• ISBN13: 9788171560943
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: History
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: October 10, 1984
• Pages: 128
• Original Price: INR 120.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 300 grams

This work is an English version of a part of the travel account of German scholar Mr Charles Baron, Von Hugel who visited the world famous charming valley of Kashmir during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the lion of the Punjab. This travel account is the most important source material for the history of Kashmir under the Sikh rule. Unfortunately it remained unnoticed by the research scholars as it was not available in English. This translation has been made more meaningful by providing exhaustive and annotated bibliographical notes at the end of every chapter. These notes have been borrowed from the works of the contemporary authors to supplement this work.
The Appendixes annexed to this book at the end include some of the important documents dealing with the industrial output of Kashmir and the burden of taxation to which the Kashmiri-traders, artists and cultivators were liable during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Dr. D.C. Sharma, M A. History (Punjab), Ph.D. History (Jammu), B. Lib. Science (Aligarh), is a scholar Librarian. Before joining the Jammu and Kashmir University, Jammu Division, Jammu as an Assistant Librarian in 1967. he worked as Librarian in the Maulana Azad Memorial college Jammu. In 1972, he was appointed Senior Assistant Librarian in the Jammu University. From 1979-80 to 1980-81 he remained incharge Deputy Librarian and Head of the Department of Library Science of the University of Jammu.
In 1982 he was appointed Director of the project entitled "The Area Study of Jammu and Kashmir : An Annotated Bibliography" sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.
He has a special interest in the bibliographical sources of the History, Culture and Arts of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. He has also contributed a lot to the Jammu University Library by acquiring library and archival source material pertaining to the Area Study of Jammu and Kashmir.
Besides the present work, he has contributed many articles in leading periodicals and is also the author of The Cultural Heritage of the Dogras and Kashmir Under the Sikhs : A Socio-Economic History During 1819-46.