Kashmiri Pandits,original inhabitants

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Kashmiri Pandits,original inhabitants

by: vrinparker 11/25/02 06:19 pm

RECORDS SHOW HINDUS GOVT IN KASHMIR IN 300 BCE

http://www.koausa.org/

The Kashmiri Pandits, the original inhabitants of the Valley of

Kashmir, have made great contributions to world civilization in such

diverse fields as religion, philosophy, Sanskrit literature,

medicine, history, music and aesthetics, for over five thousand years

of history. Kashmir is known amongst the Kashmiri Pandits and other

Saraswats (who fled Kashmir during periods of Islamic persecution) as

Sharadapeeth or the Abode of the Goddess of Learning and Fine Arts.

 

(Kashmiri)Trika Shaivism links

the KOAUSA.org site has some info on these very ancient traditions.

http://members.aol.com/trikshaiva

 

http://college.holycross.edu/orgs/himalayan_cultures/amcclure/amcclure

/timelinek as.html#ancient

300-1300 300 BCE Mauryan influence; Hindu rule

250 BCE Asokan influence; Buddhist influence

50 BCE - 150 CE Kushan Kings; 4th Buddhist council

Kashmir is a major Buddhist center: biography of Kumarajiva

300-1100 Major Buddhist Center: Kumarajiva, Dharmottara, etc.

400s Hun invasions

650-750 Karkota dynasty; centralization of power (Hindu)

855-980 Utpala dynasty (Hindu)

1101-1128 1st Lohara dynasty (Hindu)

1300s -1819 Hindu kings give way to Muslim rule; Buddhism falls to

Islam

 

1300-1800 1390-1414 Sikander's rule; persecution of Hinduism

1421-1472 Zain ul Abdin's rule; tolerance of Hinduism

1587-1739 Mughal rule; Akbar; end of Kashmiri independence

1752-1819 Afghan rule

 

1800-Present 1819 Sikh conquest ; improvement for Hindu minority

1846 War with British

1846-1947 Dogra rule (Hindu); right to rule from British

1858-1947 rising role of British in region (support of Hindus)

1947 Partition ; Kashmir under rule of India

1972 Line of control established