History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c35.s16.6

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The Lohara dynasty was a Rajput dynasty and thus in the 11th and 12th centuries, as elsewhere in India, there were Rajput kings in Kashmir also. The preceding dynasty of Parvagupta was a Vaiśya one while that which preceded it viz. that of Yaśaskara was a Brahmin dynasty. It may, however, be added that these two were also practically Kshatriya as they married into Kshatriya families and followed Kshatriya life. The Lohara ruling familly is said to belong to the Bhatti clan of Rajputs and hence the Kashmir kings were probably Bhattis.