Jammu & Kashmir Territories: The Northern Barrier of India (Photostat)

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The author was an associate of the Royal School of Mines; assistant master of Eton College; and formerly in the service of the Maharaja of Kashmir. He spent ten years, the most by any foreigner, in Kashmir surveying the geological features of the kingdom. For a brief period, he was also the Governor of the outlying province of Ladakh. Contents Region of the Outer Hills: Physical Characters Inhabitants of the Outer Hills The Dogras - Dogra Brahmans - Dogra Rajputs - Rajput customs Jummoo and the Court The city of Jummoo-The daily custom of the Court Region of the Middle Mountains Bhadarwah Paharis-Gaddis -Valley of the Chinab - Kishtwar Kashmir Climate of the valley - The city of Srinagar Summer retreats The Mountains Round Kashmir Main chain, from Nanga Parbat to Nun Kun The Panjal Range The Later Geological History of Kashmir Ladakh: The Inhabitants Ladak his Champas Position of the women Monasteries and Lamas Central Ladakh, Nubra, and Zanskar Mountain chains of Ladakh Ladakh: The Higher Valleys Rupshu The Salt Lake valley - Indus valley Ladakh: The Plateaus The Lokzhung Mountains - The Kuenlun Plains Baltistan: the Baltis - Skardu - Shigar-Basha - Braldu - Rondu - Deosaithe game of Polo Dardistan: The Country - The People - Gilgit History Countries around Gilgit Languages Explanation of the Maps and Sections - Appendices.

In the present volume, I have selected from my work The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories' those parts which are most likely to interest the general reader. To the other book I would refer any who may wish for more detailed information on such subjects as the physical condition of the country, the distribution of languages and faiths within it, its political organization, or the routes that traverse it. All of these are there more fully treated, and by the accompanying maps and sections illustrated.

The map accompanying the present work shows particularly the distribution of Races; but it will also be found a sufficient topographical guide through the descriptions of the country.