A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 306 pages of information about A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil.

A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 306 pages of information about A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil.
  Kashmir. 
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.

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