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1. Nilmatpurana	Written in 6th – 8th Cent.(Oldest extant text)
2. Kalhana’s Rajatarangani	Written in 1149 – 50 (earliest times – 12thCent.)
3. Jonaraja’s Rajtarangani	Covers 1150 – 1459
4. Jaina’s Rajatarangani	Covers 1459 – 1486
5. Raja Pataka	Covers 1486 – 1512

~ 3677 - 628 B.C.	Gonandiya Dynasty (68 Kings)Dates of this era are highly unreliable
273 – 232 B.C.	King Ashoka develops the new city of Srinagri (see the expanded history below)
~ 1 – 2 Cent. A.D.	4th Buddhist Council in Kundalvan, Kashmir
625 - 855 A.D.	Karkota Dynasty
699 - 736 A.D.	King Lalitaditya
7 Cent.	Hiuan Tsiang visits Kashmir
855 - 1003 A.D.	Utpalla Dynasty
855 - 883	King Avantivarman (Suyya, the great engineer, lived in this time. Syyapore, new Sopore, named after him)
950 – 958	King Kshemagupta
981 - 1003	Queen Dida’s reign
1003 - 1089	1st Lohar Dynasty
1089 – 1101	King Harsha
1101 – 1128	2nd Lohara Dynasty
1320 - 1323	King Rainchan
1339	Kota Rani dies
1339	Sultan Shams’d Din (Shah Mir)- Start of Muslim Era
1753 – 1819	Pathan Era
1819 – 1846	Sikh Era
1846 – 1947	Dogra Era

History Of Srinagar
The city of Srinagri was founded by King Ashoka (273 – 232 B.C.) at the present-day village of Pandrethan, about 3 miles of the present-day Srinagar. (Panderthan was called Purnadisthan until 14th cent.). Present-day Srinagar was founded by King Pravarsena The Second (Gonandiya Dynasty) and used to be called Pravarpura. When the name Srinagri changed to Srinagar and replaced Pravarpura is not known.

Destruction and Injustice

The Tribulations Of Kashmiri Pandits

Chronology In Ancient Kashmiri History