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Kalhana

The Kashmiri Brahmin who wrote the Rajatarangini, the chronicle of Kashmir's kings, in 1148 to 1149, and who records the Amareshvara pilgrimage as a living institution of his day: the milk-white lake of the Naga Susravas that pilgrims still see on the way (Sheshnag), a king who worshipped lingas of snow above the forests, and Queen Suryamati's gifts to Amareshvara.

Sources: Kalhana's Rajatarangini, translated by M. A. Stein, vol. 1 (1900), archive.org dli.pahar.1527; M. M. Munshi, Tirtha of Amreshvara and Who discovered Amarnath? (ikashmir.net, a Kashmiri Pandit site); Amarnath Temple, Wikipedia (the Amarnath Yatra page is the same article) · see Kalhana's web

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Stories 2

The shepherd and the sack of coal (Buta Malik and the finding of the cave)
Local story · as the chronicler who knew the pilgrimage in 1148 · 2 tellings
The linga of ice (what the books and the travellers saw)
Local story · as the chronicler of 1148 · 2 tellings

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Kalhana's Rajatarangini, translated by M. A. Stein, vol. 1 (1900), archive.org dli.pahar.1527 Primary text (translation)
M. M. Munshi, Tirtha of Amreshvara and Who discovered Amarnath? (ikashmir.net, a Kashmiri Pandit site) Folk documentation
Amarnath Temple, Wikipedia (the Amarnath Yatra page is the same article) Encyclopedia