His Highness’s Government Jammu and Kashmir. A Handbook of Jammu and Kashmir State

Physical; features.-.-In addition to a small strip of land along the borders of :Jammu which is a continuation of the great plain of the Punjab and a bleak tract adjoining the Karakorum Mountains the territories of His Highness the Maharaja Bahadur of Jammu and Kashmir include valleys formed by the Chenab and the Jhelum and the middle reaches of the Indus. [...] The first two of these divisions form the province of Jammu the third is Kashmir proper while the fourth comprises the district of Gilgit and the frontier „Magas of Skardu Ladakh and Kargil. [...] The lovely glens and the shaded mountain spurs in their picturesque settings provide an inexhaustable theme to the genius of the poet and a background for the contemlation of the philosopher. [...] XIV of S. 1996 defines the constitution the functions and powers of the Executive ('oucil the legislature and the judiciary. [...] --Before giving an account of the progress of the State under the Dogra rule we may pause to consider the condition of Kashmir under the Afghans and the Sikhs :\ brief reference has already been ina.de to the period of the Siltans of Kashmir.