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{{Short description|15th-century Kashmiri historian and Sanskrit poet}}
'''Jonaraja'''  (died AD 1459) was a [[Kashmir]]i historian and [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] poet. His ''{{IAST|Dvitīyā Rājataraṅginī}}'' is a continuation of [[Kalhana|Kalhana's]] ''{{IAST|[[Rajatarangini|Rājataraṅginī]]}}'' and brings the chronicle of the kings of Kashmir down to the time of the author's patron [[Zayn al-Abidin the Great|Zain-ul-Abidin]] (r. 1418–1419 and 1420–1470). Jonaraja, however, could not complete the history of the patron as he died in the 35th regnal year. His pupil, [[Shrivara|{{IAST|Śrīvara}}]] continued the history and his work, the ''{{IAST|Tritīyā Rājataraṅginī}}'', covers the period 1459–1486.<ref>Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). ''The Delhi Sultanate'', Mumbai:Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, p.466</ref>

In his ''{{IAST|Dvitīyā Rājataraṅginī}}'', Jonaraja has vividly described the decline of the Hindu ruling dynasty and the rise of the Muslim ruling dynasty in Kashmir.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''Kingship in Kaśmīr (AD 1148‒1459); From the Pen of Jonarāja, Court Paṇḍit to Sulṭān Zayn al-‛Ābidīn.'' Critically Edited by [[Walter Slaje]]. With an Annotated Translation, Indexes and Maps. [Studia Indologica Universitatis Halensis. 7.] Halle 2014. {{ISBN|978-3-86977-088-8}}


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[[Category:Sanskrit poets]]
[[Category:15th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:15th-century Indian historians]]
[[Category:Kashmiri people]]
[[Category:Poets from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:Scholars from Jammu and Kashmir]]


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