Rājanaka, Rājanyaka or Rāṇaka; title of feudatory rulers or of the nobility; often a feudatory smaller than a Rājan;
Cf. Rājataraṅgiṇī, VI. 117, 261 (title given for services to the king and surviving in the form Raina/Razdan as a family name of Kashmir Brahmins)

https://twitter.com/Koshur_Karkun/status/1957421955097014408

Many Kashmiri brahmins still use Rājanaka surname while others use raina Or razdan but they are offspring of the same father I.e Dhum Rishi

The famous Sun☀️ Temple of Multan-
Jibawin a kashmiri brahmin who was chief of the city and a descendant of the Rai of Kashmir, who made a reservoir, on the eastern side of Multan, which was 100 Yards square. In the middle of it he built a temple 50 yards square+


under it was a chamber in which he concealed 60 copper jars, each of which was filled with a fine gold dust. Over it there is a temple in which there is an idol made of red gold, and trees are planted round the reservoir+

Babbapur has now been identified as Babor of present day on the Udhampur-Pathankot-Dhar Road, 25 Kms east of Jammu, where some famous and fine pieces of sculptures as well as group of temples in ruins have been excvated.

The earliest mention of Babbapur in recorded form is found in Rajtarangini, in which it is mentioned that Raja of Babbapur participated in the assembly of hill chiefs in Kashmir before Kalsa (1087-88 A.D.). The Raja is named as Kirti Dhar+

#Dhar dynasty of #kashmiri brahmins who ruled jammu for more than 400 years🧵
Suraj dhar was the founder of Dhar dynasty.
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Chronology of Jammu as a state in the earlier times is not traceable down to the 10th century. Ignoring the bardic history,we will see recorded reference+
The events pertain to 10th Century and relate to a war between Sahil Verman of Chamba & the attacking force of Kiras (surely a force from South-East Kashmir-Kamraz, Anantnag and Kashtwar region) in asso-ciation with Lord of Durgara (?)-Jammu-? Ballawar or Babbapur-? or Sumarta-?

The greatest #brahmin empire of ancient India , conquests & expansion of empire of Samrat chach of aror🧵 Defeat of the king of chittor & then later conquering of mutan

Wrong damaras(dhar/dar) were actually kashmiri brahmins only but of karkun subsect , lones(lavanyas) too were KP karkun, later many non brahmins adopted these surnames when they converted to izlam. There were no original vedic kshtriyas in kashmir
1. 1891 census
2. 1901 census

https://twitter.com/CapitolChronicl/status/1883145675090915437

Bal Kak Dhar was a jagirdar and wazir-e-wazarat of Anantnag, Baramulla and Muzzafarabad at different times.
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The History of the Great #Brahman
#Shahiya Dynasty THE RULERS OF #KABUL PURUSHAVAR (#PESHAWAR) AND ADJOINING COUNTRIES UP TO А. Н. 417 (A. D. 1026-27) HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY ALBERUNI INTO TWO PARTS, (1) THE #TURK #SHAHI WHO WERE SAID TO BE OF TIBETAN ORIGIN AND RULED UNDER THE TITLE OF SHAHIYAS OF KABUL FOR ABOUT SIXTY GENERATIONS+

The ancestors of #loharas have their origins from andhra they were descendants of #satvahanas who migrated from #andhra to #Kashmir . 21st century writers are confused between the #damaras & #khasas so they have written they as #khasbrahmins . In this thread I will refute it👇 The early history of the dynasty was described in the #Rajatarangini , a work written by Pandit #Kalhana in the mid-12th century. The #Lohara dynasty resisted Muslim rule for three more centuries being the Bulwark of Hindu faith in Norther most India at Kashmir.

Was #karkotadynasty a kayasth Or a Buddhist dynasty? The answer is no, it was a kashmiri pandit karkun dynasty. This thread will be long because I will be refuting many baseless claims in this so kindly take your precious time out to read the whole thread.
To understand this people must first know about the social structure of kashmir. When saraswat brahmins migrated to kashmir they divided themselves in three sects
1. Gors/bachabats(priests)
2. Karkuns(ministers etc.)
3. Zutshis(astrologers)

Was #utpaladynasty a chamar dynasty? A big misinformation spreaded by many chamar pages on Instagram who just cherry pick things and did even know how to read books 👇thread 🧵 The answer is NO in this thread I will be Debunking fake claim Of chmars who says utpala dynasty was theirs but in reality it was a kashmiri pandit dynasty of 'DEVA' title.The one & only proof they give is from the akbarnama which isn't even a near contemporary book +