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0085 The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000233
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the slight lowering of the level of the Wular Lake are the
results to be expected under such circumstances, as are
also the famines, which Stein, on the authority of Kalhana,
describes as taking place in the twelfth century because of
prematurely early snowfalls. Similarly, the complete freez-
ing over of the Jhelum, described by Kalhana in 1087–
88 A. D., and the extreme isolation of Kashmir during the
Middle Ages, would be natural if the winters were more
severe and the passes more snowy than now. Altogether,
the history of Kashmir, as well as its present condition and
future development, seems to depend upon climate more
than upon any other physical feature. Changes of climate
appear to have caused a population of a few scattered no-
mads to give place to a far denser population of tillers of the
soil and artisans, whose mode of life and whose character
are wholly different from those of wandering shepherds.
And the present climate, in coöperation with other physi-
cal features, exerts a strong influence upon the habits and
character of the people, and upon the lines of development
which must be pursued in the future under the changing
conditions of English occupation.