KALHANA’S RAJATARANGINI – THE SAGA OF THE KINGS OF KASHMIR

Posted by : Utpal Publications Wednesday, August 28, 2013

KALHANA’S Rajatarangini is not only a classic of Sanskrit narrative poetry but it is the earliest extant history of Kashmir. Written in the middle of the 12^th century, in the age when the Crusades of Europe were fighting in Western Asia, Kalhana’s masterpiece is a unique blend of authentic chronicle and imaginative poetry inspired by the poet’s passionate love of his exquisitely beautiful homeland.

This famous English translation by R.S Pandit was first published in 1935. It was out of print for many years until the Sahitya Akademi published a reprint in 1968. It was further reprinted in 1977. The Akademi is happy to make available this fifth impression of its reprint. Except for minor typographical corrections, the text, Introduction, Foreword and the learned translator’s copious notes are retained exactly as in the original edition.

The Sahitya Akademi is grateful to Srimati Vijaya Laxmi Pandit for permission to publish this edition of which the royalties she has graciously donated to the Prime Minister’s children’s fund.

Book: Kalhana’s Rajatarangani – The saga of the kings of Kashmir