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Autumn in Kashmir (Harud in Kashmiri)

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This is the season of great beauty. We call it harud in Kashmiri. Leaves are on fire and life presents a different look. But there is something missing which we would taste in the good old days of the past. it's autumn (harud). The season when it looks everywhere yellow. Days of fall but of beauty too. The days when Chinar  trees are on fire, when winds shake trees and leaves bow to the ground. These are the days of harvest (rather the days of result) of what we have done whole year. In these harud days the above mentioned things are in common experience everywhere, but there are some colours of this autumn which seem to be missing in this advanced world. The missing flovour of those things haunts the nature lovers like me. Gone are the days, when we used to dry (sundry) vegetables like brinjals, tomatoes, bottle guards, red chillies etc. These vegetables were dried in open sun for few days, then stored for harsh winter days. When it was difficult to venture out because of ...
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History of Jammu & Kashmir

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Jammu and Kashmir, a state of India has a history which is both glorious and complicated. There is an interesting legend associated with the state which goes that in the ancient times the great sage Kashyap dug a lake at the place, which is now known as Kashmir. The Brahmins were the first dwellers of Kashmir. It was the Great King Ashoka who introduced and spread Buddhism here. Buddhism thrived rapidly during the rule of Kushans in the 2nd century. However, the majority of the population followed Hinduism and is still following it. The advent of the 7th century saw the establishment of the supremacy of the Karkota Dynasty by Durlabhavarrdhana. This dynasty declined in 855 AD when the Utpalas became dominant. This dynasty was then followed by the Tantrins, Yaskaras, Guptas, Loharas dynasties etc. Shams-ud-Din was the first Muslim king to rule over Kashmir. He defeated the last Hindu king Udiana Deva in the year 1346. Later the Mughal emperor Akbar conquered the land in the ye...
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