The Valley of Kashmir(Reprint London 1895 edn.) |
Contents
CHAP | 1 |
DESCRIPTIVE | 12 |
GEOLOGICAL | 40 |
FLORA | 66 |
FAUNA | 133 |
VI | 141 |
POLITICAL HISTORY | 179 |
PHYSICAL HISTORY | 204 |
by the two women are the pestles with which rice is husked They | 312 |
XIII | 319 |
Illustrates the most important work in agriculturethe Khushába of rice | 328 |
Shows the floating cultivation of the Dál lake The floating rafts | 346 |
LIVE STOCK | 357 |
An ordinary pair of plough bullocks yoked to a clodcrusher Maj 99 | 357 |
INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS | 370 |
Shows chenártrees The boat to the right is the Dúnga or passenger | 380 |
IX | 221 |
XVI | 230 |
SOCIAL LIFE | 246 |
RELIGIONS | 284 |
RACES AND TRIBES | 302 |
Group of Kashmiri porters resting on march | 384 |
THE OLD ADMINISTRATION | 399 |
THE NEW SETTLEMENT | 424 |
LANGUAGE AND GLOSSARY | 454 |
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Common terms and phrases
agricultural amount arrears assámis assessment Baramula barley begár boat boatmen Brahmans breeding cash cattle CHAP chaupán cholera collected colour commenced common cotton crops cultivation Dal lake Darbar dúnga excellent export fact famine feet Forest Gilgit give given grain grass Gulmarg Hánjis Hánz harvest hill Hindus important India irrigation Jammu Jhelum Jhelum river kangar Karewa karéwás Kashmir kharwar kind known Krám labour Ladakh lambardár land revenue Liddar Mahárájá maize manure marriage maunds mosque mountains Mughal Musalmáns Nág never obtained officials Pandits Panjab Pánjál parinda patwari plant plough ponies population present rain regarded rice river rocks rupees Saiyad seed seen seers settlement Shah sháli shawls sheep Shiahs shrine Sikhs Singh snow soil spring Srinagar tahsil tahsildar taken temples trade trees valley vegetable village walnut Wátals wheat winter Wular lake Yellow
References to this book
Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War Victoria Schofield No preview available - 2003 |