[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951) › c19.3 # History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c19.3 History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c19.3 - **Language:** English ### [c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c19.3) Kalhaṇa’s \*Rājatarangiṇī\* states that ascetics, in many respects resembling the Ājīvikas, appeared in Kashmir in considerable numbers during the reign of the tyrannical and ill-fated King Harṣa or Harṣadeva (1089–1101). - [Previous: c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c19.2) - [Next: c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c19.4) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Rājataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini) — Kalhaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c19.3) · Pramāṇa