[6] - Supposed To Designate "The City Of The Sun;" Surya Meaning In Sanscrit "The Sun," And Nugger "A City."

[7] - Cashmere seems to have been regarded for many ages merely as a source of wealth to its absentee lords or present governors, and to have suffered more than ever, since falling under the dominion of Hindoo rulers.

Of the first of this dynasty, who subdued and took possession of the valley in the year 1819, Vigne remarks, in his Travels, "Runjeet Singh assuredly well knew that the greater the prosperity of Kashmir, the stronger would be the inducement to invasion by the East India Company. 'Apres moi le deluge' has been his motto, and its ruin has been accelerated not less by his rapacity than by his political jealousy, which suggested to him at any cost the merciless removal of its wealth and the reckless havoc he has made in its resources."

[8] - The Tukt-i-Suliman, an old Hindoo temple, the throne of Solomon the magnificent, the prophet, the mighty magician, whom all pious Mussulmans believe to have been carried through the air on a throne supported by Dives or Afrites, whom the Almighty had made subservient to His will. - Vigne. The summit stands 1,000 feet above the level of the plain, and the date of its erection is believed to be 220 B.C. VIDE Appendix A.

[9] - "There is no God but God;" "In the name of God."

[10] - This was written without being aware that the native name of Mutton is a corruption of Martund, by which name the temple is also designated.

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