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In the Rajatarangini, a history of Kashmir written by Kalhana in the mid-12th century, it is stated that the valley of Kashmir was formerly a lake. According to Hindu mythology, the lake was drained by the great rishi or sage, Kashyapa , son of Marichi, son of Brahma , by cutting the gap in the hills at Baramulla ( Varaha-mula ).
Tarikh-i-Kashmir by Sayyid Ali completed in 1579; Tarikh-i-Kashmir by an anonymous writer (Aumer 287) written in 1590; Baharistan-i-shahi, also anonymous, written in the time of Jahangir; Tarikh-i-Kashmir by Hasan b. Ali Kashmiri also written in the time of Jahangir; Tarikh-i-Kashmir by Haidar Malik completed in 1620–21.
Numerous parts of the book are dedicated to Ali's friends, such as the prologue, which is dedicated to childhood friend Irfan Hassan. The collection itself is dedicated to his mother and to the American poet James Merrill. [4] In the prologue, a line by Russian poet Osip Mandelstam is used as the epigraph, invoking Kashmir itself: [2] [5]
In 1966, he expanded the book into a large two-volume work titled The McMahon Line. [8] Lamb also came to be recognised as an expert on the juridical and diplomatic history of the Kashmir dispute. [9] He wrote his first book on the Kashmir conflict in 1966, titled The Crisis in Kashmir. This was soon after the Second Kashmir War.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Kashmir’s top pro-India politician had a stark message Friday — the eve of the fourth anniversary since India revoked the disputed region’s special status, throwing the ...
The culture of Kashmir encompasses the spoken language, written literature, cuisine, architecture, traditions, and history of the Kashmiri people native to the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. The culture of Kashmir was influenced by the Persian as well as Central Asian cultures after the Islamic rule of Kashmir.
Kashmir Valley was a Muslim-majority [1] [2] region speaking the Kashmiri language and had a distinct culture called Kashmiriyat. 10 May 1857 () – 1 November 1858 (): India's First War of Independence. 2 August 1858 (): End of Company rule in India.