Geography of Jammu & Kashmir

  • Historians say that Kashmir Valley was originally known as Kashyapmar or the abode of Kashyap Rishi.
  • According to an interpretation, Kashmir is a Prakrit compound with its components Kas meaning ‘a channel’ and mir, ‘a mountain’ - the compound world adding to a ‘rock trough’.
  • In the Puranas, Kashmir is called gerek (hill) because of its overwhelming hilly features.
  • Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a Union Territory and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region.
  • The Line of Control separates Jammu and Kashmir from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the west ....
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