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Literature of Kashmir has a long history, the oldest texts having been composed in the Sanskrit language. Early names include Patanjali, the author of the Mahābhāṣya commentary on Pāṇini's grammar, suggested by some to have been the same to write the Hindu treatise known as the Yogasutra, and Dridhbala, who revised the Charaka Samhita of Ayurveda.
Pages in category "Writers from Jammu and Kashmir" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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Khalid Bashir Ahmad is a Kashmiri author, poet, and former civil servant, known for his works on the socio-political landscape of Kashmir. [1] [2] He has made significant contributions through his literary works, especially in historical analysis and poetry.
Mirza's second novel, The Book of Gold Leaves, was published in 2014. [3] A love story between a Sunni and a Shi'ite in troubled 1990s Kashmir, it was reviewed by Alice Albinia in the Financial Times: "A haunting illustration of how, at the end of last century, normal life became impossible for many of those who call Kashmir home." [4]
He has written more than 15 books including Na Tamaam, Barf Ruton Ki Aag and Lahu Lamas Chinar. Haidar Malik (fl.1621 CE) Kashmiri administrator of the Mughals, known for writing Tarikh-i-Kashmir; Hanifa Deen, Australian writer winner of New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethnic Affairs Commission Award of 1996.
Kamil was born at Kaprin, a village in South Kashmir. [4] He graduated in Arts from the Punjab University and took his degree in Law from the Aligarh Muslim University. [citation needed] He joined the Bar in 1947 and continued to practice Law until 1949, when he was appointed a lecturer in Sri Pratap College, Srinagar.
In 1877, after sketching the royalty of the Kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir, while on his way back, at Thanna Mandi, a place near Rajouri, in the afternoon of 13 June, V. C. Prinsep (1838-1904) met a traveling Kashmiri bard, a singing fakir, who regaled him with Kashmiri songs for hours while they walked. Prinsep made some notes, and later got two ...