History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET December 2022 History (Shift-II)
Who continued the writing of the Rajatarangini after Kalhana?
AZain-ul-Abidin
BJonaraja ✓ Correct
CShyamvarna
DRajavali
Correct answer: (B) Jonaraja — It was Jonaraja, so the answer is Jonaraja.
Explanation
★It was Jonaraja, so the answer is Jonaraja.
★Jonaraja, a Kashmiri poet and historian, continued the writing of the Rajatarangini after Kalhana.
★His work is called the Dvitiya Rajatarangini.
★In it Jonaraja described the decline of the Hindu ruling dynasty and the rise of the Muslim ruling dynasty in Kashmir.
★Jonaraja's pupil Srivara wrote the Tritiya Rajatarangini, covering the period 1459 to 1486.
★The patron king of Jonaraja was Zain-ul-Abidin, known as the Akbar of Kashmir.
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