Historians are of opinion that real history of Kashmir begins with the reign of Asoka. Asoka built the first city of Srinagar. After Buddhists came White Huns. Mehirakula was chief among them. Thence came the Hindus. Praversena II, Lalitaditya, Avanti-varma were notable Hindu Kings (700 to 902). For same hundreds of years, the subsequent history was a succession of violent changes. It was at the end of 16th century that a rule of order and law was established by ...
