Tangmarg, “The Open Marg”. Is the village about 1500 foot below Gulmarg,
which is the nearest point to Gulmarg attainable by wheeled conveyance.
Tattoo, A pony.
Tehsildhar, The functionary who has jurisdiction over a tehsil.
Temples, For full description read Lawrence (Valley of Kashmir, chap.
vi.) Their ruined state is partly due to earthquakes, but probably still
more to the iconoclastic activity of Sikandar (d. 1416) and Aurungzeb.
Tilail,
Tonga,
Topaz, Name derived from the Greek “to conjecture”—because no one knew
whence they came!
Tower of Fame,
Tower of Victory,
Tragbal,
Tragam, A large village south-west of the Lolab, whence a route leads to
Musafferabad.
Tret, A station at the foot of the Murree hills on the road to Rawal Pindi.
Trieste,
Tronkol,
Turquoise,
UDAIPUR, The capital of the ancient and powerful Rajput
State of Mewar,
founded by Oodi Singh after the fall of
Chitor.
Uri,
VERNABOUG,
Vernag,
WALNUT, A valuable tree in Kashmir, where its fruit
and timber are both
greatly esteemed; grows to a very large
size, one in the Lolab having a
girth of 18 feet 10 inches.
Wangat,
Wardwan, The mountainous district on the east of Kashmir.
Water buffalo, An ungainly and “sneevish”
beast beloved of Gujars and
nobody else.
Weights 2 lbs. (English)=1 seer. 40 seers = 1 maund.
Wood carving,
Wular, Means “cave”. The largest
lake in India, being 12-1/2 x 5 miles in
average extent. In floods it covers
much extra space.
Wych hazel, See Kilta.
YAKDAN,
ZIARAT, A Mohammedan shrine.
Zoji La, The pass at the head of the Sind Valley which
is crossed on going
to Leh, height 11,300 feet.