditya's victories over the Tuhkhdras (Turks of Badakhshan and the Upper Oxus valley) the Bhauttas or Tibetans (against whom the Kashmirian king is known from Chinese annals to have sought the support of the Emperor) and lastly the Daradas (or Dards still inhabiting the mountainous regions immediately to the north and north-east of Kashmir). [...] On the other hand the author's description of his hero's victorious march throughout the whole of India from Gaucla and Kalinga in the east along the sea-shore of Karnata the Kdveri.Malaya and the islands of the southern Ocean and thence to Dvdrakd and Avanti in the west may be safely dismissed as a repetition of the conventional accounts of digvijaya of great Indian kings given by the other po [...] On the other hand the stories of the hero's wanderings in the land of an imaginary king of Pundravardhana and of his wars with a king of"304 The Dynastic Chronicles of Kashmir Nepal and one of the eastern regions" otherwise unknown to history as well as of his conquest of "the land of the Amazons" have no pretence to historical truth. [...] Kalhana's minute account of the last years of Harsa's reign must have been largely based on the statements of contemporaries like his own father Capaka who held the high office of 'lord of the gate' at the time and a cook who was the sole surviving eye-witness of the tragedy of the king's death.
history
Pages
105
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120027
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-viii Narendra Law view
The Vedic and the Epic Krsna
297-301 S.S De. view
The Dynastic Chronicles of Kashmir
302-341 U.N. Ghoshai view
The Philology of the Pali Language
342-368 R.P. Chaudhuri view
The Word Baūrah in Muruj Ul—Zahab of Al Masūdi
369-372 H.C. Ray view
The Date of Subandhu
373-375 Manomohan Ghosh view
A Note on the Hanumān type Copper Coins of Prthvideva and Jājalladeva of Mahākosala
375-378 L.P. Sharma view
Reviews
379-385 Ramashankar Tripathi view
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
386-392 unknown view

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