Geology
Srinagar is placed at the centre of Kashmir Basin. Kashmir basin is an unique plot of land in between two colliding mountain plates namely the great Himalayan range in the north east and Pir Panjal range in the south west.Himalayan mountain range is the younger one crashing against the Tibetans plateau.
The tethys sea which was in between ,dried up ,shrivelled and got merged with the shivalik and other mountains.
During the last Ice ages the Kashmir Basin had glaciers fed huge lake.
Myth 1
Rishi Kashyap,son of Marichi,grandson of Lord Brahma had to drain out the lake water at Baramulla (Varahamula) .He then asked Brahmans to settle there. Ka (water) shimeera (desiccate), Kashmeera is the land of water desiccated.
There is a village name Kashyapapura where collection of such dwellings and tradition connected with the draining has been found.
Kashyapapura is stated as Kasperia in Ptolemy’s writing.
Herodetus historian mentioned Kaspapyros in his writing.
Myth 2
Ham or Cash ,son of Sam,grandson of Prophet Noah settled in this part of land .They found this land similar to their original place Syria and tried to name it as Ka- Syria (like Syria).
Kasyria became Kashir,also called as place for inhabitants with the ancestor kash or Cash the son of Ham.
Cashmere is an archaic spelling of Kashmir in English.
Although many references of Kash word Kashan, Kashghar are found at nearby places where a semitic tribe had settlements.
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