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Kashmir, the northern most region of India though surrounded by a ring of mountain ramparts is endowed with a distinctive geographical advantage situated as it has been amidst the great civilizations of the ancient and medieval world with which it maintained contacts through a number of passes leading through its natural defenses. With China toward its east, Central Asia towards the north, Afghanistan and Iran towards northwest and Indian sub-continent towards its south and north, Kashmir became the meeting ground of the great civilizations - Chinese, Central Asian, West Asian and Indian civilizations. It is also true that these civilizations were themselves influenced by many other civilizations. In this way they collectively formed global civilization. Having been inextricably intertwined with the history of the neighbouring territories, the Kashmir culture cannot be understood without situating it with the civilizations that emerged on its borders from time to time.