Dardistān, region inhabited by the so-called Dard peoples in the north of Pakistan and northern Kashmir.
Much of northern Kashmir is occupied by the Karakoram Range.
In the west the curve of the rugged Karakoram range of northern Kashmir embraces it.
An investigation by the Jammu and Kashmir state human rights commission has found 2730 bodies in unmarked graves at 38 sites in northern Kashmir.
The Lone tribe is based mainly in northern Kashmir, although they gradually diffused throughout the valley.
Marsimik La, elevation 5,582 metres (18,314 ft), is a high mountain pass in the Chang-Chemno Range in northern Kashmir(India).
This made K-2, situated in a Pakistani-controlled area of northern Kashmir near the China border, the second-highest mountain.
Paintings on the walls of the Alchi monastery in Ladakh (northern Kashmir) reproduced in detail Sassanian motifs on textiles.
Later Vedic texts mention that the best soma plants came from Mount Mūjavant, which may be located as in northern Kashmir and in neighboring western Tibet.
There are many unanswered questions about the 500 to 600 militants who have established well-fortified positions in northern Kashmir's snow-capped, oxygen-thin peaks.