Kashmir is supposed to be the originating center of human culture, and it is popularly
known as the Paradise on Earth. Kashmiri is one of the Aryan languages of India, and it
is an interesting and important language in many ways, although the number of people
speaking it is not very large . In the first instance, Kashmiri has a fine literature,
particularly rich in lyrics of life and nature, besides compositions in the mystic vein both
Brahmanical (Sivite) and Islamic (Sufi). It has got a large number of long poems, both of
Sanskrit and of Persian inspiration, and there is in present-day Kashmiri quite a note
worthy literary upsurge