The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

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Author

Douie, James McCrone, Sir, 1854-1935

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E-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger, Asad Razzaki, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Jammu and Kashmir (India)

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eBook-No.

24562

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24562

Release Date

February 10, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PANJAB, NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE AND KASHMIR — BY
2. 2.SIR JAMES DOUIE, M.A., K.C.S.I.
3. 3.EDITOR'S PREFACE
4. 4.NOTE BY AUTHOR
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.CHAPTER I — AREAS AND BOUNDARIES
8. 8.CHAPTER II — MOUNTAINS, HILLS, AND PLAINS
9. 9.CHAPTER III — RIVERS
10. 10.CHAPTER IV — GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES — Fig. 16. Rainfall of different Seasons.
11. 11.CHAPTER V — CLIMATE
12. 12.CHAPTER VI — HERBS, SHRUBS, AND TREES
13. 13.CHAPTER VII — FORESTS
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII — BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES, AND INSECTS — Shooting in Hills — Sport in the Plains
15. 15.CHAPTER IX — THE PEOPLE: NUMBERS, RACES, AND LANGUAGES
16. 16.CHAPTER X — THE PEOPLE ( continued ): RELIGIONS
17. 17.CHAPTER XI — THE PEOPLE ( continued ): EDUCATION
18. 18.CHAPTER XII — ROADS AND RAILWAYS
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII — CANALS
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV — AGRICULTURE AND CROPS
21. 21.CHAPTER XV — HANDICRAFTS AND MANUFACTURES
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI — EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII — HISTORY—PRE-MUHAMMADAN PERIOD, 500 B.C.—1000 A.D.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII — HISTORY ( continued ). THE MUHAMMADAN PERIOD, 1000-1764 A.D.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX — HISTORY ( continued ). THE SIKH PERIOD, 1764-1849 A.D.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX — HISTORY ( continued ). THE BRITISH PERIOD, 1849-1913
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI — ARCHAEOLOGY AND COINS — 1. Silver punch-marked coin. 2. Drachma of Sophytes (Panjáb Satrap about time of Alexander). 3. Hemidrachma of Azes. 4. Copper coin of Táxila. 5. Silver Kuninda coin. 6. Stater of Wema Kadphises. 7. Stater of Kanishka. 8. Later Kushán stater. 9. White Hun silver piece. 10. Gadhiya paisa . 11. Silver coin of Spalapatí Deva, Hindu King of Kábul.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII — ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII — ADMINISTRATION—LOCAL
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV — REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV — PANJÁB DISTRICTS AND DELHI
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI — THE PANJÁB NATIVE STATES — 1. The Phulkian States — Tree showing relationship of the three Houses . — 2. Other Sikh States — 3. The Muhammadan States — 4. Hindu Hill States
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII — THE NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE — 1. Districts — 2. Tribal Territory
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII — KASHMÍR AND JAMMU
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX — CITIES
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX — OTHER PLACES OF NOTE — I. PANJÁB. — II. Panjáb Native States . — III. North West Frontier Province . — IV. Kashmír and Jammu . — Table I. Tribes of Panjáb (including Native States) and N.W.F. Province [1] . — Table II. Rainfall, Cultivation, Population, and Land Revenue. — Table III. Diagrams relating to Cultivation. — TABLE IV. Percentages of Principal Crops [1] . — Table V Revenue and Expenditure , 1911-12.
37. 37.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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