Sunday, October 20, 2013
The Book “Kashmir and Jammu” deals with the magnificent view of the valleys of Kashmir and the Jammu region. The upper or Snowy regions comprising the Table Lands and the mountains extended from stunted birch of 8000 to 9000 feet above the Sea Level.
This Book seeks to locate analyze the Ecological and Land Settlement conditions specific to the Hill Agriculture within Kashmir in a medieval context. It draws upon a range of sources – texts accounts and personal observations as also interaction with the Cultivators to put the story together.
The book has been consistent in demand for many decades throughout the country and is being used as one of the essentials for the research works on the Jammu and Kashmir studies.
Sir Walter Roper Lawrence was the first baronet (1857- 1940) administrator in India and was also the Second in charge of the Land Settlement. He has been widely remembered for his Dynamic efforts of all the measures of reforms prepared by the Colonial Government I the State of Jammu and Kashmir none was as thorough going as the Land Settlement operation instituted between 1889 and 1895 and over- seas by Sir Walter R. Lawrence . The apparent sympathy with which he treated the plight of Cultivating Classes of Kashmiri- Muslims earned him a degree of respect in evidence to this day in Kashmir.
The Landmark work on Kashmir “The valley of Kashmir” was widely accepted and appreciated by all masses till date and is also used as a Authenticate Reference on Kashmir Studies.
Besides many contributions in the field of writing his other works includes “The India we served and ‘Ruling Princes and Chiefs of India”.
Book: Kashmir and Jammu
Author: Welter R. Lawrence
ISBN: 978-81-8339-178-8
Language: English
Price: INR 995/USD 36.95 (Shipping/Courier Charges Extra)
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