Lohara dynasty

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Lohara dynasty
1003 CE–1320 CE
South Asia 1175 CE KARAKHANID KHANATE QARA KHITAI GHURID EMPIRE KUMAON CHAULUKYAS CHAHAMANAS LATE GHAZNAVIDS PARAMARAS WESTERN CHALUKYAS KAKATIYAS SHILA- HARAS CHOLAS CHERAS PANDYAS KADAMBAS HOYSALAS GAHADAVALAS GUHILAS KACHCHAPA- GHATAS CHANDELAS KALACHURIS (TRIPURI) KALACHURIS (RATNAPURA) SENAS KARNATAS CHEROS NAGVANSIS KAMARUPAS EASTERN GANGAS GUGE MARYUL LOHA- RAS SOOMRA EMIRATE MAKRAN SULTANATE   ◁ ▷ Location of the Lohara dynasty and neighbouring polities circa 1175 CE.[1]
Capital	Srinagar
Common languages	Sanskrit
Religion	Shaivism
Government	Monarchy
Monarch
• 1003 – 1028 CE	Sangramaraja
• 1301 – 1320 CE	Suhadeva
Historical era	Medieval
• Established	1003 CE
• Disestablished	1320 CE
Preceded by Succeeded by Utpala dynasty Kashmir Sultanate
Today part of	Afghanistan India Pakistan

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The Lohara dynasty (Kashmiri: لوھارا) was a dynasty that ruled over Kashmir and surrounding regions in the northwestern part of the South Asia for more than 3 centuries between 1003 CE and approximately 1320 CE. The early history of the dynasty was described in the Rajatarangini (Chronicle of Kings), a work written by Kalhana in the mid-12th century and upon which many and perhaps all studies of the first 150 years of the dynasty depend. Subsequent accounts, which provide information up to and beyond the end of the dynasty, come from Jonarāja and Śrīvara. The later rulers of the dynasty were weak; internecine fighting and corruption were endemic during this period, with only brief years of respite, making the dynasty vulnerable to the growth of Islamic conquests in the region.^[2]