Somnath Dhar

Somnath Dhar examines the life and work of Kalhana, the twelfth-century Sanskrit poet-historian who composed the Rajatarangini, the celebrated chronicle of Kashmir's kings, in a monograph published as part of Sahitya Akademi's Makers of Indian Literature series. Dhar draws on internal evidence within Kalhana's own text to reconstruct biographical details and to guide readers toward a fuller appreciation of the Rajatarangini as both historical document and literary achievement.