Islamabad, (Or Anant Nag, the "Place of Countless Springs.") Is the second
city in Kashmir, having about 9000 inhabitants; stands at the head of
the navigable Jhelum, fifty miles by water and thirty-two by land above
Srinagar.
Jade,
Jagganath,
Jain, A small sect founded by Mahavera, a contemporary of Gautama. The
Jains were great temple-builders.
Jehangir,
Jeimal, With Putta, one of the national heroes of the Rajputs. They fell,
while mere boys, in the heroic defence of Chitor against Akbar.
Jey Singh, (Sowar Jey Singh.) Succeeded to the throne of Amber in 1699,
founded Jaipur in 1728. He wrote the following, which I had not read
when I visited his observatory at Jaipur "Let us devote ourselves at the
altar of the King of Kings, hallowed be his name! In the book of the
register of whose power the lofty orbs of Heaven are but a few leaves,
and the stars, and that heavenly courser the sun, small pieces of money
in the treasury of the Most High."
Jheel, A small lake, or pond.
Jhelum, (Kashmiri, _Veth_, Hindu, _Vetasta_, the ancient _Hydaspes_.)
Rises at Vernag, becomes navigable at Kanbal, and is so for 120 miles,
when it forms rapids below Baramula. Average breadth at Srinagar in
December 210 feet, average depth 9 feet.
Johur,
Kaj-nag,
Kali, ("The Terrible.") Wife of Shiva or Mahadeva.
Kanbal,
Karachi,
Karewas, "Where the mountains cease to be steep, fan-like projections,
with flat, arid tops, and bare of trees, run out towards the valley"
(Lawrence)
Kashmir=Kashuf-mir (the country of Kashuf).
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