Kheri Kashmir

Kheri was an ancient Kingdom in Kashmir.

In Rajatarangini

Rajatarangini tells.... Utpala caused Ṭikka to be harassed by Prajji and humbled by the king, and made Tikka give up his son as hostage. The king left Devasarasa which he had conquered in the month of Karttika and went to the

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[p.108]: village of Vaṣhṭuka in the province of Kheri. In the great battles which took place near Kalyanapura, he put to shame the great warriors Bhikshu, Koshteshvara &c and in the midst of the battle, he captured alive, from amongst Bhikshachara and others, the great, the resplendent hero Sujji of the family of Kaka. The king first defeated the prosperous Vijaya and then burnt his house at Kalyanapura ; and when Vaḍausaka was burnt, Bhikshachara was left without shelter, and he left that place and stopped at the village of Kākaruha in Shamala. The younger brother of the prosperous Vijaya took shelter with the king in fear, but the king imprisoned him in anger. Having placed Rilhana with a large army at Shurapura, he threatened an attack even on Rajapuri. By these energetic actions he dispersed the powerful Damaras, and there was very little left towards the subjugation of the enemies. [VIII (i), p.107-108]

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Rajatarangini tells....When the powerful lord of Kampana entered the capital, Induraja with his followers left Tikka and came thither. The king made Chitraratha, Shriva, Bhāsa and others lords of Pādāgra, Dvara and Kheri ; even Sujji who had not given up the duty entrusted to him had to wait on the pleasure of the Pratihara. [VIII(i), p.127]

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Rajatarangini tells us ....When the king recovered, Sujji out of etiquette came to the palace, and was seen to distribute wealth to the people, and afterwards to go towards the houses of the beggars. But the king did not favor him but devised plans to attack him. Sujji had a large body of retainers. The king then judged that if he deposed Sujji from his posts, his followers would become broken-hearted and would desert him, and he bestowed Sujji's posts on others without delay. He gave the government of Rajasthana (palace ) to Dhanya, Kampana to Udaya and the office at Kheri to Rilhana. [VIII (i) ,p.140]