according to 12th century text "rajatarangini" translated by sir marc aurel stein, the family of the chiefs of lohara were from khasa tribe. the seat of the lohara dynasty was a hill-fortress called loharakotta, the precise location of which has been the subject of academic debate over a prolonged period. stein, a translator of kalhana, has discussed some of these theories and concludes that it lay in the pir panjal range of mountains, on a trade route between western punjab and kashmir. as such, it was not itself in kashmir but in the kingdom of lohara, centred around a group of large villages collectively known as lohrin, which itself was a name shared by the valley in which they were situated and a river that ran through it. the lohara kingdom probably extended into neighbouring valleys.