Identifier: handbooktravelle00john Title: A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: John Murray (Firm) Subjects: India -- Guidebooks Burma -- Guidebooks Sri Lanka -- Guidebooks Publisher: London : J. Murray Calcutta : Thacker, Spink, & Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: a District, passes through very pretty country to Nurpur and Shah-pur, and then ascends considerably to the lower station, 4560 ft., where the small Goorkha cantonment of Bhagsu is situated. The higher station lies 3000 to 4000 ft. above this, in the midst of fine forest trees and over-shadowed by the great rock wall of the Daola Dhar, which rises to 16,000 ft.In the centre of it is the church, and in the churchyard is the tomb of Earl Elgin, Viceroy, 1S62-63, who died here, at the end of a tour in Kulu. The station and Kangra, 15 m. S., suffered terribly in the earthquake of 1903. Kangra, formerly known as NagarKot (2500 ft.), is picturesquely situated on a bold rocky promontory betweentwo rivers ; the old temples in it were ruined by the earthquake. It was captured, and an enormous spoil was taken, by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1008 A.D. Some 21 m. S.E. of Dharmsalah is the pretty little settlement of Palampur, the centre of the Kangra tea plantations of 10,000 acres. LAHORE AND ENVIRONS Coaliaiicd on Imet Map

Text Appearing After Image: Loodaii. Jolui MiirPAy; .Albenutrlp 5tT«< ROUTE 15. LAHORE 229 9 m. E. again are the interesting temples of Baijnath—see i. 300, of Fergussons Indian Architecture —and from here a road, dividing at the next stage, Jatingri, leads to Sultanpurin Kullu, 80 m. from Dharmsalah(p. 219), by either the Dulchi(7000 ft.) or Babbu pass (10,000 ft.),with a D.B. at each stage: the former joins the road from Simla at Bajaora. The shooting round Kulu is excellent—full details will be found in Colonel Tyackes little Sports7nansManual in Kulu, I.ahaul, and Spiti,21 m. S.E. of Kangra is the famous temple of Joalla Mukhi picturesquely built up against a rocky cliff, from a cleft in which an inflammable gas issues. This was once one of the most popular Hindu shrines in allN. India, and the autumn fair is still sometimes attended by 50,000 people. 346 m. Lahore Cantonment E.,formerly Meean Meer, station. 349 m. LAHORE junction station *(R. good). Lines run N.W. toRawal Pindi and Peshawar, and S.W.through Si

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