The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories: A Geographical Account

About The Book : This book was the representation of those geographical facts of the concerning areas. With the great variations of level the climate must necessarily be different for every region. The temperature ranges from the more than tropical heat of the Punjab Summer to such an intensity of cold as keeps perpetual snow on the mountain. Besides temperature, there is the element of moisture, which gives another variety to the climate. The book cover the following region, namely, The outer Hills; Inhabitant of outer Hills; Jammu and the Court; various places in the outer Hills; Regions of the Middle Mountain; March from Jammo to Kashmir; Kashmir; The Mountain round the Kashmir; March from Kashmir to Leh in Ladakh; Nubra and Zanskar. The Higher valley; The Plateaus; Baltistan; Dardistan; Gilght History. The lowest part is the strip of plain on the south-west, which is continuous with the great level plain of the Panjab. The lofty mountain ranges, which rise first to rocky heights and then to the region of perpetual snow. A great chain of snowy mountains, running south-west and north-west, divides the drainage of the Chinab and Jhelum rivers from that of the higher branches of the Induas.