A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s5.14
A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s5.14
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v3.c35.s5.14
A little junior to Kṣemendra, between 1063 and 1081 A.D., Somadeva¹, the master story-teller wrote his famous Kathāsaritsāgara “The Ocean of Streams of Stories”. Then came the poet Maṅkha, under King Jayasiṁha (1128-1149 A.D.) of Kashmir, who wrote an epic Śrīkaṇṭhacarita². Again, about 1148 A.D. Kalhaṇa, the greatest, nay, the only great historian that India has produced, wrote his famous chronicle of Kashmīr—the Rājataraṅgiṇī.
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- Kathāsaritsāgara — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Rājataraṅgiṇī — Kalhaṇa, Sanskrit
- Śrīkaṇṭhacarita — Maṅkha, Sanskrit