Saraz region: Difference between revisions

In the past, Doda was largely inhabited by [[Sarazi]] population before people started settling there from Kashmir and other adjoining areas.<ref name="greaterkashmir.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/more/news/story-of-doda-misunderstood-by-kashmir/|title=Story of Doda misunderstood by Kashmir|date=13 March 2015|website=Greater Kashmir|language=en-US|access-date=6 September 2019}}</ref> The reasons for Kashmiri population settling in Saraz during the 17th and 18th centuries is a matter on which historians disagree.<ref name="Mini Kashmir">{{Cite web|url=https://kashmirlife.net/mini-kashmir-1147/|title=Mini Kashmir|date=11 January 2011|website=Kashmir Life|language=en-GB|access-date=6 September 2019}}</ref> However [[Sumantra Bose]] says it was repression by feudal class that drew people to the district of Doda, [[Ramban district|Ramban]] and [[Kishtwar district|Kishtwar]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Snedden, Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris 2015, p. 23.}}</ref> The northern side of Doda district borders with the erstwhile Anantnag district of the [[Kashmir region]]. People often migrated from Kashmir to Saraz area whenever there were famines in Kashmir.