Kashmiri People - History

History

Horace Hayman Wilson, who died in 1860, noted that the recorded history of Kashmir commences with the Kurukshetra War, which is believed to date variously from 6000BCE to 500BCE.

Writing in 1895, Walter Lawrence said that the Kashmiris divide their history into four periods.

  • Early Period: of Hindu Kings chronicled in the Raja-tarangini
  • Salatini Kashmir: period of Kashmiri Musalmans (Muslims)
  • Shahan-e-Mughlia: period of Mughal Rule in Kashmir
  • Shahan-e-Durani: period of Pathans

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