About the Jhelum
The Jhelum is Kashmir's river — the Dal Lake in Srinagar, the shikaras, the houseboats, and the willow-lined banks are all part of the Jhelum system. The river rises from the Verinag spring at the foot of the Pir Panjal and flows through the Vale of Kashmir — one of the most beautiful inhabited valleys on earth — before cutting through the Pir Panjal range in a spectacular gorge. The Dal and Wular lakes in the Kashmir Valley are both connected to the Jhelum.
The Jhelum was the site of Alexander the Great's most important battle in India — the Battle of the Hydaspes (326 BCE) where he defeated King Porus in a fierce crossing of the river. The Wular Lake on the Jhelum is the largest freshwater lake in India and one of Asia's largest freshwater bodies, important for migratory waterbirds and home to significant populations of the critically endangered Kashmir Stag (Hangul). The Jhelum enters Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 which allocated the eastern rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India and the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan.
Kishenganga (Neelum) · Sindh · Lidder