@article {8a7e646be59a463cad51a76a0eae8f7e,
	title = {From Conqueror to Connoisseur: Kalhaṇa{\textquoteright}s Account of Jay{\={a}}piḍa and the Fashioning of Kashmir as a Kingdom of Learning},
	journal = {Indian Economic and Social History Review},
	volume = {50},
	number = {2},
	year = {2013},
	month = {apr},
	pages = {161{\textendash}177},
	publisher = {SAGE Publications Ltd},
	abstract = {This article is primarily concerned with asking how we can read Kalhaṇa{\textquoteright}s R{\={a}}jataraṅgiṇi as historians, other than by mining it for facts and names or using it as a proof of some South Asian given. I conduct my investigation on a relatively small sample, a well-defined narrative sequence of about 100 verses from the fourth chapter, or {\textquoteleft}wave{\textquoteright}, of the River of Kings (4.402{\textendash}502), which narrates King Jay{\={a}}piḍa{\textquoteright}s first military campaign. I try to demonstrate that this section depicts a dramatic shift in Kashmir{\textquoteright}s investment in learning and the arts. Thus I argue that the R{\={a}}jataraṅgiṇi, despite its unifying poetic and moralistic framework, is acutely attuned to changes in Kashmir{\textquoteright}s history, including this region{\textquoteright}s special cultural and intellectual history, a topic that is clearly dear to Kalhaṇa{\textquoteright}s heart.},
	keywords = {cultural and intellectual history, Jay{\={a}}piḍa, Kalhaṇa, Kashmir, R{\={a}}jataraṅgiNdot belowi, Udbhatdot belowa},
	issn = {0019-4646},
	doi = {10.1177/0019464613487098},
	author = {Yigal Bronner}
}
