ISLAMABAD  , a

town of India in the state of Kashmir, on the north bank of the Jhelum . Pop . (1901) 9390 . The town crowns the summit of a long low ridge, extending from the mountains eastward . It is the second town in Kashmir, and 873 was oiigh allythe capital- of the valley, but is now decaying . It' contains an old 'summer palace, overshadowed by plane trees, with numerous springs, and a fine mosque and shrine . Below the town is a reservoir containing a spring of clear water called the Anant Nag, slightly sulphurous, from which volumes of gas continually arise; the water swarms with sacred fish . There are manufactures of Kashmir shawls, also of chintzes, cotton and woollen goods .