Kulu : The End of the Habitable World

Some rubbing to ends of dust-jacket spine. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; x, 233, [1 (blank)] pages + 39 illustrations on 16 plate leaves + double map with route coloured in red. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 136mm. "Kulu is an ancient Rajput kingdom in the Western Himalaya, and gives its name to the valley of the Beas River which rises in the Rohtang Pass [. . .] The backround of her journey, which started in Simla, was a scenic paradise, vying in beauty with the more famous Vale of Kashmir: high mountain passes, steep forested hillsides, river torrents and gorges, isolated villages, fertile river banks and always in the distance snow peaks of the Himalayan ranges." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Introduction; The Start; The Ani Valley; The Jalori Pass and Inner Saraj; A Devata Procession; We Reach the Kulu Valley; The Parbatti Valley; Waziri Rupi - The Upper Parbatti Valley; The Sacred Springs of Khirganga; Rejected by Jamlu; A Hill Princess; The Kulu Dussehra; Nagar; British Settlers in Kulu; The Donald Sisters' Narrative; Nicholas Roerich; From Nagar to Manali and Beyond; The Rohtang Pass; Retracing My Steps: the Bashleo Pass; The Last Lap; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Product Info

ISBN: 0719524318

ISBN-13: 9780719524318

Publisher: John Murray

Year: (1972)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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