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

Stein, Sir Aurel

 
9788120803701: Kalhana's Rajatarangini: Vol 2: A Chronicle of the Kings of Kashmir
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 8120803701 ISBN 13 : 9788120803701
Editeur : Motilal Banarsidass Publications, 2022

Synopsis

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. The author s object is to offer a connected narrative of the various dynasties which ruled Kashmir from the earliest period down to his own time. The final portion of the work, considerable both in extent and historical interest, is devoted to the accounts of the events which the author knew by personal experience or from the relation of living witnesses. These events are narrated from the point of view of a more or less independent chronicler and by no means the purely panegyrical object of the court-poet.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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. The author s object is to offer a connected narrative of the various dynasties which ruled Kashmir from the earliest period down to his own time. The final portion of the work, considerable both in extent and historical interest, is devoted to the accounts of the events which the author knew by personal experience or from the relation of living witnesses. These events are narrated from the point of view of a more or less independent chronicler and by no means the purely panegyrical object of the court-poet.

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Éditeur
Motilal Banarsidass Publications
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8120803701
ISBN 13 
9788120803701
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
5
Nombre de pages
957
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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