Family Organisation in Kashmir: As Depicted in Kalhana’s Rajtarangini

The Rajatarangini of Kalhana is a great source of the socio-cultural history of Kashmir. No history can be completed without knowing the basic unit of society called family. Through this research paper I will try to enquire that the Rajatarangini of Kalhana is not merely a „River of Kings‟, containing dry accounts of various dynasties, rulers and their activities in court or in the field of war, but it is a veritable encyclopedia of information on the society and its people, the way of life set up and personal relations of the period and so on. As such it becomes a significant source of information to be studied, analyzed and interpreted. Through my research, various social and cultural references given by Kalhana, have been explored, and its political references will be discussed only if required.