A report on Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Azad Kashmir, Kashmir and Jhelum River

Political map of the Kashmir region, showing the Pir Panjal range and the Kashmir Valley or Vale of Kashmir
Topographic map of Jammu and Kashmir, with visible altitude for the Kashmir valley and Jammu region.
Pahalgam Valley, Kashmir
Verinag Spring is a major source of Jhelum River
A high-altitude alpine lake in the Himalayan range in Jammu and Kashmir
Nanga Parbat in Kashmir, the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, is the western anchor of the Himalayas
A passenger traversing the river precariously seated in a small suspended cradle Circa 1900
Jammu and Kashmir union territory (J and K) is bordered in carmine colour. Ladakh union territory (L) is bordered in blue colour.
Landscape of Azad Kashmir
Map of India in 1823, showing the territories of the Sikh empire (northermost, in green) including the region of Kashmir
Jhelum river, Baramullah, Kashmir, 1880s
Srinagar railway station
Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification
1909 Map of the Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu. The names of regions, important cities, rivers, and mountains are underlined in red.
Jhelum River c. 1900; photo taken by Eugene Whitehead Esq.
NH1 near Sonamarg
Paddy field in Leepa valley
The prevailing religions by district in the 1901 Census of the Indian Empire
Jhelum River at Uri in Kashmir, 1903
University of Kashmir during autumn
A 1946 map of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir; present-day Azad Kashmir constitutes areas of the three western-most districts
A white border painted on a suspended bridge delineates Azad Kashmir from Jammu and Kashmir
Rope Bridge at Karli, 1908
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on postal stamps of India
Muzaffarabad, the capital city of Azad Kashmir
Topographic map of Kashmir
Bridge over the river, Srinagar, 1969
Apples of Kashmir are famous for their taste
Bagh City
K2, a peak in the Karakoram range, is the second highest mountain in the world
Jhelum river near Muzaffarabad (2014)
Boteh from an Antique Kashmiri Dochalla Shawl
Districts of Azad Kashmir
The Indus River system
File:River Jehlum, Muzaffarabad
Inauguration of the first Khelo India Winter Games
Kotla, Bagh District
Large Kashmir Durbar Carpet (detail), 2021 photo. "Durbar", in this context, means Royal or Chiefly.
Near Muzaffarabad, 2014
Vaishno Devi Temple in winter
Neelum Valley is a tourist destination in Azad Kashmir.
A Muslim shawl-making family shown in Cashmere shawl manufactory, 1867, chromolithograph, William Simpson
The Jhelum at Verinag, 2014
Shalimar Gardens
Munda Gali, Leepa Valley
A group of Pandits, or Brahmin priests, in Kashmir, photographed by an unknown photographer in the 1890s
Jhelum River at Jhelum City, 2005
Dal Lake
Mirpur University of Science and Technology
Brokpa women from Kargil, northern Ladakh, in local costumes
Amarnath Cave

Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consisting of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China since 1962.

- Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

Azad Jammu and Kashmir, abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entity and constituting the western portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.

- 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)

It originates at Verinag and flows through the Indian administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir, to the Pakistani-administered territory of Azad Kashmir, and then into the Pakistani province of Punjab.

- Jhelum River

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.

- Kashmir

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

Hindu goddess Parvati was requested by the sage Kasyapa to come to Kashmir for purification of the land from evil practices and impurities of Pisachas living there.

- Jhelum River

This valley has an average height of 1850 m above sea-level, but the surrounding Pir Panjal range has an average elevation of 10000 ft. The Jhelum River is the major Himalayan river which flows through the Kashmir valley.

- Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

During the summer season, monsoon floods of the rivers Jhelum and Leepa are common due to extreme rains and snow melting.

- Azad Kashmir

Kashmir is traversed by three rivers namely Indus, Jehlum and Chenab.

- Kashmir

0 related topics with Alpha

Overall