CONTENTS :
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 11
1 The City of Srinagar 14
2 History- Its Sources, Pre-History and Early History 29
3 Islam in the Medieval World 41
4 The Mughals in the Valley 51
5 The Mghans, the Sikhs and the Dogras 63
6 The Changing City- 1850s Onwards 69
7 The Colonial Impact 75
8 Sufis 85
9 Aspects of Islamic Architecture 89
10 Traditional Kashmiri Residential Architecture 103
Walk 1 From Medieval to Colonial Srinagar 118
Walk 2 A Walk along the Bund 134
Walk 3 A Garland of Gardens 150
Walk 4 Exploring Hari Parbat 162
Walk 5 Of Mosques and Khanqahs 172
Walk 6 Moving Back in Time from Ali Kadal 183
Appendices
Srinagar in the Mughal Period 190
The Sufi Way 191
Aali Masjid 192
Craft Traditions in the Valley 196
Index 204