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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 ).
The Tarikh-i-Kashmir (History of Kashmir) refers to several history books of Kashmir's Sultanate period, some of them lost and partially used as sources for the others. [ 1 ] Lost sources
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.
Jammu [b] and Kashmir [c] (abbreviated J&K) is a region administered by India as a union territory [1] and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959. [3]
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.
The Kashmir Valley is the only region of the former princely state where the majority of the population is unhappy with its current status. The Hindus of Jammu and Buddhists of Ladakh are content under Indian administration. Muslims of Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas are content under Pakistani administration.
Kashmir (/ ˈ k æ ʃ m ɪər / KASH-meer or / k æ ʃ ˈ m ɪər / kash-MEER) is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range.
The Indian Government published a White Paper on Jammu and Kashmir in 1948 in an effort to explain the Indian position on the Kashmir dispute. It allegedly contains numerous references to the issue of holding free and impartial plebiscite in Kashmir under the auspices of the United Nations.