Just Discuss about Kashmir..

cool one in our country but many bombs are blasted there only.. so everybody will fear to enjopy there...

Some facts about Jammu and Kashmir

Valley of Kashmir set in the lap of the Himalayas towering to 18,000 feet with the sinuous Jhelum river cutting across in coils and curves forming the highway and the main source of sustenance. This fertile land has oyer centuries enticed people from allover the world to behold its legendary beauty. Indeed no other place on earth has more widely been referred to as "PARADISE".

Jammu has been mentioned in the Mahabharata. According to a legend which is even mentioned in Rajatarangini and Nilmat . Purana Kashmir was once a large lake. Kashyap Rishi had drained off the water making it an abode.

Emperor Ashoka introduced Buddhism to Kashmir in the 3rd century BC which was later strengthened by Kanishka. Huns got the control of the valley in the early 6th century. The valley regained freedom in 530AD but soon came under the rule of the Ujjain empire. After the decline of the Vikramaditya the valley had its own rulers. There was a synthesis of Hindu and Buddhist cultures. Lalitaditya (697 - 738 AD) was most famous Hindu ruler who extended his kingdom up to Bengal in the east, Konkan in the south and Turkistan in the north. Islam came into Kashmir in the 13th and 14th centuries. Zain-ul-Abedin was the most famous Muslim ruler who came to Kashmir when the Hindu king Sinha Dev reigned there before Tatar invasion. Later Charaks Haider Shah, 1:On of Zain-ul-Abedin, continued to rule till 1596 AD when Akbar conquered Kashmir. In 1752 AD, Kashmir passed on from the feeble control of the Mughal emperor of Iile time to Ahmed Shah Abdali of Afghanistan. The Valley was ruled by the Pathans for 67 years.

The land of Jammu was divided into 22 hill participants. Raja Maldev, one of the Dogra rulers conquered many to consolidate the kingdom. Raja Ranjit Dev ruled over Jammu from 1733 to 1782 AD.

His successors were weak and thus Maharaja Ranjit Singh annexed the territory to Punjab. He later handed over Jammu to Raja Gulab Singh, a scion of the Dogra family. The State was governed by the Dogra rulers till 1947 when Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession in favour of the Indian Union on October 26, 1947.

Srinagar is located in the heart of the Kashmir Valley, and is spread on both sides of the Jhelum river. Kalahana, author of 'Rajtaragini' states that Srinagar was founded by Emperor Asoka in 3rd century Be. The present Srinagar was founded by Pravarasena II. Hiuen Tsang, the Chinese traveller had visited it in 631 AD. Lalitaditya Mukhtapida was the most illustrious ruler of the Hindu period which ended in 1339 AD. King Zain-ul-Abidin (l420-70AD), who was popularly known as 'Badshah' was a great patron of Sanskrit. Akbar captured the valley and endowed Srinagar with beautiful mosques and gardens. The Sikhs overthrew the last Muslim ruler during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1819. In 1846 the Dogras secured the sovereignty of Kashmir from the British under the Treaty of Amritsar, and in 1947 the State became a part of the Indian Union.

Today, Srinagar is a pleasure resort for tourists. It is a unique city because of its lakes - the Dal, the Nagin and the Anchar which provide delightful houseboat holiday.

Are you aure about this? I read in the newss that most kashmir people wnat to separate from India. Let the kashmir people decide where they want to attach to..

hmmm.... now in this case they need to first have their country first... they dont have control on their country only britishyip...:) they are getting lot trouble in pak.. butto was killed... emergency etc...