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Kalhan'S Rajatarangini Is The Oldest & Fullest Record Of Kashmir History.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 1892 Which Is Reprinted Here As Vol. Iii Of This 3 Volume Set.Lather He Followed This Illustrations Venture By Presenting A Fully Annotated Translation Of The Chronicle, In Two Volumes, Reprinted As Volume I & Volume Ii Here, The Former Containing The Translation Of The First Seven Tarangas Of The Original Sanskrit & The Letter That Of The Remaining Eighth Tarangan. The Translation Is Ereceded By Comprehensive & Scholarly Introduction In Which Stein Has Endeavoured To Elucidate In The First Plkace The Data Which Can Be Gathered As Regards The Person Of Kalhana, His Family & The Milieu In Which He Lived.In The Seciond Chapter (Of The Introduction) The Auther Has Examined As Closely As Our Available Materials Would Permit, The Objects & Methods Which Guided Kalhana In The Composition Of His Work, The Sources He Used For It, & The Form Which He Gave To His Narrative.

Kalhana s Rajatarangini is the oldest and fullest record of Kashmir history. 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 1892 which is reprinted here as Vol.III of this 3-volume set. Later he followed this illustrious venture by presenting a fully annotated translation of the Chronicle, in 2 volumes, reprinted as Vol I and Vol. II here, the former containing the translation of the first seven Tarangas of the original Sanskrit and the letter that of the remaining eighth Taranga. The translation is preceded by a comprehensive and scholarly Introduction in which Stein has endeavoured to elucidate in the first place the data which can be gathered as regards the person of Kalhana, his family and the milieu in which he lived. In the second chapter (of the Introduction) the author has examined as closely as our available materials would permit, the objects and methods which guided Kalhana in the composition of his work, the sources he used for it, and the form which he gave to his narrative.