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Culture of Kashmir
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The culture of Kashmir encompasses the spoken language, written literature, cuisine, architecture, traditions, and history of the Kashmiri people native to the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. The culture of Kashmir was influenced by the Persian as well as Central Asian cultures after the Islamic rule of Kashmir. Kashmiri culture is influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism, and later by Islam.
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Kashmiri, also known by its endonym Koshur, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic branch spoken by around 7 million Kashmiris of the Kashmir region, primarily in the Kashmir Valley and surrounding hills of the Indian-administrated union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, over half the population of that territory.
The Literature of Kashmir has a long history with the oldest texts having been composed in the Sanskrit language.
Kashmiri cuisine is the traditional culinary practices of the Kashmiri people. Rice has been a staple food in Kashmir since ancient times. The equivalent for the phrase "bread and butter" in the Kashmiri language is haakh-batte.
The history of Kashmir is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent in South Asia with influences from the surrounding regions of Central, West and East Asia.
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia south of the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west.
A Persianate society is a society that is based on or strongly influenced by the Persian language, culture, literature, art or identity.
Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and most of Kazakhstan.
Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range.
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What is Culture of Kashmir?
The culture of Kashmir encompasses the spoken language, written literature, cuisine, architecture, traditions, and history of the Kashmiri people native to the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. The culture of Kashmir was influenced by the Persian as well as Central Asian cultures after the Islamic rule of Kashmir. Kashmiri culture is influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism, and later by Islam.
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The main concepts connected to Culture of Kashmir include Kashmiri language, Literature of Kashmir, Kashmiri cuisine, History of Kashmir, Indian subcontinent, Persianate society, Central Asia, Kashmir. Each is linked on the map above with its own summary.
Which exams cover Culture of Kashmir?
Culture of Kashmir is part of State Studies, which appears in the syllabus of JKPSC.