This dissertation investigates the Sanskrit works of four authors—Somadeva (fl. ca. 1080), Kalhana (fl. ca. 1150), Jonarāja (ca. 1389-1459), and Śrīvara (fl. 1459-1505)—in the Valley of Kashmir. These authors produced a corpus of unique yet interconnected texts, writing in one o…
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The social media revolution in Kashmir occurred six months prior to the 2010 Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings, but it is largely unrecognized in Western society. Using fantasy theme analysis, this paper analyzes Facebook pages to explore how social media practices communicated un…
This dissertation investigates the close connection between poetry and prayer in South Asia by studying the history of Sanskrit hymns of praise ( stotras) in Kashmir. It offers a broad introduction to the history and general features of the stotra genre, and it charts the course…
Kashmir is a region in the Himalayas that has drawn tourists and tourism money for awhile. At the same time, the political conflict in the region has contributed to changes within the tourism industry and to perceptions regarding Kashmiri ethnicity. This has brought challenges t…
This interdisciplinary study advances the relation between conflict, conflict resolution and the role of media. This thesis examines the role of national and local media in the Kashmir conflict. This thesis focuses on the difference in coverage given to the Kashmir conflict by t…
This dissertation consists of a translation of the Agamādhikāra of the Īśvara Pratyabhijñā Vivrti Vimarśinī, along with a discussion of the context of the heterodox praxis underlying what was from most standpoints a fairly orthodox text. When examining the notion of ritually ind…
This dissertation is a study of the first two chapters of the Śivadrsti of Somānanda, the ninth-century Kashmiri credited with founding the Pratyabhijñā or “Recognition” school of Śaivism, along with Utpaladeva's heretofore untranslated Śivadrstivrtti , also called the Padasamga…
This dissertation focuses on the interactions of armed groups that challenge the sovereignty of a state and raises the question: under what conditions do rebel groups cooperate or compete with each other? It deviates from the standard explorations into political, economic and so…
For most of the year 2002, the contiguous, nuclear-armed nation-states of India and Pakistan faced off in a circumstance of near-war. During this period, the people of both countries continued to suffer from environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and ethnic and religious …
This dissertation is based on fieldwork in West Yorkshire, archival research in India and the United Kingdom, and human rights work in Kashmir. It examines the emergence of the Kashmiri diaspora between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries within moments of Kashmiri struggl…
How do small bands of lightly armed, half-trained insurgents fight armies many times their size to a stalemate, and sometimes even win the war? Why is it that large, modern militaries with their overwhelmingly superior capabilities so often fail against the smallest adversaries?…
The region stretching along the Kashmir province of the state of Jammu & Kashmir in India and the Northern Areas region of Pakistan is home to great ethno-linguistic diversity. The impetus for conducting a study on the Burushaski language in the valley of Kashmir came from the r…
This dissertation analyzes the effect of nationalism on interstate relations. More specifically, it examines how the presence of ethno-national groups that are divided into separate states affects the relationship between those states. The theoretical discussion of the early cha…
This dissertation is about the Kashmir crisis and how Islamic terrorism has evolved as a thread within the crisis and influenced its progress. The two questions that have been central to this research are: what are the factors that cause Islamic terrorism; and what is the role o…
This dissertation addresses the question of how political contention escalates to civil war. More specifically, it examines two subsidiary questions: why do some protest waves evolve into insurgencies while others do not; and why do some insurgencies escalate into civil wars whi…
This dissertation centers on an examination of an early medieval Tantric ritual manual, the Svacchandatantra, and its commentary by the late Tenth/early Eleventh-Century theologian, Ksemar aja. The Svacchandatantra was an important ritual manual for religious specialists of Tant…
Territorial conflict between India and Pakistan over the issue of Kashmir has been simmering for more than half a century. The dispute can be counted among those outstanding issues that need a prompt peaceful resolution. However, this would-be resolution process puts obligation …
This thesis examines the implications of the operation of the Armed Forces (Jammu & Kashmir) Special Powers Act 1990 ("Act") on Kashmir from human rights perspective. It draws a comparison between the Act and the existing penal legislations in India. It proposes that the Act sho…
This study considers the effects that the development of India's defense industries and the attitudes of British and Indian policy-makers of the 1940s had on the decline of British strategic influence east of Suez after the Second World War. Many problems faced by British and In…