Lalitaditya Muktapida was the emperor of Kashmir from 724 to 760. During his reign, conquered most of North India and Central Asia. Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ...

According to the historian Mazumdar, Lalitaditya concentrated his attention towards the areas in the north after important victories in the south. His empire reached the remote corner of the Karakoram mountain range. Located in the mountainous regions of Gilgit, Ladakh & Baltistan, Gilgit and Baltistan are in Pakistan, the Karakoram is one of the great Himalayan mountain ranges, with many of the highest and most daunting peaks of the world. ...

In the beginning of the 8th century, the Arab invasion had started knocking at the door of Kabul valley. During this period, the Muslim power in Sindh was trying to march towards the north. For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ... This article is about the modern Pakistani province of Sindh. ...

While the empires of Kabul and Gandhar were occupied by these invasions, Lalitaditya used the opportunity to establish his foothold in the north, moving with his victorious army from Dardistan to Turkey. The entire area was rich in Kashmiri traditions and education because of the efforts of the monks and Kashmiri people in towns of central Asia. Lalitaditya achieved an easy victory in this region. Gandhar is a gotra or clan of Jats found in Uttar Pradesh in India. ... The Hindu Kush, Hindū Kūsh, Hindoo Koosh or Hindukush (هندوکش in Persian) is a mountain range in Afghanistan as well as in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ...

After the end of Teng reign, those states that had come under the Chinese rule had disintegrated because of civil wars. Teng (鄧), a Chinese surname; commonly spelt this way in Taiwan. ...

Kashmir, at that time, was the most powerful state. During the time of Lalitaditya, its boundaries covered an area from Tibet in the east to Iran and Turkey in the west and from Central Asia in the north to Orrisa and the seashores of Dwarka in the south. Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 西藏, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zàng; also referred to as 藏区 (Simplified Chinese), 藏區 (Traditional Chinese), ZàngqÅ« (Hanyu Pinyin), having the two names different connotations; see Name section below) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the... Dwarka   is a city and a municipality in Jamnagar district in the state of Gujarat, India. ...

Lalitaditya expressed interest in other areas besides his army life. Art and trade received importance during his reign, religious festivals were being held and he provided special facilities and encouragement to support painters and sculpturers. He was a successful writer and a Veena player. Bamzai has written that Lalitaditya's war victories have received special place among different accounts of his reign. Later on, he was made a hero of Kashmiris. On the basis of his building art, great work connected with human welfare, his love for education, protection of scholars and his image of a kind conqueror Ashoka, Lalitaditya is considered the greatest ruler of Kashmir. Woman playing the Veena. ...

War Compaigns

Kalhana in his Rajatarangini credits king Lalitaditya with leading an aggressive war compaign against the kingdoms of Kalingas, Gaudas, Karnatas and the Konkanas. There-after, the glorious king penetrated into the Uttarapatha and defeated the rebellious tribes of the Kambojas, Tukharas (Turks), Bhautas (Tibetans) and the Daradas. His war compaign lead him also to subjugate the kingdoms of Pragjyotisha, Strirajya and the Uttarakurus -- mythical or real. Kalhana (c. ... Rajtarangini (River of Kings), a book written in Sanskrit by Kalhana, contains an account of the life and history of Kashmir. ... Lalitaditya was emperor of Kashmir during 724-760. ... Kalinga is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. ... Ancient Buddhist and Brahmanical texts reveal that Uttarapatha was the name of northern division of Jambudvipa of ancient Indian traditions. ... http://www. ... Kambojas are a very ancient people of north-western parts of ancient Indian subcontinent and what is now Afghanistan, frequently mentioned in ancient texts, although not in the Rig Veda. ... The Tocharians were the easternmost speakers of an Indo-European language in antiquity, inhabiting the Tarim basin in what is now Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwestern Peoples Republic of China. ... Tibetan can refer to: A place or item from Tibet. ... Daradas were a people who lived north and north-east to the Kashmir valley. ... Pragjyotisha was a mythological kingdom first mentioned in the Hindu epics and later Hindu literature. ... Uttarakuru was the name of ancient country and its people as numerously referenced in ancient Vedic, Brahmanical and the Buddhist texts and numerous other ancient Sanskrit texts. ...

References

• R.C. Mazumdar, Ancient India, Page 383.

External links

• Essay by Somnath Wakhlu