For many decades, Kashmir’s religious history has served as a clarion call for India’s far right. The standard narrative paints a picture of constant, merciless “Islamic” persecution, based on a selective reading of a handful of medieval loudmouths with their own agendas, rather than critical, multidisciplinary study.
Anirudh Kanisetti explains the much stranger reality of Islam in medieval Kashmir.
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Dutt, J.C. Medieval Kashmir: The Rajataranginis of Jonaraja, Shrivara and Shuka, translated into English by J.C. Dutt. New Delhi: Atlantic, 2022.
Hangloo, Rattan Lal.The State in Medieval Kashmir. 2nd ed. New Delhi: Manohar, 2023.
Stein, Aurel. Kalhana's Rajatarangini: a Chronicle of the Kings of Kashmir. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1989.
Rai, Mridu. Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir. Princeton University Press, 2004. doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvs32sfq.
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