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Kashmir Virtual Library

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library


  • REGIONAL TRAVEL

    Regional Maps

  • KOAUSA: Maps of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, and India
    http://www.koausa.org/Nature/maps.html
    [Maps from an India-oriented Kashmiri site.]
  • Lonely Planet: Indian Himalaya
    http://www.lonelyplanet.com.au/dest/ind/graphics/map-him.htm
    or
    http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/ind/graphics/map-him.htm
    [Clickable interactive map of "Indian Himalaya" from the Lonely Planet guidebook company that links to scenic slide-show.]
  • Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (USA)
    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/kashmir.html (US Main Site)
    or
    http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Maps/kashmir.html (German Mirror Site)
    [A map archive at the University of Texas in Austin, USA. An alphabetical list of linked online maps of world regions, nations, and cities.]
  • ThinkQuest: Indian Himalayas
    http://library.advanced.org/10131/india.shtml
    A series of very general and schematic regional outline maps with no detail, which include:
    Himalayan States of India
    http://library.advanced.org/10131/india2.html
    Himalayan Divisions
    http://library.advanced.org/10131/india3.html
    Kashmir General Information
    http://library.advanced.org/10131/kashmir.html
    [Note: not a map, only general regional and scenic tour information.]

    Regional Ecology

  • Kashmir Deforestation
    http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/KASHMIR.HTM
    [A case study. Part of the Trade and Ecology Database (= TED) developed by Dr. James Lee at the American University, USA. As he describes it: "TED is a collection of trade and environment cases. Each case is coded on 28 different criteria and accompanied by a written report. The coded material in the cases can be sorted to help with case selection. TED serves as an inventory of cases in trade and environment and provides a basis for use by researchers, policymakers and others in this field."]

    Travel, Touring, and Photo Sites

  • Jammu and Kashmir (India)
    http://goidirectory.nic.in/jammukashmir.htm
    [General background and traveler information provided by the Government of India.]
  • Kashmir Nostalgia
    http://www.angelfire.com/nd/gulmarg/index.html
    [A few photos, including a clickable photo of Dal Lake that opens to additional photos and links.]
  • Paintings and Photography of Fozia Qazi (USA)
    http://www.smcm.edu/users/fsqazi/
    [Non-political, online albums of paintings and photographs of regional scenes.]
  • Photos of Kashmir
    http://www.colorsoftheorient.com/kashphotos.htm
    [Maintained by Colors of the Orient, an online gift shop.]
  • Postcards of Kashmir
    http://www.harappa.com/post/kashmircon.html
    [Scenic postcards from an earlier era, presented as part of the picturesque Harappa web site.]
  • Travel Health Online (USA)
    http://www.tripprep.com/
    [Climatological information, recommended health precautions, immunizations, offical health data, and current advice for residents and travelers to South Asia. Risk summaries for disease, weather, terrorism or political unrest.]
  • WWW Links to Srinagar, Kashmir (Netherlands)
    http://www.etn.nl/wwwlinks/lsrinaga.htm
    [A variety of links to tour and travel suppliers.]


[To the Kashmir World Wide Web Virtual Library main page.]