Pir Panjal Range

The Pir Panjal is the westernmost range of the Lesser Himalayas. Along the southwestern side of the Vale of Kashmir, its ridges separate the Jhelum basin from the Chenab and the hills of Jammu. A route through the Pir Panjal Pass linked Poonch with the valley; extended to Bhimber under the Kashmiri sultans, it was strengthened by Akbar after his conquest of Kashmir as an imperial road from Lahore.