Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, released the book ‘Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh Through the Ages: A Visual Narrative of Continuities and Linkages’ in New Delhi on 02 January 2025.
- Many dignitaries including Union Minister of Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and Editor of the book Prof. Raghuvendra Tanwar were present on the occasion.
Key Points:
- The editor of the book is Prof. Raghuvendra Tanwar.
- The Book has been published in Hindi and English.
- This book is the result of collaborative efforts of the National Book Trust, India, and the Indian Council of Historical Research.
About Book 'Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh Through The Ages':
» The book, titled ‘Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh: Through the Ages’ seeks to present the story of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh.
- The title attempts to document the story of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh from a perspective and format that enables an overview for both the subject specialist and those less conversant.
- It is presented in seven sections that cover over three thousand years of the region’s history.
- Each illustration selected for inclusion has been done with care, being representative of an age, its importance and contribution to the larger historical canvas of Indian history.
- The book also features sculptures from Drass and Ladakh, discussions and images of stupas, depictions of temple ruins destroyed by invaders, and references to the use of Sanskrit in Jammu and Kashmir, as described in Rajatarangini.
- This book proves that our rich heritage, scattered across every corner of the country, has been present in Kashmir for thousands of years.