K. N. Pandita, also known as Kashi Nath Pandita (born 1929), is an Indian Kashmiri scholar in

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and

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. Born in Jammu & Kashmir, Pandita studied and worked at

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and

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, taught at the

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and was the former professor and director at the Center of Central Asian Studies at the

. Muḥammad, A. K., & Pandit, K. N. (2009). A Muslim missionary in mediaeval Kashmir: Being the English translation of Tohfatu'l-ahbab. New Delhi: Voice of India. He was awarded UGC Emeritus Fellowship in Central Asian Studies 1978–88, and was awarded by the President and Vice President of India in 1985 and 1987 (respectively) for his academic attainments. He was a recipient of the

Padma Shri Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...

in literature and education in 2017.

Works

* Pandit, K. N. (2013). '' Baharistan-i-shahi: A chronicle of mediaeval Kashmir''. Srinagar: Gulshan Books. (Translation) * Pandita, K. N. (2009). '' A Muslim missionary in mediaeval Kashmir: Being the English translation of Tohfatu'l-ahbab''. New Delhi: Voice of India. (Translation)

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