Monday, December 7, 2009

Kings of Kashmir as per list of Rajatarangini

















































Serial Number Name of the KingYears reigned Before Loukikabda (3076 B.C.) Before Christ.
1-5 Names not known 212 374-162 3450-3238
1 Gonanda I 50 162-112 3238-3188
2 Damodara I 48 112-64 3188-3140
3 Yasovati ( wife of 2 and mother of 4) ½ 64-63½ 3140-3139½
4 Gonanada II 56½ 63½-7 3139½-3083
No.4 king Gonanda II ruled for 56½ years, 1½ years before Mahabharata War and 55 years after the war.

Kings 5 to 39 : According to Kalhana names are not known. But Mulla Ahmed’s history of Kashmir written in the Persian language gives the list of the lost 35 kings of Kashmir from No.5-39 of the list given in Kalhana’s Rajntharangini. Gonanda II (the 4th king in the list of the Kings of Kalhana's Rajatarangini) was Killed in a battle by Parikshit, king of Hastinapura in 3083 B.C. As Gonanda II left no heir, Parikshit incorporated Kashmir into his empire. He ruled it from Hastinapura for 42 years. At the time of his death, in 3041 B.C., Parikshit gave Kashmir to his second son "Harnadeva". 23 kings of the Pandava dynasty and twelve other kings ruled for 1331 years from 3083-1752 B.C.
No. Name
5. Parikshit ruled for 42 year from 7 B.L. to 35 A.L. or 3083-3041 B.C.
6. Hernadeva
7. Rama deva
8. Vyasadeva
9. Drunadeva
10. Simhadeva
11. Gopaladeva
12. Vijayananda
13. Sukhadeva
14. Ramananda
15. Sandhiman
16. Marahandeva & Kamandeva.
17. Chandradeva
18. Anandadeva
19. Drupadadeva
20. Harnamdeva
21. Sulkandeva
22. Sinaditya
23. Mangaladitya
24. Khimendra
25. Bhimasena
26. Indrasena
27. Sundarasena
28. Galgendra
29. Baladeva
30. Nalasena
31. Gokarna
32. Prahlada
33. Bambru
34. Pratapaseela
35. Sangrama chandra
36. Larik chandra
37. Biramchamdra
33. Babighana
39. Bhagavanta
The above 34 kings from no.6 to no.39 ruled for 1289 years , A.L. 35 to 1324, or B.C 3041 to 1752.

B.L. A.L. B.C
40. Lava 39 1324-1363 1752-1713
41. Kusa or Kusesaya 39 1363-1402 1713-1674
42. Khagendra 39 1402-1441 1674-1635
43. Surendra ( Issueless) 39 1441-1480 1635-1596
44. Godhara ( Another


Kshatriya family) 39 1480-1519 1596-1557
45. Suvarna 39 1519-1558 1557-1518
46. Janaka 39 1558-1597 1518-1479
47. Sachinara (His


Paternal uncle


Sakuni’s great 31 1597-1628 1479-1448
grand-son)


43. Asoka or Dharmasoka


( Gonanda Dynasty) 48 1628-1676 1448-1400
He lost his king-


dom and Mlechchas


occupied it and he


fled to forest. His son


49. Jaelauka- (recon-


quered and reigned ) 56 1676-1732 1400-1344
50. Damodara II 50 1732-1782 1344-1294
50. Hushka, Jushka

and Kanishka. 60 1782-1842 1294-1234
52. Abhimanyu 52 1842-1894 1234-1182

Total reign 2236 years.

52. Gonanda III Crowned in 1894 After Laukikabda Kala or 1182 B.C.

Gonanda I was a poet. Dharma-Asoka was the 48th king of Kashmir, counting from Gonanda I. He belonged to the Gonanda dynasty. Kalhana says that this king freed himself from sins by embracing Buddha's religion and built the city of Srinagar, with ninety-six lakhs of houses, resplendent with wealth. He appears to have been a poet.( R.T. 1-101 )

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