History · Emergence of Regional Kingdoms
UGC NET June 2015 History
Who among the following rulers of Kashmir has been described in the Rajatarangini as a Turushka and an iconoclast?
AAvantivarman
BDidda
CLalitaditya
DHarsha ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Harsha — Harsha of Kashmir is so described, so the answer is Harsha.
Explanation
★Harsha of Kashmir is so described, so the answer is Harsha.
★He was a king of the Lohara dynasty of Kashmir.
★The Rajatarangini calls him a Turushka and an iconoclast.
★It says he plundered and broke many temple images.
★He did this to fill his treasury, not out of foreign faith.
★The Rajatarangini of Kalhana is the chief source for the kings of Kashmir.
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