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	Kashmir - LoveToKnow Watches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Its territories comprise the provinces of Jammu (including the jagir of Punch), Kashmir, Ladakh, Baltistan and Gilgit; the Shin states of Yaghistan, of which the most important are Chilas, Darel and Tangir, are nominally subordinate to it, and the two former pay a tribute of gold dust.
		In the Rajatarangini it is stated that the valley of Kashmir was formerly a lake, and that it was drained by the great rishi or sage, Kasyapa, son of Marichi, son of Brahma, by cutting the gap in the hills at Baramulla (Varaha-mula).
		In the 7th century Kashmir is said by the Chinese traveller Hsuan Tsang to have included Kabul and the Punjab, and the hill region of Gandhara, the country of the Gandarae of classical geography.
	www.1911ency.org /K/KA/KASHMIR.htm (4214 words)

	Pakistan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Pakistan
		Pakistan is a federal republic comprising four provinces: Sind, Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Baluchistan, administered by appointed governors and local governments drawn from elected provincial assemblies; Tribal Areas, which are administered by the central government; and the Federal Capital Territory of Islamabad.
		In the Muslim-majority state of Kashmir the Hindu maharaja opted to join India at partition, and called for Indian intervention when Muslims marched from the north on Srinagar.
		In September 1992 floods devastated the northern region of Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in 2,000 deaths and the destruction of a fifth of the area's cotton crop.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Pakistan (5721 words)

	Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Governor General Jinnah delivering the opening address on 11 August 1947 to the new state of Pakistan.
		Linking Indian-controlled Kashmir to the Northern Areas of Pakistan and running the length of the country is the Indus River with its many tributaries.
		To the west of the Indus are the dry, hilly deserts of Balochistan; to the east are the rolling sand dunes of the Thar Desert.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pakistan (4862 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Rajasthan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining.
		Pratibha Patil is governor of Rajasthan state in India.
		Vasundhara Raje of Dholpur, Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje, born on March 8, 1953 in Mumbai, is the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, India.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rajasthan (1150 words)

	Pakistan - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Testament to the British mishandling of the independence, in addition to compounding conflict, are the still pending disputes of Kashmir and Rann of Kutch (Sir Creek) between the largely Hindu-dominated India and Muslim-dominated Pakistan.
		Traditionally, all governors in Pakistan have been selected and appointed by the Federal Government, a point of contention between the center and the provinces.
		Pakistani administered areas of Kashmir contain some of the highest mountains in the world, including the second tallest — K2 — and has areas of preserved moist temperate forest.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/p/a/k/Pakistan.html (6167 words)

	Sardar Banda Singh Bahadur
		In few days the Guru held a durbar, conferred the title of Banda Bahadur on him and appointed him his military lieutenant to punish the Governor of Sarhind who had killed his two youngest sons, and was mainly responsible for the death of his two elder sons, his mother and thousands of Sikhs and Hindus.
		He was given a council of advisers of Five Sikhs who on their arrival in Punjab were to assure the Sikhs that Banda was Guru's nominee and deputy to organize them in order to lead an expedition against Sarhind.
		Instructions were issued to the governors of Delhi and Oudh and other Mughal officers to march towards Punjab.
	www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/warriors/banda.html (5907 words)

	Background
		It seems probable that during the reign of Srong-tsan Gam-po, Buddhism was restricted to the court and the priests were Indian or Chinese.
		During his reign Srong-tsan Gam-po is said to have sent a scholar and companions to Kashmir to study writing so that a Tibetan script might be adopted.
		He appointed the district governors and officers of the army on the proposal of the Kashag and with the approval of the Ambans.
	www.tibetancoins.com /Background.html (14817 words)

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