Afifa Khan

Cultural Heritage Landscapes in the Srinagar District of J & K, India: Exploring the Vast Treasure Trove Afifa Khan

Cultural assets are recognized as immensely valuable treasures of knowledge domain as they affirm the identity of past and cast a great deal of light on the well-neigh forgotten history of civilizations that has flourished for many centuries. Many oriental libraries have been established for the processing, preservation and dissemination of these cultural sorts to bring them to the fore. The Srinagar District of J & K also possess a number of such special libraries enriched with a substantial amount of oriental collection but these libraries are the candidates of least administrative and academic attention. The study at hand is initiated with the aim to reveal the potential heritage wealth in different forms and from diverse subjects and languages that has enriched the oriental libraries of Srinagar. Study can prove valuable to literary, religious and scientific scholars and can be used as a base for the Ministry of Culture to take proper management steps in preserving the culture and heritage sustained in these libraries.