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Emperor Jehangir built this beautiful Garden for his beloved wife Nur Jehan. It has four terraces and stretches across 539 by 182 me...
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Hazratbal Shrine: The Hazratbal shrine, which is situated on the left bank of the famous Dal lake in srinagar.This unmatched reverence is...
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Once in abeautiful mountain site Flowers of many kinds blooming all side Butterflies and bees were all busy ...
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Jammu and Kashmir or J&K has the distinctiveness of having multihued, motley of unique cultural blend, differentiating it from the re...
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Historians are of the view that the real history of kashmir begings with the reign of Ashoka.He conquered kashmir in about 250B.C and sent m...
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Martand is a significant Archeological site.Its impressive Architecture reveals the glorious past of the area.All that remains of the temp...
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Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali(Rh) also popularly known as"Nund- Reshi", " Sheikh-ul-Allam"and "Alam Dari kashmir" (R...
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Pandrethan > A village by this name is a bare three miles above srinagar.It has a well preserved temple behind the willow grove on the le...
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History records that the first pilglimage to Amarnath was undertaken in 1000 BC,though little else is know of the antiquity of Amarnath.Loca...
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Udhampur is the 5th largest district of the J&K state and is situated in the south ern part of the state.It has five tehsils viz. Udhamp...
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Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali(Rh) also popularly known as"Nund- Reshi", " Sheikh-ul-Allam"and "Alam Dari kashmir" (R...
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The Hazratbal Shrine, which is situated on the left bank of the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar. This unmatched reverence is anchored in ...
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Shah Mir ascended the throne of kashmir under the name of sultan shamas-din in 1339. He got khutba read and the coins struck in his name.N...
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The Lohara dynasty was founded in 1003 A.D. by Sangramaraja who received the crown of kashmir from his aunt Queen Didda.This dynasty ruled...
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According to the Nilmatpurana and Rajatarangini the earliest settlers of kashmir were the Pisachas,Yakshas,and Nagas.With the passage of tim...
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According to the tradition,kashmir takes its name from a sage kashyap who lived on the bank of a mountain lake called Satisar.He drained thi...
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Most of the rites prescribed in the Nilamatpurana are concerned with the nature of worship of popular deities.But there are some festivals w...
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After the fall of karkota dynasty,kashmir came under the rule of the Utpala dynasty.Avantivarman was the founder of the dynasty who ruled ka...
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Since the time immemorial,the valley of kashmir has been famous, having to its credit, the unprecedented births of Rishis, saints and sufi...
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The formation of all jammu and kashmir Muslim conference in kashmir
Frustrated at their failure to enter state service direct on responsible and remunerative posts,they concluded that unless they had the backing of the masses,they had no future in the land of their birth.By and by,they organized large meetings and carried on a whispering but ineffective campaign against what they termed a Hindu state.their political activities were thus based on purely communal lines,which later on assumed a painful aspect.they had the tacit support of the British Indian Government as well as the British minister.
The Maharaja, ignorant of the feelings and aspirations of the people,did not take any initiative in winning back their good will and confidence,All these factors lead to the formation of Muslim conference .The most zealous and conspicuous among the young agitators was Sheikh Muhammad A dbullah.After obtaining a Masters degree from Aligarh university,he had returned to kashmir.Although he had received a advanced education.he could secure only the post of a teacher in a government school.Being frustrated the sheikh raised the voice of protest against the Maharaja's policy of denying high jobs in the state service to the Muslim and resigned his job in protest.
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About Kushan occupation of kashmir
After he passed away ,kashmir is said to have come under the kushan occupation.The north-west india was,no doubt ,subjected toi several foreign invations following the fall of the Mauryan Empire and Kashmir could not possibly keep herself immune from these convulsion.
There ia a suggestion that for a breif period a part of it came even under the indo-greek and the sakas.Manendar also called Millinda (165-145 B.C ) haf definitely incorporated into his kingdom Gandhra and some parts of the Punjab and made Sialkot as a capital.
The Sakas who followed the Greek controlled a much larger part of northh-west india,including Gandhara,the swat vally and possible a part of kashmir .the sakas were overthrown in india by kushanas in the begining of the first century A.D. Under the later,small and fragmented atates were once again united .Their empire included not only the regions of northern and north-western indian but also of central Asia and Afganistan.
According to kalhana among the kushan rulers whose sway extended to kashmir included Juska and Kanishka.Each one of them founded here a town after his name ,these were called Huskapura (Uskar),Juskapura(Zukur) and kanishka pura (kanispura) respectively.
Kaniska is identified with the well-know kushan ruler of india of the same name.According to a Buddhist tradition he convened the fourth Buddhist council at a place called Kundalvana in kashmir,although some scholars opine that it was held at Jallundar in the Punjab.
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Tarapida;s reign
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Founder of Utpala dynasty
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Lalitadiya of past kashmir
Before the time of Lalitaditya,the vally of kashmir had been subject to recurring menace of annual floods due to the silting up of the bed of river jehlum.He was the first king of kashmir to realize that by clearing the bed of the river of rocks and silt,the flow of water would be accelerated and more water would be available for irrigation.In this respect he was the forerunner of Suyya,the great engineer of Avantivarman.Lalitaditya got the passage cleared and,thus areas of swamps became available for cultivationj of crops.Similarly,he constructed them fit for agriculture.To augment water resoures.he also built numerous irrigation canals.Kalhana records that lalitadiya made distributary arrangements at Chakradhra and other karewas of lifting water of the vitasta and its distributaries to many villages by the construction od a series of water wheels,thus making more water available for irrigation purposes.the commulative effect of building these irrigation works was the large tracts of land which were previously under-used became productive.the production of crops increased which added to the prosperity of the people.
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About kashmir under the Mauryas
After the death of Ashoka kashmir again became independedt and was ruled by his son Jaluka.According to kalhana he was a great soldier who freed kashmir of the Mlechhas and conquered the country upto kannuj, He is also said to have reformed administrative system in kashmir.He increased the member of heads of departments from 7 to 18 which included the judge,the revenue superintendent, and the treasurer,the commander of army,the envoy ,the puruhita and te astrologer.it is said that he brought from kannuja,"people of all four castes in his own land and particularly righteous men acquainted with the legal procedure."
After the death of Ashoka , Buddhism had begun decline in india and so also in kashjmir.Hinduism with its ceremonies and rituals of sacrifices was restored.Jaluka's call to,"people of all four castes",particularly to those who were well versed in legal procedur i.e,Brahmans indicates the restoration of Hindu practices.But the form of Hinduism which flourished in kashmir under Jaluka was Saivism.He built two Siva temples of Jyestharudra and Bhutesa,at srinagari and Nandikshera respectively.He is said to have demolidshed Buddhist Vihara but later adopted a conciliatory attitude towards Buddhism.
Jaluka was succeeded by Damodara 11. He built a town on the Damodara suda(Modern Damodar Udar) to the south-west of srinagar.He also planned to construct a canal for irrigating the alluvial plate to south of the srinagar.But he could not built this canal due to the opposition of the Brahmanas.
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Sangramarja of kashmir
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Shahmir's administration
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Advent of Dulacha of kashmir
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Rajtarangini book on kashmir
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Rinchana or Sultan Sadr-udDin of bkashmir
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First settlers of kashmir
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Jammu Region
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