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The book is to depict Kashmiri women as they lived through different periods of history, to describe their past achievements, long days of adversity and present struggle for emancipation. Contains of the book vignettes of outstanding women who flourished from early times in any field of social activity. Last reading of the early part of the book gives rise to revivalist tendencies, I would like to say that it is none of my desires to create a mythical golden age ...
The work deals with the several economic reforms undertaken by the Government. It is quite evident that the agrarian revolution was brought about in the State after passing several land reforms schemes. Besides, much keenness was shown for the development of industry in various regions. Whereas flora and fauna made much headway, arts and crafts flourished. Export of several articles was a glaring phenomenon. In this regard the aid of the Central Government was a ...
This book is different from so many that have been written on Kashmir. It is not a globe-trotter’s book; it does not describe Kashmir as a sportsman’s paradise or as an ideal ‘beauty spot.’ It is not a delineation of the natural beauty of the ‘Happy Valley’, enlivened by funny character-sketches of ‘Hatos’, as the Punjabi likes to call Kashmiri coolies, or by anecdotes about an interesting trek. Nor, in order to make it readable and amusing ...
In about 8000 B.C., the valley of Kashmir was a vast lake surrounded by the Lofty mountains. The Nilamatct-purana of Nilanaga is the earliest source of information about the origin of Kashmir, its earliest inhabitants and its tirthas. It tells us as to how Shiva drained off the lake by striking the mountains with his trisul, how the Nagas succeeded in the killing the jalod, the ruler of the clan inhabiting the lake and the details about the fourteen tribes, which ...