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HISTORY OF CASI1MIR. 



Chacra Verms, 

 Sura Verma .... 

 Part'ha, a second 



time 



Chacra Vermi do. 

 Sancara Verdhana 

 Chacra Verma, a 



third time, 

 Unmatti Verma . . 

 Sura Vermi 2d. . . 



Reign. 



10 

 1 



6 



6 



1 6 



1 4 



2 2 



6 



Date A. D. 



942-9 

 952-g 



953-9 

 954-3 

 954-9 



956-3 

 957-7 

 959-9 



Cash mi) 

 years. 

 '97 



7 



8 6 

 9 



10 6 



11 10 

 14 



Twelve Princes reigned 84 years and five months, 

 averaging little more than eight years to a 

 reign. Besides the Salivahana aera, the original 

 introduces with this dynasty a new method of 

 computing, by a cycle of 100 years. 



LAST OR MIXED DYNASTIES. 



Yasascara Deva 

 Sangrama Deva 

 P&rvagupta 

 Cshimagupta , . 

 Abhiinanyu 

 Nandigupta 

 Tribhuyana .... 

 Bhimagupta .... 

 Didda Rani .... 

 Sangrama Deva 



Nine Princes reigned to the accession of Sangra- 

 ma Deva 64 years and four months, averaging 

 rather more than seven years to a reign. 



' Reign. 



Date A. T { 



9 



960-3 



6 



969-3 



1 6 



969- 9 



8 6 



971-3 



14 



979-9 



1 1 



993-9 



2 



994-10 



4 3 



996-10 



23 6 



1001- 1 







1024- 7 



CasJimit 



i/ears. 



14 6 



23 6 



24 



25 6 



34 



48 



49 1 



51 1 



55 4 



78 10 



Remarks on the History arid Chronology of Cashmir, 



Having now completed the sketch of Cashrairian History, it may be ex- 

 pected that we should revert to it for a moment, for the purpose of taking 

 a concise view of the light which it reflects upon the General History and 

 Chronology of the Hindus; objects of more interest than the local transac- 

 tions which it details, and which, circumscribed within the narrow limits 

 of a petty state, of remote site and difficult access, are neither in themselves, 

 nor in their effects upon their neighbours, of any magnitude or importance: 

 it may be added however that they are of the same general character, as 

 the events which make up History in all countries, and may not be there- 

 fore devoid of interest, to the mind that can be contented to contemplate 

 man, in so sequestered a region, as the valley of Cashmir. 



It appears very evident that Cashmir has been a regular kingdom for a 

 period, that transcends the limits of legitimate history, and even if we feel 

 disposed to contest the accounts of our author, and to dispute his series of 

 Dynasties and Princes, we must still rest satisfied with the proof of its ex- 

 istence either under the names of Caspapyrus or Abisarus* as early as the 

 days of Herodotus and Alexander : there can be no doubt however of 

 the regular organization of this state at a period, much antecedent, and it 

 is probable that in remote times it exercised a more decided interference 

 in the concerns of India, than it has done for many centuries past : it seems 



I See Appendix, No. VIII. 



