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HTML

<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<div id="grid"></div>

JavaScript

var grid = $("#grid").kendoGrid({  
    columns: ["value", "text"],
    sortable: true,
    dataSource: [{ text: "Item 1", value: 1}, { text: "Item 4", value: 4},{ text: "Item 1", value: 5}, { text: "Item 3", value: 2}]
}).data("kendoGrid");

grid.thead.find("th:first").data("dir", "asc");