The Kashmiri Pandits are his descendants and have named the valley after him, in his honour.

The Muslims and Hindus of Kashmir lived in relative harmony, since the Sufi-Islamic way of life that Muslims followed in Kashmir complemented the Rishi tradition of Kashmiri Pandits, and Sufi saints such as Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali were thought of as Muslim Rishis.

The Kashmiri Pandits, the only Hindus of the Kashmir valley, who had stably constituted approximately 4 to 5 % of the population of the valley during Dogra rule ( 1846 – 1947 ), and 20 % of whom had left the Kashmir valley by 1950, began to leave in much greater numbers in the 1990s.

* Pogrom against Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990

Kashmiri Pandit food is elaborate, and an important part of the Pandits ' ethnic identity.

* Kashmiri Pandits

Birbal Dhar the kashmiri pandit pleaded with Maharaja Ranjit Singh to save Kashmiri Pandits from Pathans when Kashmir governor Muhammad Azim heard of this he ordered his men to abduct Dhar's women who were abducted and sent to Kabul hearing this Dhar committed suicide however furious by this act of Durrani, Ranjit Singh ordered his most able general Diwan Chand to mount the expedition of Kashmir, he was assisted by Raja Gulab Singh Jamwal a Hindu dogra rajput of Jammu.

This script however, is not in common use today, except for religious ceremonies of the Kashmiri Pandits.

The Muslims and Hindus of Kashmir lived in relative harmony, since the Sufi-Islamic way of life that ordinary Muslims followed in Kashmir complemented the Rishi tradition of Kashmiri Pandits.

* History of The Kashmiri Pandits Race

The Kashmiri Pandits (, Hindi: कश ् म ी र ी पण ् ड ि त ) are a Hindu Brahmin community originating from Kashmir, a mountainous region in South Asia.

The 500 years of Muslim rule in Kashmir coupled with the missionary work of sufis led to the conversion of the majority of the population to Islam, leaving only a small population of Kashmiri Pandits

The estimated population of Kashmiri Pandits in the Kashmir Valley in 2011 was around 2, 700-3, 400.

Kashmiri Pandits are chiefly followers of Shiva.

Harmukh is traditionally revered by Kashmiri Pandits and in 2009 there was an attempt by them to revive pilgrimages to the site. The Mata Khirbhawani temple shrine in Srinagar, considered one of the holiest Hindu shrines, saw the largest gathering of Kashmiri Pandits in the Kashmir valley in 2012. The shrine is located in Tullamulla village, 24 km from Srinagar in Ganderbal district.

Some holy sites of Kashmiri Pandits include the Martand Sun Temple at Mattan, Mahakali shrine in Srinagar on the banks of vitasta, & above all the Amarnath cave shrine, the pilgrimage to which is conducted during shravan purnima.

The Kashmiri Pandits share many of their festivals with other Hindu communities. and some with Zoroastrians and Shin of Hindukush, and other Persian and Central Asian peoples, the pre-Islamic elements of whose cultures are derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian religion.

Shivratri or Herath as it is known in Kashmir is one of the major festivals of Kashmiri Pandits.

* List of Kashmiri Pandits

* Official Website of Kashmiri Pandits ' Association, Mumbai

* Indo-American Kashmir Forum – a U. S. based political advocacy group for the Kashmiri Pandits

His father, Motilal Nehru ( 1861-1931 ), a wealthy barrister who belonged to the Kashmiri Pandit community, served twice as President of the Indian National Congress during the Independence Struggle.

His mother, Swaruprani Thussu ( 1868-1938 ), who came from a well – known Kashmiri Brahmin family settled in Lahore, was Motilal's second wife, the first having died in child birth.

There are numerous Pashto speakers Pakhtuns from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province who joined their families who were already in Karachi from early 20th century along with Saraikis, Kashmiri, Hinko, Baloch and Punjabi peoples.

Some Kashmiri rulers, such as Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin who was popularly known as Budshah ( بڈشاہ ) ( the King ) ( r. 1423-1474 ), were tolerant of all religions in a manner comparable to Akbar.

See the sacrifice of the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadar who on the final desperate and heart-rending pleas of the Kashmiri Pandit, agreed to put up a fight for their right to practise their religion in which he was executed so another religion besides his own could have the freedom to practice there religion against the tyrant moghul empire who were forcing people to accept Islam.

For example, a Kashmiri tale tells of two Brahmin women who tried to fulfill their obligations for alms-giving simply by giving alms back and forth to one another.

Kumārajīva's father Kumārāyana ( also Kiu-mo-yen ) was from a Kashmiri Brahmin noble family, and his mother was a Kuchean princess who significantly influenced his early studies.

It was also the capital during the reign of Yusuf Shah Chak, an Independent Kashmiri ruler who was tricked by Akbar when Akbar failed to conquer Kashmir by force.

It is traditionally attributed to Buddhatrāta, an Indian or Kashmiri monk otherwise unattested in history, who translated the work from Sanskrit in 693 in the White Horse Temple of Luoyang.

* Kashmiri Pandit, a person who belongs to a sect of Hindu Brahmins originating from Kashmir

In 2009, Khan committed to bear all the expenses for the treatment of two Kashmiri orphan children who suffered severe burns during a terrorist grenade attack in Srinagar.

However, today, the Kashmiri Perso-Arabic script has come to be associated with Kashmiri Muslims, while the Kashmiri Devanagari script, has come to be associated with the Kashmiri Hindu community, who employ the latter script.

The assassin was identified as Massoud Kashmiri, an operative of The People's Mujahedin of Iran ( also known as the MKO, MEK and PMOI ), who had infiltrated the Prime Minister's office in the guise of a state security official.

The Dro lineage was established in Tibet by a Kashmiri disciple of Nalandapa named Pandita Somanatha, who traveled to Tibet in 1027 ( or 1064, depending on the calendar used ), and his translator Droton Sherab Drak Lotsawa, from which it takes its name.

Amy Woodforde-Finden ( 186013 March 1919 ) was a composer who is best known for writing the music to " Kashmiri Song " from Four Indian Love Lyrics by Laurence Hope.

He built the city of Anandpur Sahib, and was responsible for saving the Kashmiri Pandits, who were being persecuted by the Mughals.

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has survived several attacks on his life by Kashmiri separatists who oppose Indian rule.

Nehru ordered the arrest of the Kashmiri politician Sheikh Abdullah in 1953, whom he had previously supported but now suspected of harbouring separatist ambitions ; Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad replaced him.

Drafted by a treaty and a bill of sale, and constituted between 1820 and 1858, the Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu ( as it was first called ) combined disparate regions, religions, and ethnicities: to the east, Ladakh was ethnically and culturally Tibetan and its inhabitants practised Buddhism ; to the south, Jammu had a mixed population of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs ; in the heavily populated central Kashmir valley, the population was overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim, however, there was also a small but influential Hindu minority, the Kashmiri brahmins or pandits ; to the northeast, sparsely populated Baltistan had a population ethnically related to Ladakh, but which practised Shi ' a Islam ; to the north, also sparsely populated, Gilgit Agency, was an area of diverse, mostly Shi ' a groups ; and, to the west, Punch was Muslim, but of different ethnicity than the Kashmir valley.

The Brihatkathamanjari of the Kashmiri writer Kshmendra states, king Vikramaditya ( Chandra Gupta II ) had " unburdened the sacred earth of the Barbarians like the Sakas, Mlecchas, Kambojas, Yavanas, Tusharas, Parasikas, Hunas, etc.

The Brihatkathamanjari of the Kashmiri writer Kshmendra states, king Vikramaditya ( Chandra Gupta II ) had " unburdened the sacred earth of the Barbarians like the Sakas, Mlecchas, Kambojas, Yavanas, Tusharas, Parasikas, Hunas, etc.

" It combined disparate regions, religions, and ethnicities: to the east, Ladakh was ethnically and culturally Tibetan and its inhabitants practised Buddhism ; to the south, Jammu had a mixed population of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs ; in the heavily populated central Kashmir valley, the population was overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim, however, there was also a small but influential Hindu minority, the Kashmiri brahmins or pandits ; to the northeast, sparsely populated Baltistan had a population ethnically related to Ladakh, but which practised Shi ' a Islam ; to the north, also sparsely populated, Gilgit Agency, was an area of diverse, mostly Shi ' a groups ; and, to the west, Punch was Muslim, but of different ethnicity than the Kashmir valley.

The government blames the attack on two Pakistan-based Kashmiri militant groups, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba, the former of which had also attacked the local government centre in Indian-administered Kashmir in October.

Walled City of Lahore had 13 gates: Akbari Gate, Bhati Gate, Delhi Gate, Kashmiri Gate, Lohari Gate, Masti Gate, Mochi Gate, Mori Gate, Roshnai Gate, Shahalmi Gate, Shairanwala Gate, Taxali Gate, and Yakki Gate.

Raaj Kumar was born as Kulbhushan Pandit in Loralai, Balochistan now in Pakistan, into a Kashmiri Pandit family. He had two sisters.

In fact, about 950, the Hindu King of Kabul had a statue of Vişņu, of the Kashmiri type ( with three heads ), which he claimed had been given him by the king of the Bhota ( Tibetans ) who, in turn had obtained it from Kailāśa .”

According to ancient manuscripts and Kashmiri tradition, Yuz Asaf is said to have been a Prophet who possessed miraculous healing powers and had travelled from Palestine during the 1st century.

Mohan Lal had learnt Persian in Delhi and travelled in the garb of a Muslim, under the pseudonym of ' Aga Hassan Kashmiri ' or as ' Mirza Quli Kashmiri ' in Iran and Afghanistan collecting information vital for his British masters.

As early as 1803, Kashmiri needlework production was established to increase and hasten output of these shawls, which had been imitated in England since 1784 and even in France.

Even in relatively modern times, Buddha's birthday has been a notable event for Kashmiri Brahmins and well before Kalhana's time Buddha had been accepted by Hindus as an avatar of Vishnu.

He pointed out that the unending repression had failed to break the will of the Kashmiri people for liberation from India's illegal occupation.

In 1857 the 14th Native Infantry stationed at Jhelum town mutinied, and made a vigorous defence against a force sent from Rawalpindi to disarm them, but decamped on the night following the action, with the main body being subsequently arrested by the Kashmiri authorities, into whose territory they had escaped.