Chitra Katha

Lalitaditya MuktapidaConqueror King of Kashmir

In the 730s, by the account of Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, the Karkota king defeated Yashovarman of Kanyakubja and carried his arms far beyond Kashmir; he raised the Martand Sun temple.

Reigned c. 724–760 CE

The full life

1Built the Martand Sun temple near Anantnag, Kashmir.Lalitaditya Muktapida

2Defeated Yashovarman of Kannauj (Rajatarangini IV).Lalitaditya Muktapida · Yashovarman of Kannauj

3Sent an embassy to the Tang court c. 733.Lalitaditya Muktapida

4Founded Parihasapura, the ruins near Srinagar.Lalitaditya Muktapida · The people

5Martand was destroyed on the orders of Sultan Sikandar Butshikan (r. 1389–1413).

Sources for these facts

Rajatarangini of Kalhana, Book IV
Tang Annals (Xin Tangshu, account of Kashmir)
ASI, Martand temple

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