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An independent resource on Kashmir for researchers, journalists, academics, and the curious.

November 2003: jammukashmir.net is back on-line and will be updated.  Apologies for the lapse over the summer.

New Books on Kashmir

This section has been created for some of the information that comes in.  I'm afraid that time for updating the bibliography is rare, so it is worth looking here as well.

July 2002

An e-mail from Kashmir, in which Fida Mohammad Khan Hassnain kindly provides a full bibligraphy of his writings on Kashmir:

British policy towards Kashmir 1974

Buddhist Kashmir 1973

February 2002

An e-mail from Delhi .... Some examples of New Arrivals on KASHMIR at http://www.bpagency.com are as under:-

1 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE FRONTIER TERRITORIES OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR UNDER THE DOGRAS / Chohan, Amar Singh
-- A study of the economic conditions that existed in the frontier territories of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir besides examining the various steps that the Dogra rulers took for improving the conditions.
pp. viii + 165, Maps, Size 22cm. 1994
ISBN: 8171563880
$ 13.50 BP-73181

2 ARTISAN OF THE PARADISE : A STUDY OF ART AND ARTISANS OF KASHMIR FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES / Dhar, D.N.
-- The book in its lucid style has attempted to unravel, from the very dawn of history, the story of the artisan of Kashmir on the basis of evidence and authentic reference. This book after referring to important ancient civilizations of the world and their contribution to the art and culture, has carved out, very skilfully the place of the artisans of the paradise.
....MORE
pp. x + 230, Plates : Illus. (Mostly Col.), Maps, Biblio., Appendices, Index, Size 25cm. 1999
ISBN: 8186505253
$ 46.88 BP-137118

3 CHINESE CENTRAL ASIA : AN ACCOUNT TO THE TRAVELS IN NORTHERN KASHMIR AND CHINESE TURKESTAN / Skrine, C.P.
-- This travel account by a British Counsel-General, was written with a first-hand knowledge of the people, their art, folklore, and customs Having posted at Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan during the 1920s, Sir Clarmont Skrine and his wife, both adventurous, and with insatiable quest for acquiring more information of this unexplored area spent their time touring, exploring, and mapping the high mountains. ....MORE
pp. xvi + 306, Maps, Appendix, Index, Size 24cm. 2001
ISBN: 8186505032
$25.00 BP-165808

4 THE PAMIRS : A NARRATIVE OF A YEARS EXPEDITION ON HORSEBACK AND ON FOOT THROUGH KASHMIR, WESTERN TIBET, CHINESE TARTARY AND RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA / Dummore, Earl
-- The Pamirs is a faithful first-hand daily record of an year's expedition on horseback and foot through Kashmir, Ladak, Western Tibet, Chinese Tartary, and the Pamirs undertaken by the author and his friend Major Roche and the author's subsequent journey alone through Russian Central Asia to the Caspian Sea in the year 1892-93.

Extremely interesting and very informative, the narrative marks you feel as if you have yourselves lived the events of the day during that arduous expedition and have been a part of the travel. ....MORE
pp. xxii + 340, Size 24cm. 2001
ISBN: 8186505091
$31.67 BP-165817

5 KASHMIR AND NEIGHBOURS : TALE, TERROR, TRUCE / ataon, Turkkaya
-- Kashmir and Neighbours : Tale, Terror, Truce by Turkkaya Ataon is the story of a land described by some early European travellers and past rulers of India as "Heaven on earth". Four wars between India and Pakistan were fought over it. A fifth "covert war" has continued since the 1980s.

The Afghans experience in low-intensity operations was significant in providing an infrastructure of training camps, inventory of weapons and centers of indoctrination's for jehad.
....MORE 2001
$ 79.69 BP-182271

6 WORKING FORCE MAP : JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND NORTH NORTH EASTERN STATES (SCALE-1/2M) /
$ 5.00 BP-182564

7 JAMMU AND KASHMIR : A SELECT AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MANUSCRIPTS, BOOKS AND ARTICLES TOGETHER WITH A SURVEY OF ITS HISTORY, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE FROM RAJATARANGINI TO MODERN TIMES / Dogra, R.C.
pp. xiv + 418. 1986
ISBN: 8120203933
$ 10.71 BP-183047

8 POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF KASHMIR (KASHMIR AFSHAA-AI-HAQUE) /
pp. 488, Size 25cm. 1999
ISBN: 8185199736
$ 20.00 BP-183955

9 KASHMIR UNDER MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH / Baron, C. and Hugel, V.
pp. 128. 1984
ISBN: 8171560946
$ 4.80 BP-184412

10 BRITISH PARAMOUNTCY IN KASHMIR / Yasin, Madhavi
pp. 212. 1984
ISBN: 8171560792
$ 8.00 BP-184413

11 KASHMIR : PAST AND PRESENT - UNRAVELLING THE MYSTIQUE / Koul, Mohan Lal 1994
ISBN: 818602901X
$ 9.29 BP-184447

A comprehensive detailed list of Books on KASHMIR is available at
 http://www.bpagency.com/pages/Kashmir.htm

http://www.bpagency.com
Books & Periodicals Agency
B-1, Inder Puri,
New Delhi-12
001-719-6237004 (US Fax Number)

July 26, 2001 (e-mail from Italy)

1) I am working on the edition and translation of the Apabhramsa verses,
which the great Kashmiri medieval author Abhinavagupta wrote in his
Tantrasara (a "summary" of the Tantraloka).

2) I have published the Italian translation of a work of Ksemaraja, the
great Abhinavagupta's cousin:
Lo SpandasaÌdoha di Kþemar-ja. Traduzione dall' originale sanscrito del
XII sec. d.C., Istituto Universitario Orientale, Supplement no. 59 to
the ANNALI- vol. 49 (1989), fasc. 2, Naples 1989.
This is the critical edition and Italian translation of the Sanskrit
philosophical text Spandasamdoha, of the Spanda school, one of the
schools of the so-called Kashmir Shivaism (one of the medieval ?aiva
schools), written by Kshemaraja (XII cent. A.D.).
The text had never been edited and translated before in any language.

3) I published the edition and English translation of another Kashmiri
text, The Bhavopahara of Cakrapaninatha:

The Bhav_pahara of Cakrap-ðin-tha. A Sanskrit Hymn to ?iva (11th-12th
cent.A.D.), Istituto Universitario Orientale, Supplement no. 74 to the
ANNALI-vol. 53 (1993), fasc. 1, Naples 1992 (ed. and transl. book)
(Reviewed by Prof. Debabrata Sen Sharma in Indo-Iranian Journal, vol.
39, no. 2, April 1996, pp. 168-171).

4) I published a paper on the Kashmiri medieval Spanda school:
"The Unique Position of the Spanda School among the Other Schools of
KaýmYr ?ivaism", in International Journal of Tantric Studies,
http://www.asiatica.org/publications/ijts/, vol. 1, no. 1, (August 1,
1995) (article)
Reprint in Journal of the Indological Society of Southern Africa
(JISSA), vol. 4, December 1996, pp. 43-63 and in the book International
Journal of Tantric Studies: Collected Issues 1995-2002 (in print).

Professor Enrica Garzilli
University of Macerata, Italy

July 23, 2001 (e-mail from Delhi)

Some New Arrivals on KASHMIR at http://www.bpagency.com/pages/Kashmir.htm are as under:-
 
1 FOLKTALES OF KASHMIR / Knowles, J.H.-- 2001
pp. 524, (Reprint London Edition), Size 22cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8120609263
$ 23.17 BP-113616

2 THE JUMMO AND KASHMIR TERRITORIES : A GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT / Frederic, Drew-- 2001
pp. xx + 568, 34 Illus., 6 Maps (Col.), (Reprint Lodnon 1875), Size 22cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8120601337
$ 49.83 BP-122946

3 MILITARY OPERATION IN KASHMIR INSURGENCY AT CHARAR-E-SHARIEF / Gauhar, G.N. and Gowhar, Shahwar-- 2001
pp. 407, Illus., Index, Size 23cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8170491126
$ 25.00 BP-154179

4 CONSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY : A CASE STUDY OF J & K / Wadhwa, K.K.-- 2001
pp. 250, Size 24cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8186505539
$ 14.11 BP-165771

5 KASHMIRI KITCHEN / -- 2001
Paper Cover.
ISBN: ISBN:8174361170
$ 4.13 BP-166014

6 KASHMIR AND INDO-PAK RELATIONS / Nanda, Ravi-- 2001
pp. 232, Size 23cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8170950821
$ 14.11 BP-166079

7 KASHMIR AND SINDH : NATION-BUILDING, ETHNICITY AND REGIONAL POLITICS IN SOUTH ASIA / Das, Suranjan-- 2001

$ 13.57 BP-174186

8 KASHMIR : A TALE OF PARTITION - 2 VOLS. / Chitkara, M.G.-- 2001
SET.
ISBN: ISBN:817648265X
$ 77.97 BP-175604

9 DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL CHANGE IN KASHMIR : FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES / Dhar, D.D.-- 2001
pp. 357, Tables, Appendix, Size 25 cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8173914184
$ 37.34 BP-175686

10 FORESTS OF KASHMIR : A VISION FOR THE FUTURE / Kawosa, M.A.-- 2001
pp. xii + 262.
ISBN: ISBN:8185019991
$ 18.33 BP-176181

A comprehensive detailed list of Books on  is available at http://www.bpagency.com/pages/Kashmir.htm

June 21, 2001 (e-mail from Delhi)

1 Kashmir / -- No Date
pp. 103, Tables, Size 26cm. Title and Content Pages Missing, Rebound.
$ 15.00 BP-158352

2 Military Operation in Kashmir Insurgency at Charar-e-Sharief / Gauhar, G.N. and Gowhar, Shahwar-- 2001
pp. 407, Illus., Index, Size 23cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8170491126
$ 25.00 BP-154179

3 Constitutional Autonomy : A Case Study of J & K / Wadhwa, K.K.-- 2001
pp. 250, Size 24cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8186505539
$ 14.11 BP-165771

4 Kashmiri Kitchen / -- 2001
Paper Cover.
ISBN: ISBN:8174361170
$ 4.13 BP-166014

5 Kashmir and Indo-Pak Relations / Nanda, Ravi-- 2001
pp. 232, Size 23cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8170950821
$ 14.11 BP-166079

6 Kashmir and Sindh : Nation-Building, Ethnicity and Regional Politics in South Asia / Das, Suranjan-- 2001

$ 13.57 BP-174186

7 The Doctrine of Vibration : An Analysis of the Doctrines and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism / Dyczkowski, Mark S.G.-- 2000
pp. vi + 297, Abbreviations, Biblio., Notes, Index.
ISBN: ISBN:8120805968
$ 12.50 BP-18269

8 Reforms, Government and Corruption / Vittal, N. and Mahalingam, S.-- 2000
Index.
ISBN: ISBN:8170491185
$ 25.00 BP-62029

9 Paratrisika Vivarana by Abhinavagupta : The Secret of Tantric Mysticism / Singh, Jaideva (Tr. by) (Ed. by Bettina Baumer)-- 2000
pp. x + 394, Abbreviation, Illus., Index, Size 22cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8120804627
$ 10.71 BP-96318

10 Society Economy and Culture of Kashmir / Sharma, Suresh K. and Sharma, Usha (Ed. by)-- 2000
pp. 464, Size 23cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8176290890
$ 30.00 BP-123855

11 Ladakh : Past and Present / Jina, Prem Singh-- 2000
pp. 416, Tables, Appendix, Index, Size 23cm.
ISBN: ISBN:8121206359
$ 23.33 BP-137573

New books to suggest?  E-mail Jeffrey Kile with details.  Please do cross-check with the main bibliography as it may well already be listed.