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020			_a9780199482924
082			_a915.46 _bKAU
100			_aKaul, Shonaleeka _911385
245			_aMaking of early Kashmir: _blandscape and identity in the Rajatarangini
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c2018
300			_axvii, 189p., _bhb.
500			_ahttps://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-making-of-early-kashmir-9780199482924?cc=in&lang=en&#
520			_aWhat is history? How does a land become a homeland? How are cultural identities formed? The Making of Early Kashmir explores these questions in relation to the birth of Kashmir and the discursive and material practices that shaped it up to the 12th century CE. Reinterpreting the first work of Kashmiri history, Kalhana's Rajatarangini, this book argues that the text was history not despite being traditional Sanskrit poetry but because of it. It elaborated a poetics of place, implicating Kashmir's sacred geography, a stringent critique of local politics, and a regional selfhood that transcended the limits of vernacularism.
650			_aKashmiri History _911386
650			_aKashmir-India _911387
942			_cG
999			_c10450 _d10450