Utpala Kashmir

Shankaravarman and the Later Utpala Period: Expansion, Fiscal Pressure and Political Instability

By Rohit Thapa

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Shankaravarman transformed Utpala Kashmir from internal consolidation toward military expansion. This article examines his frontier campaigns, fiscal extraction, temple wealth, Shankarapura and the political pressures that shaped the later Utpala period.