Kashkar

See Chitral. Kashmir, or Cashmere (kash-mēr'). A native state under British suzerainty, bounded by Eastern Turkestan on the north, Tibet on the east, India on the south and southwest, and Dardistan and the Pamirs on the west and northwest. Its capital is Srinagar. Ranges of the Himalaya traverse the country. Besides Kashmir proper, the state includes Baltis tan, Ladak, Jamu, and Gilgit. The boundaries toward China and Ru ia (Pamirs) are uncertain. The beautiful "Vale of Cashmere," inclosed by lofty mountains, and occupying a general elevation of upward of 5,000 feet, has a length of about 90 miles. The Jhelum traverses it in a northwesterly direction. It is noted for its agricultural riches and its manu factures (Cashmere shawls, etc.). Kashmir is governed by a maharaja of the Dogra Sikh family. It was conquered by Akbar at the close of the 16th century, by the Afghans in the middle of the 18th century, and by the Sikhs in 1819. The British arranged the present form of gov. ernment in 1846. Its northern part was the scene of the Hunza-Nagar war against the British in 1891. Area, 80,900 square miles. Population (1891), 2,543,952. Kashshi. See Co eans . Kashyapa (kash'ya-pa). A sage to whom are ascribed several Vedic hymns; in later mythol- ogy, the husband of Aditi and 12 other daugh- ters of Daksha, and father by them of gods, de- mons, men, and all animals. He is also regarded of the seven and as the father of Vivasvat and joining the Shatt el-Arab (Euphrates-Tigris) at Vishnu. He is supposed by some to be a personification Mohammerah. It is navigable (except for rapids at Ahwaz) to Shuster. Karur, or Caroor (kä-rör'). A small town in Coimbatore district, Madras, British India, situated on the Amrawati 45 miles west by north of Tri chino pol i. Karwar, or Carwar (kär-wär'). A seaport and the capital of North Kanara district, Bombay, British India, 50 miles south-southeast of Goa. Population, about 13,000. Karytaina (kä-re-ta'nä), or Karitena (kä-re tā'nä). A locality in Arcadia, Greece, on the Katsena mer was the Woccon. The few survivors of this people are on the Kataba reservation in York County, South Carolina. See Siouan . Kataghan (kä-tä-ghän'). A region in the northeastern part of Afghanistan, between the HinduKush and the Amu-Daria. Katahdin (ka-tä'din), or Ktaadn (ktädn), Mount. The highest mountain in the State of Maine, situated in Piscataquis County 80 miles north of Bangor. Height, 5,385 feet. Katak, or Kuttack, or Cattack (ku-täk'). 1. A district in Ori a, Bengal, British India, intersected by lat. 20° 30′ N., long. 86° E.-2. The capital of the district of Katak, situated on the Mahanadi about lat. 20° 25′ N., long. 85° 56′ Ε.: the chief city of Ori a. It was taken from the Mahrattas by the British in 1803. Population, about 50,000. Katakana (kat-a-känä). [Jap., from kata , side, and kana , for kari - na , borrowed names.] One of the two styles of writing the syllabary of 48 letters in use among the Japanese, the other being Hiragana . The Katakana letters, which are said to have been invented by Kibi Daishi about the middle of the 8th century, are formed of a part-one side of square Chinese characters used phonetically, and are confined almost exclusively to the writing of proper names and foreign words. In Katakana there is but one form for each letter, whereas in Hiragana many of the letters may be written in a variety of ways.