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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 653 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KANGRA , a See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the See also:

JULLUNDUR, or JALANDHAR

Jullundur See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

PUNJAB

Punjab. The town, sometimes called Nagarkot, is situated 2409 ft. above the See also:

sea. Pop. (190t), 4746. The Katoch.rajas had a stronghold here, with a fort and See also:

rich temples. Mahmud of See also:

GHAZNI

Ghazni took the fort in 1009 and from one of the temples carried off a vast treasure. In 136o Kangra was again plundered, by Feroz Shah. The See also:

temple of Devi Bajreshri was one of the See also:

OLDEST

oldest and wealthiest in See also:

NORTHERN

northern India. It was destroyed, together with the fort and the town, by an See also:

EARTHQUAKE

earthquake on the 4th of See also:

APRIL

April 1905, when 1339 lives were lost in this See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place alone, and about 20,000 elsewhere. In 1855 the headquarters of the district were removed to the sanitarium of See also:

DHARMSALA

Dharmsala. The district of Kangra extends from the Jullundur See also:

DOAB

Doab far into the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern ranges of the See also:

HIMALAYA

Himalaya. Besides some See also:

RAJPUT

Rajput states, annexed after the See also:

SIKH

Sikh See also:

WARS

wars, it includes Lahul, See also:

SPITI

Spiti and See also:

KULU

Kulu, which are essentially Tibetan.

The See also:

BEAS

Beas is the only important See also:

RIVER

river. See also:

AREA

Area, 9978 sq. m., of which Kangra proper has only 2725. Pop. (r9o1), 768,124; See also:

AVERAGE

average See also:

DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)

density 77 persons per sq. M., but with only one See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person per sq. m. in Spiti.. See also:

TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

Tea cultivation was introduced into Kangra about r85o. The Palampur See also:

FAIR

fair, established by See also:

government with a view to fostering See also:

commerce with central See also:

ASIA

Asia, attracts a small concourse of Yarkandi merchants. The Lahulis carry on an enterprising See also:

trade with Ladakh and countries beyond the frontier, by means of See also:

pack See also:

sheep and goats. See also:

Rice, tea, potatoes, See also:

OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium, spices, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey are the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief exports. See Kangra District Gazetteer (See also:

LAHORE

Lahore, 1906).

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