Srinagar. or CASHMERE, the capital of the native state of Cashmere in Northern India, stands in a lovely valley of the Himalayas (besung by Moore in his Lalla Rookh), on both sides of the Jehlam (Jhelum), at an elevation of 5276 feet. Its appearance and situation are described under CASHMERE. Pop. (1891) 120,340.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 667
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