@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt2jcm1s.7, ISBN = {9780813123882}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jcm1s.7}, abstract = {The political geography of the Himalaya is contested in many places, with China asserting its claim over territory occupied by India and Bhutan, and India asserting its claim over territory occupied by Pakistan and vice versa. The boundary lines that appear on the maps in this atlas represent the most widely accepted designations of country borders; in some cases, again by convention, they appear as something other than a recognized boundary line (for example, the disputed boundary between Pakistan and India in Kashmir is depicted as a “line of control”). Such disagreements about boundary placements suggest the somewhat fluid nature}, bookauthor = {DAVID ZURICK and JULSUN PACHECO and Basanta Shrestha and Birendra Bajracharya}, booktitle = {Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya}, pages = {xv--xvi}, publisher = {University Press of Kentucky}, title = {Introduction}, year = {2006} }