Kashmir Legacy Historical and Cultural

The book besides giving a bird's eye-view of the Kashmir history brings to light some of the important and significant events of our past times. It is a successful endeavour to trace the history right from the Noa's Arc to the Reading Room politics of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

The book does not only elaborate on the dates and events but also links and relates them to the facts and the factors responsible for such events. The book alludes to some wonderland in the Himalyan Region which attracted so many travelers and some emperors including Alexander The Great, but none except a few guided by Buddha, succeeded in tracing it out.

The book contains detailed history of the periods of Lalta Sultan Yousuf Shah Chak and Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin. It also refers to the great historic event in the Kashmir history when Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) sent a letter to the king of Kashmir to accept Islam.

Sufi mystic Haji Fida Mohammad Khan Hassnain was born in the year 1924 at Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Having graduated from the University of Punjab, Lahore he completed his post graduation in history and law at the Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He started his career as a professor of history in S.P College, Srinagar, Kashmir, 1947 Later he joined the national archives of India, New Delhi and obtained diploma in archives. He was promoted by government of India as the Director of Archives, Archeology Research and Museums in 1953 and continued as such as till his retirement in 1983. He is credited with the having salvaged hundreds of manuscripts in Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian and Urdu by preserving this heritage in the oriental research libraries and the three archives repositories at Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Srinagar.

In 1969 he was invited by several Japanese Universities to give extension lectures on Buddhist culture and history. Since then he has visited various cities in Asia and Europe and has given lectures on history, culture and Sufism. He is a of several degrees and awards from various institutions in India, Japan, Switzerland, Germany and Mexico. He was granted the title of Rastra Sanskrit Samrat or the Emperor of National Culture in 1987 The Jammu and Kashmir government has bestowed upon him the prestigious lifetime achievement award on January 25, 2009.

He is the author of about two dozen books on history, culture and mysticism which have been published in India, UK, Russia, Italy, Spain and USA.

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