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Map of South Asia highlighting the Kashmir region in orange at the northern border area between India, Pakistan, and China. The map shows surrounding countries including Afghanistan, Iran, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, with a legend indicating which parts of Kashmir are administered or claimed by each country. An inset globe in the upper right locates the region within Asia. Jammu and Kashmir, India: mountains Kotli Houseboats line the banks of the Jhelum River with the wooden Zero Bridge crossing the water in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, and hills rising in the background. Karakoram Range: K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India: Raghunath temple complex Leh Palace, a large multi-story structure with earth-toned walls, stands on a rocky hill above the town of Leh in the Himalayas, with smaller buildings and mountains in the background.
Two distressed people sit amid ruins; behind them is a partitioned, color-coded map of India overlaid on destroyed urban buildings.
administrative division of Kashmir Kargil War Memorial in Dras, India
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Map of South Asia highlighting the Kashmir region in orange at the northern border area between India, Pakistan, and China. The map shows surrounding countries including Afghanistan, Iran, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, with a legend indicating which parts of Kashmir are administered or claimed by each country. An inset globe in the upper right locates the region within Asia.
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Kashmir

region, Indian subcontinent, Asia
Also known as: Kashyapamar
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Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent. It is bounded by the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang to the northeast and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the east (both parts of China), by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south, by Pakistan to the west, and by Afghanistan to the northwest. The region, with a total area of some 85,800 square miles (222,200 square km), has been the subject of dispute...

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