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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.
The Caurapâñcâśikâ was first translated into a European language, French, in 1848. [1] Subsequently, it was translated several other times. Notable translations are those of Sir Edwin Arnold [2] (London 1896) and Edward Powys Mathers [3] (Oxford, 1919) titled Black Marigolds. This latter version was quoted extensively by John Steinbeck in ...
Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad (August 1885 − 9 April 1952), known by his pen name as Mahjoor, was a poet of the Kashmir Valley. [2] [3] [4] He is especially noted for introducing a new style into Kashmiri poetry and for expanding Kashmiri poetry into previously unexplored thematic realms. [5]
In Kashmiri literature besides Persian and Urdu, he is often recognized one of the greatest poets of the Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in Kashmir Valley, a place he lived his life. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] He was born around 1630 as Muhammad Tahir Gani Ashai in Ashai family and lived in Rajouri Kadal, Srinagar .
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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.
Zinda Kaul was also known as MasterJi [2] by his students and friends.. Kaul was born in August 1884 in Habbakadal, a town in Srinagar into a Kashmiri Pandit family. His father, Lakshman Pandit, was indifferent to his formal education and Kaul had to face many difficulties in his life.
Rasul Mir's life spans the reigns of three different sets of rulers in Kashmir - Afghan, Sikh and Dogra empire. He was born during the later years of Sikh rule over Kashmir. [1] The Afghan rule had begun in the year 1752 lasting till 1819 with the Sikh conquest of Kashmir in the Shupian Battle. Of the three sets of rulers, the Afghans were the ...