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Kalhana
Kalhana
Kalhana (c. 12th century) was the author of Rajatarangini (River of Kings), an account of the history of Kashmir. He wrote the work in Sanskrit between 1148 and 1149. All information regarding his life has to be deduced from his own writing, a major scholar of which is Mark Aurel Stein. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kalhana is the 5,041st most popular writer (down from 3,797th in 2019). (down from 3,152nd in 2019)
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Among writers, Kalhana ranks 5,041 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexei Mateevici, Botho Strauß, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Atiq Rahimi, Nicholas Evans, and Vladimir Makanin. After him are George Washington Williams, Rita Mae Brown, Lin Shu, Fatos Kongoli, Henriette Roland Holst, and Wendela Hebbe.
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