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Consolidation of Lohara Rule in Kashmir (1070s)
In the 1070s, the Kashmir Valley was in the middle period of Lohara dynasty rule, with King Utkarsha on the throne.
Timeline
- 1071–1075Srinagar · KashmirUtkarsha continued Lohara rule, maintaining administrative control over the valley's core from his capital at Srinagar, suppressing centrifugal tendencies among local lords, and continuing the tradition of patronage toward temples and scholarly institutions.
- 1076–1080Kashmir Valley · KashmirThe Lohara court still funded some temple repairs and Sanskrit writings in the mid-to-late 1070s, but works such as the Rajatarangini suggest the throne was increasingly reliant on noble alliances. Northwestern foreign pressure had not yet invaded on a large scale, but an internal succession crisis was quietly brewing.
Sources
- Kashmir, history of https://www.britannica.com/place/Kashmir-region-Indian-subcontinent
- Kalhana's Rajatarangini: A Chronicle of the Kings of Kashmir, Vol. 2 — M. A. Stein (trans.) (1900)