▁have ▁been ▁'' ind ivid ually ▁gentle ▁and ▁intellig ent , ▁as ▁a ▁body ▁they ▁were ▁cruel ▁and ▁opp ress ive . '' ▁Sch olar ▁A yes ha ▁J al al ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁Mah ar aj ah s ▁n urt ured ▁t ies ▁with ▁K ash mi ri ▁P and its ▁and ▁their ▁Dog ra ▁k ins folk ▁in ▁Jam mu ▁to ▁tr ample ▁on ▁the ▁rights ▁of ▁their ▁subjects . ▁Christopher ▁S ned den ▁also ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁K ash mi ri ▁Muslim s ▁were ▁often ▁explo ited ▁by ▁the ▁K ash mi ri ▁P and it ▁officials . ▁ ▁Wing ate ▁and ▁Lawrence ▁spent ▁many ▁months ▁in ▁the ▁rural ▁hinter land ▁of ▁K ash mir ▁and ▁in ▁an ▁un pre ced ented ▁manner ▁brought ▁to ▁the ▁fore ▁the ▁t ensions ▁that ▁under lay ▁K ash mi ri ▁society ▁between ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁the ▁H indu ▁P and it ▁community ▁and ▁the ▁numer ically ▁pre ponder ant ▁K ash mi ri ▁Muslim ▁cultiv ators . ▁However , ▁while ▁both ▁acknowled ged ▁the ▁opp ression ▁of ▁K ash mi ri ▁Muslim s , ▁the ▁solutions ▁offered ▁by ▁Lawrence ▁and ▁Wing ate ▁differ ed ▁from ▁each ▁other . ▁While ▁both ▁acknowled ged ▁the ▁responsibility ▁of ▁the ▁K ash mi ri ▁P and it ▁community ▁in ▁ex ac erb ating ▁the ▁situation ▁of ▁the ▁Muslim ▁cultiv ating ▁classes , ▁Wing ate ▁was ▁far ▁more ▁un comp rom ising ▁in ▁demand ing ▁that ▁the ▁privileges ▁of ▁the ▁P and it ▁community ▁be ▁elimin ated .