Is this the sign of changing Kashmir?
This is the J&K Tourism Development Corporation website for Gurez, just see what is written in the middle. This is how Kashmir is changing…..
Dardistan is a term coined by Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner that refers to a region comprising northern Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, and parts of northeastern Afghanistan. It is inhabited by various Dards, who speak Dardic languages. It includes Chitral, the upper reaches of the Panjkora River, the Kohistan (highland) of Swat and the upper portions of the Gilgit Agency. The Dards are said to be people of Aryan origin who ascended the Indus Valley from the Punjab plains, reaching as far north as Chitral.
It is also referenced in Mahabharata, where it mentions the tribute of the ant-gold pipilika brought by the nations of the north to one of the sons of Pandu, king Yudhishthira. The region was ruled by the king Lalitaditya during the 8th century.
The Dards are also the Darada of the Sanskrit writers. The Darada and Himavanta were the regions to which Buddha sent his missionaries.
पांडव और शिव की भूमि है कश्मीर,
ऋषि कश्यप की तपो भूमि है कश्मीर,
कश्मीरियत की जान हे कश्मीर,
भारतका आन, बान और सान हे कश्मीर।
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