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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 945 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KULU , a subdivision of See also:

Kangra See also:district, See also:Punjab, See also:British See also:India, which nominally includes the two Himalayan cantons or waziris of Lahul and See also:Spiti. The tahsil of Kulu has an See also:area of 1054 sq. m., of which only 6o sq. m. are cultivated; pop. (1901), 68,954. The Sainj, which joins the See also:Beas at Largi, divides the See also:tract into two portions, Kulu proper and Soraj. Kulu proper, See also:north of the Sainj, together with inner Soraj, forms a See also:great See also:basin or depression in the midst of the Himalayan See also:system, having the narrow See also:gorge of the Beas at Largi as the only outlet for its See also:waters. North and See also:east the Bara Bangahal and See also:mid-Himalayan ranges rise to a mean See also:elevation of 18,000 ft., while southward the Jalori and Dhaoladhar ridges attain a height of 11,0Oo ft. Ther,higher villages stand 9000 ft. above the See also:sea; and even the cultivated tracts have probably an See also:average elevation of 5000 ft. The houses consist of four-storeyed chalets in little See also:groups, huddled closely together on the ledges or slopes of the valleys, picturesquely built with projecting See also:eaves and carved wooden verandas. The Beas, which, with its tributaries, drains the entire basin, rises at the See also:crest of *the Rohtang pass, 13,326 ft. above the sea, and has an average fall of 125 ft. per mile. Its course presents a See also:succession of magnificent scenery, including cataracts, See also:gorges, precipitous cliffs, and mountains clad with forests of deodar, towering above the tiers of See also:pine on the See also:lower rocky ledges. It is crossed by several suspension See also:bridges. Great See also:mineral See also:wealth exists, but the difficulty of transport and labour prevents its development.

Hot springs occur at three localities, much resorted to as places of See also:

pilgrimage. The See also:character of the hillmen resembles that of most other mountaineers in its mixture of simplicity, See also:independence and superstition. Tibetan See also:polyandry still prevails in Soraj, but has almost died out elsewhere. The temples are dedicated rather to See also:local deities than to the greater gods of the See also:Hindu See also:pantheon. Kulu is an See also:ancient See also:Rajput principality, which was conquered by Ranjit Singh about 1812. Its hereditary ruler, with the See also:title of rai, is now recognized by the British See also:government as jagirdar of Rupi.

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