“Kartlis Tskhovreba” (Georgian: ქართლის ცხოვრება, literally: “Life of the Georgians”, “Life of Kartli”), a collection of Georgian chronicles created by the 8th century. and gradually (until the 19th century) replenished.

“Kartlis Tskhovreba” is divided into “Ancient Kartlis Tskhovreba” and “New Kartlis Tskhovreba”. “Ancient” covers the history of Georgia up to the 14th century, “New” - from the 14th century. to the 18th century Several lists of “Ancient Kartlis Tskhovreba” dating back to the 15th-17th centuries have been preserved. In the 18th century King Vakhtang VI created a commission of “learned men” under the leadership of Beri Egnatashvili, which compiled the history of Georgia in the 14th–18th centuries. In the 19th century A number of other historical works of the 17th-18th centuries were also included in “Kartlis Tskhovreba.”