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39642	Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir	Kashmir, described by Sir Francis Younghusband, painted by Major E. Molyneux			.txt	text/plain	60406	2386	69	He used then to come out to Kashmir regularly every cold weather, and spend many happy months shooting small game in the Kashmir valley, markhor and ibex in Baltistan, the Gilgit district, and Astor, and stag in the Kashmir mountains. The Sind Valley--Gangabal Lake--The Lolab--The Lidar Valley--Martand--Achibal 108 CHAPTER VII SPORT Game Preservation--The year's bag--Duck-shooting--Fishing 118 CHAPTER VIII THE PEOPLE Kashmir beauties--The Pundits--Mohamedans--The Quadiani sect--Kashmiri villagers--Boatmen 125 CHAPTER IX THE HISTORY OF KASHMIR Possible effect of natural beauty--Ancient ruins--Martand--Greek influence--Buddhist influence--Kanishka--Lalitaditya--Avantivarman--Short reigns--Internal struggles--Perpetual intrigue--Advent of Mohamedans--Zain-ul-ab-ul-din--Akbar--The Moghals--Afghan oppressors--Sikhs--Rise of Gulab Singh--Break-up of Sikhs--Gulab Singh and the British--Treaty of 1846--Gulab Singh acquires Kashmir--Its deplorable state--Ranbir Singh--Country still depressed--Famine of 1877--Improvements during present reign 133 CHAPTER X ADMINISTRATION System of rule--Personal--Sources of revenue--Land revenue assessment 183 CHAPTER XI PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURES Wool--Silk--Fruit--Rice--Other grains--Experimental farm--Soil--Implements--Forests--Mineral products--Shawls--Carpets--Silk--Papier-mâché--Puttoo-- Boat-building--Trade 194 CHAPTER XII THE ELECTRICAL SCHEME Water-power turned to electric power--The Jhelum River harnessed--The flume--The power-house--Difficulties encountered--The dredging scheme 222 CHAPTER XIII THE PEAKS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES The Peak K2--Errors in observation--Nanga Parbat--Rocks of great peaks--The Himalayan range 234 CHAPTER XIV THE STORY OF THE MOUNTAINS Interest of study--Kashmir under the sea--100,000,000 years ago--Kashmir an archipelago--Finally upheaved--Cause of upheaval--History of life--At first no land life--Ferns--The Coal Measures--Great reptiles--Mammals--Kashmir valley a lake--Appearance of man--Reflections on the story--Need to look forward--Creating higher man 251 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY MAJOR E. MOLYNEUX, D.S.O. PAGE 1.	cache/39642.txt	txt/39642.txt
