The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.143

v1.c15.143

Within the great northward angle thus made by the Indus is a second smaller valley amid the mountains, which is also drained through a gorge to the Punjab. This is the famous valley of Kashmīr, whose central plain, sheltered in every direction by lofty snow-clad mountains, is a sunny paradise of fertility. Srīnagar is the capital of Kashmīr, whose Mahārāja rules also over Ladākh (capital Leh) formerly a province of Tibet.