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KASHMIR |
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*MAP*
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Kashmir extends over parts of
Sections 1,
2, 3, 4; and here's *a
large modern map* |
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Srinagar: some glimpses of the
capital city
in artists' eyes |
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Some early photos of Srinagar |
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Dal Lake is Srinagar's primary
tourist attraction |
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Another traditional tourist
attraction:
Srinagar's "Bridge of Shops" |
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Some modern tourist posters |
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Kashmiri craftsmen have been
famous for
centuries |
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Some artists' views of life in
Kashmir |
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Kashmir and Kashmiris: some
nineteenth-century
photographs |
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*Ranjit
Singh* took Kashmir in 1819; after his death and the First
Anglo-Sikh
War, the British sold Kashmir to their ally Gulab Singh in 1846 |
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The famous "Line of Control" at
Kargil marks only the latest of all too many border disputes
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