About Kashmir
Viva Destination & Tours (P) Ltd. invites you to Jammu and Kashmir, the crowning glory of India.India's.Northernmost
state and crown of India, Kashmir is a Paradise regained. It comprises of three district geographical regions, three
main languages and three religions. One of these regions, Ladakh, is a high altitutde desert with temperatures
sinking to minus 40 degrees Celsius in winter. The other, Kashmir, is the legendary valley touched with such
benediction that poets have showered hyperbolic adjectives on it. It has snow in winter and bring, mild sunshine
from April to November. And finally there is Jammu, climatically very much like the plains of northern India.
History Of Kashmir
Kashmir and is the pride of the beautiful valley of Kashmir.
Srinagar is famous for its lakes and the charming rows of
houseboats floating on them. It is also known for traditional
Kashmiri handicraft and dry fruits. Srinagar is located in the
western part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, in the northern
region of India. It is located in the Kashmir valley. River Jhelum
passes through Srinagar city. Srinagar is 876 km north of Delhi.
It is rightly called the Pride of the Kashmir Valley Srinagar is
the summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The history of the Kashmir valley has been turbulent. In the 3rd century BC, it was a part of the great Mauryan Empire.
Later on, this region flourished under the rule of the Kushans in the 1st century AD. It was an important Buddhist
center around this time. In the 6th century, it was a part of the kingdom of Vikramaditya, the ruler of Ujjain. Local
Hindu rulers ruled it until the 14th century, after which Muslims invaded and ruled it. Srinagar was a part of the
Mughal Empire in the medieval period. However, with the decline of the Mughal Empire and the rule of the Pathans,
the fortunes of the area gradually dwindled. In 1814, it became a part of the Sikh empire, when Ranjit Singh
defeated the Pathans. However, the British defeated Ranjit Singh and according to the treaty of Lahore in 1846,
they installed Gulab Singh as the independent ruler of Kashmir. The descendents of Gulab Singh ruled Kashmir
under the vigilance of the British till 1947. Hari Singh, the great grandson of Gulab Singh, merged this princely state
into India in 1948, when Pathan marauders from Pakistan tried to overrun this state.