. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ime after time decimated her po]Milation and laid low their habitations,not to speak of the floods, epidemics and famines with which her historyabounds in the past as well as in recent times. The general appearanceof the population is now faiily prosperous. The people look healthyand well fed, with fine chubby children ; nor did we often see personswho were diseased or crippled or rachitic, or any other signs ofextreme misery. 34 Chai)ter III. During the long perio
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ime after time decimated her po]Milation and laid low their habitations,not to speak of the floods, epidemics and famines with which her historyabounds in the past as well as in recent times. The general appearanceof the population is now faiily prosperous. The people look healthyand well fed, with fine chubby children ; nor did we often see personswho were diseased or crippled or rachitic, or any other signs ofextreme misery. 34 Chai)ter III. During the long period of Mohammedan domination the eajjitalcity was known as Kashmir, but when it fell into the power of the Sikhsit resumed its ancient Hindu name of Srinagar. ^ It has a populationof about 130,000, and stands almost in the centre of the plain at a heightof 5,303 feet, upon the banks of the Jhelum, which flows through it ina sweeping curve. The river is the main thoroughfare of the city, andis always crowded with boats of various sorts. The light, swift shikara,the dunga, a big fiat-bottomed boat with a shelter amidships roofed. SRDJAGAR FROM TAKT-I-SULIMAN. THE EUROPEAN QUARTER. ovei- with matting ; the heavy barges loaded with wood, grain, oil orvegetables—all come and go continually up and down the river or lietied along the banks. The boatmen form a large population, and withtheir women and children pass their whole life on the water. Theybelong to a special caste known as Hanji. They are well built andhandsome, but are looked down upon, not without good reason, byboth Mohammedans and Hindus. According to Knight and Younghusband (opp. citt.) Srinagar signifies City of the sun;according to Ujfalvy, City of healing, from the Sanscrit ^ri-nSgara (Ch. de Ujfalvy, LesArijens ati nord et au Slid de VHindu Kouch. Paris 1896).
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