History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c14.s2.12

v1.c14.s2.12

Kashmir was always famous for its learned men and the kings usually were patrons of learning. King Harsha was a great pandit himself; so also Jayāpīda. The settlements of Brahmins were numerous and had Agrahāras or inam villages assigned to them. These were in fact learned Universities well endowed by kings. The Kashmir pandits were famous throughout India. Their names have a peculiar turn worthy to be mentioned. They always ended in ṭa. or ṇa. such as Udbhata, Mammaṭa, Lavaṭa and so on or Salhaṇa, Kalhaṇa, Bilhaṇa and so on. Kashmir names generally strike us as peculiar in these days, but they are not of Turkish origin.