A report on Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

Photograph of Kargah Buddha in Gilgit; "The ancient Stupa – rock carvings of Buddha, everywhere in the region, point to the firm hold of Buddhism for such a long time."

Topographic map of Jammu and Kashmir, with visible altitude for the Kashmir valley and Jammu region.

Map of Tibetan Empire citing the areas of Gilgit-Baltistan as part of its kingdom in 780–790 CE

A high-altitude alpine lake in the Himalayan range in Jammu and Kashmir

The princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, (National Geographic, 1946). Shown are the Gilgit Agency, consisting of subsidiary states of Jammu and Kashmir, and the Gilgit wazarat, including the Gilgit Leased Area (shown in white). Baltistan was part of the large area of the Ladakh-Baltistan wazarat in the east.

Jammu and Kashmir union territory (J and K) is bordered in carmine colour. Ladakh union territory (L) is bordered in blue colour.

Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification

The last Maqpon Raja Ahmed Shah (died in prison in Lhasa c. 1845)

A 1946 map of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir; present-day Azad Kashmir constitutes areas of the three western-most districts

Gilgit Baltisan assembly located in Jutial Gilgit

Muzaffarabad, the capital city of Azad Kashmir

Gilgit-Baltistan is administered as three divisions

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on postal stamps of India

Apples of Kashmir are famous for their taste

Mountains covered in snow, as seen from the Raja Bazar Road Gilgit

Boteh from an Antique Kashmiri Dochalla Shawl

Inauguration of the first Khelo India Winter Games

Neelum Valley is a tourist destination in Azad Kashmir.

View of Laila Peak, which is located near Hushe Valley (a town in Khaplu)

The Trango Towers offer some of the largest cliffs and most challenging rock climbing in the world, and every year a number of expeditions from all corners of the globe visit Karakoram to climb the challenging granite.

Mirpur University of Science and Technology

Cold Desert, Skardu is the world's highest desert

Sheosar Lake is in the western part of Deosai National Park

National Highway N-15 has abrupt direction changes which is a challenge for drivers who use this route to reach Gilgit

ATR 42–500 on Gilgit Airport. Picture taken on 10 July 2016

A pie chart showing the Sectarian divide of Gilgit-Baltistan

Dance of Swati Guests with traditional music at Baltit Fort in 2014

One of the poplular dish of this region is Chapchor. It is widely made in Nagar Valley and Hunza Valley

Polo in progress with the shandur lake in background, Shandur, Gupis-Yasin District.

The territory shares a border to the north with Gilgit-Baltistan, together with which it is referred to by the United Nations and other international organizations as "Pakistani-administered Kashmir".

- Azad Kashmir

The Line of Control separates Jammu and Kashmir from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the west and north.

- Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

On its eastern side, Azad Kashmir is separated from the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (part of Indian-administered Kashmir) by the Line of Control (LoC), which serves as the de facto border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir.

- Azad Kashmir

It borders Azad Kashmir to the south, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north, the Xinjiang region of China, to the east and northeast, and the Indian-administered union territories Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to the southeast.

- Gilgit-Baltistan

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Northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.

Nanga Parbat in Kashmir, the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, is the western anchor of the Himalayas

Map of India in 1823, showing the territories of the Sikh empire (northermost, in green) including the region of Kashmir

1909 Map of the Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu. The names of regions, important cities, rivers, and mountains are underlined in red.

The prevailing religions by district in the 1901 Census of the Indian Empire

A white border painted on a suspended bridge delineates Azad Kashmir from Jammu and Kashmir

K2, a peak in the Karakoram range, is the second highest mountain in the world

Large Kashmir Durbar Carpet (detail), 2021 photo. "Durbar", in this context, means Royal or Chiefly.

A Muslim shawl-making family shown in Cashmere shawl manufactory, 1867, chromolithograph, William Simpson

A group of Pandits, or Brahmin priests, in Kashmir, photographed by an unknown photographer in the 1890s

Brokpa women from Kargil, northern Ladakh, in local costumes

Today, the term encompasses a larger area that includes the Indian-administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Chinese-administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract.