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The Book Kingdom of Kasmira (Kashmir) has a special place, in that Kasmira was a vast lake and how the vast lake, called Satisar, over the millenniums transited into a Vale and human habitation. Earliest history of Kingdom of Kasmira starts around the Battle of Ten Kings, base of Mahabharata epic. It had a rudimentary Kingdom and hierarchy, which developed into a peculiar civilisation. It remained as Kingdom, barring some occasional decades. There have been periods of its being under suzerainty of Central Asian Tribes, and under rule of Afghans, Moghuls and Sikhs Its history cannot be detached from North-Western India, as it had roots as a Janapada (Kingdom). Not much was known, correctly, about the rulers of Kasmira (Kashmir) except mentioned in Rajatarangini. Later chronicles, also fell short of expectations. Over the centuries religious inclination of people vacillated between various shades of Brahmanism and with advent of Islam completely changed the demography of Kasmira. In recent past it had Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh and Jammu region as part of the Kingdom. Kingdom of Kasmira (Kashmir) a composite compendium of need to know of Kasmira (Kashmir) over the last over five millenniums.