Long before the establishment of the Kashmir Sultanate in 1339 CE, the Kashmir Valley had already emerged as one of the Indian subcontinent's most remarkable centres of civilisation, philosophy, learning…

Discover Rupa Bhawani, the 17th century Kashmiri mystic revered as Lal Ded's successor and claimed by both Hindus and Muslims as their own saint.

Who Was Birbal Dhar? Birbal Dhar was a Kashmiri Pandit nobleman and revenue official who served the Afghan administration of Kashmir in the early nineteenth century. He is remembered chiefly…

Agar firdaus bar roo-e zameen ast, Hameen ast-o hameen ast-o hameen ast. "If there is paradise on the face of the earth, it is this, it is this, it is…

The Nilamata Purana (Sanskrit: Nīlamata Purāṇa) is one of the most important surviving Sanskrit texts for understanding the cultural, religious and geographical history of ancient Kashmir. Although classified as a…

नमोऽस्तु ते शारदे देवि काश्मीरपुरवासिनि । त्वामहं प्रार्थये नित्यं विद्यादानं च देहि मे ॥ Salutations to You, O Goddess Sharada, who dwells in the sacred land of Kashmir. I bow…

The lost temples of Kashmir tell the story of one of India's most remarkable yet least understood civilisations. Most people know only the Martand Sun Temple near Anantnag, but for…

Lake Satisar is the legendary lake described in the Nilamata Purana as once covering the entire Kashmir Valley. According to Hindu tradition, Sage Kashyapa, also called Rishi Kashyapa, drained the…

Once the grandest Hindu temple in Kashmir, the Martand Sun Temple stood as a symbol of power, faith and architectural brilliance. Why was this magnificent monument reduced to ruins, and…