HEAVEN ON EARTH
THE VALLEY OF KASHMIR
Jammu and Kashmir is a state in northern India. It is found for the most part in the Himalayan mountains and shares a fringe with the conditions of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south. Jammu and Kashmir has a global fringe with China in the north and east, and the Line of Control isolates it from the Pakistan-controlled regions of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan in the west and northwest individually. The state has uncommon self-governance under Article 370 of the Constitution of India.
A piece of the past Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu, the locale is the subject of a regional clash among China, India, and Pakistan. The western regions of the previous august state known as Azad Kashmir and the northern domains known as Gilgit-Baltistan have been under Pakistani control subsequent to 1947. The Aksai Chin area in the east, flanking Tibet, has been under Chinese control subsequent to 1962.
Jammu and Kashmir comprise of three locales: Jammu, the Kashmir Valley, and Ladakh. Srinagar is the mid-year capital, and Jammu is the winter capital. The Kashmir valley is well known for its excellent rugged scenery, and Jammu's various places of worship pull in a huge number of Hindu travelers consistently. Ladakh otherwise called, "Little Tibet", is prestigious for its remote mountain excellence and Buddhist society.
In the valley between Pier Panjal and Karakoram Ranges, see Kashmir Valley.
The Valley of Kashmir (1895) is a travel book by the English essayist Sir Walter Roper Lawrence. The creator served in the Indian Civil Service in British India amid which he was delegated as a first Settlement Commissioner of Kashmir.
The Valley of Kashmir is the outline of Lawrence's visit to Kashmir, which he did while setting out to each edge of the Valley and added to a nearby proclivity with the general population who figure noticeably in his work. It depicts the topography, society in a word and the hardships confronted by the Kashmiri individuals under the tyrannic tenet of Dogras . The book is perceived as the gem of the historical backdrop of Kashmir Valley. It portrayed the genuine picture of the general population of Kashmir before the world, which was never done. The book was initially distributed in 1895 by Asian Educational Services.
