The Shins of Baghrot-Gilgit

Srivara speaks of Dards inhabiting different villages (of Kashmir),... he refers to the newly constructed bridge called Zaina-Kadal in Srinagar was the tenth numerically in the way from the Dard village to the capital city.

According to the 2017 Pakistan Census, 63,784 people in Karachi reported Kashmiri as their mother tongue.

This is Kashmir's highest village that is inhabited year-round. On the left side, the very last house belongs to my maternal uncle, at an elevation of 3,392 meters. On the right side, the first house is located at an elevation of 3,363 meters.

Massacre, Enslavement and atrocities against Women of Yasini Dards by Dogra Forces (c.1860s, Gilgit) "They threw the little ones in the air and cut them in two as they fell. It is said the pregnant women, after being killed, were ripped open and their unborn babes hacked to

10) Mt. Mahadev of Srinagar https://t.co/hXZ7Gl2ZVS

This is the opening line of a vaakh by Lal Ded. Over time these words have been understood in many different ways. The Kashmiri people deeply relate these words to their own sense of being and identity. The Vaakh;

Aasi aaes te assi aa'sav (We were and we shall remain) ~Lal Ded (1320-1385) || Kashmir

Congress MP, R. T. Parthasarathy, recommended that Jammu be merged with Himachal back in 1968, during the Rajya Sabha debate on Himachal’s statehood.

Srivara speaks of Dards inhabiting different villages (of Kashmir),... he refers to the newly constructed bridge called Zaina-Kadal in Srinagar was the tenth numerically in the way from the Dard village to the capital city.

This is Mount Mahadev (3,966 m), the highest peak of Srinagar and part of the Zabarwan Range. The mountain is named after the Hindu god Mahadev (Shiva). Khoihami writes "Hindus consider it a sacred site. Some people get ice from it and vend in the streets of the city"

Who is gonna tell them?

"Kashmir is a sacred land. Here Rishis, Sufis and men of piety worship the Almighty and spend their life in seclusion" ~Abul Fazl (Akbarnama, 1596)

Muhyuddin served as the Sikh governor of Kashmir from 1841 to 24 March 1846. He ended several restrictions on Kashmiri Muslims, reopening the Jamia Masjid and restoring the Azan and was buried at the khanqah of Makhdum Shaikh Hamza. (Treaty of Amritsar, 16 March 1846)

Kalhana’s indirect use of the term “Piśācas” for Buddhists may point toward an early phase of Buddhist conversion among the Dardic populations of Kashmir. ~Maqalaat-Professor Mohideen Hajini

Bam al-Din, Zain al-Din, and Latif al-Din were Brahmans by birth who converted to Islam through Sheikh-ul-Alam's efforts. Before converting, Bam al-Din (Bam Dev or Bhum Sidha) was a most revered Brahman divine in Kashmir ~The Language of Political Islam in India by Muzaffar Alam

Sheshnag, 1949 (Kashmir)

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This is a Kangdi and its prototype Mannan. How does it work? Charcoal is placed inside the Kangdi, which is usually kept under the Pheran. This allows the warmth to spread throughout the body.

The lowest ever known night temperature (in January) in Srinagar is minus 14.4°C recorded in 1893.