region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent. It is bounded by the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang to the northeast and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the east (both parts of China), by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south, by Pakistan to the west, and by Afghanistan to the northwest.

or formerly Cashmere mountainous region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent west of Tibet and southwest of Xinjiang Uygur

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“Kashmir.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kashmir. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.