INDIAN HISTORY

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Jonaraja in his Rajatarangini, continued the narration of Kalhana upto
A
Sultan Sikandar
B
Muhammad Shah
C
Sultan Zainul Abidin
D
Jaya Singh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Akbar of Kashmir who reconstructed and rehabilitated all the temples and asked Jonaraja to continue further Kalhana’s Rajtarangini was Zain-ul-Abidin. So C is the right answer. His whole name was Ghiyas-ud-Din Zain-ul-Abidin, he ruled Kashmir between 1418–1419 and 1420–147, he was the eighth sultan of Kashmir.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rajatarangini ("The River of Kings") is a metrical legendary and historical chronicle of the north-western part of India, particularly the kings of Kashmir. It was written in Sanskrit by Kashmiri historian Kalhana in the 12th century CE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rajatarangini, which consists of 7, 826 verses, is divided into eight books. Book I attempts to weave imaginary tales of Kashmir kings into epic legends. Gonanda was the first king and a contemporary and enemy of the Hindu deity Krishna.

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