CONTENTS 



The Trans-Indus Salt Region in the Kohat District, ly A. B. 

 Wynne, f. g. s. l., Geological Survey of India, toith an Appendix on 

 the Kohat Mines, or Quarries, by H. Warth, ph. d., Inland 

 Customs Department. 



PART I. 



Introduction 



Chapter 1. — Previously published or written information 

 „ 2. — Plrysical Geography and Geology . . . 

 3.— Geology 



Rock-salt 

 Gypsum 

 Red-clay zone 

 Nummulitic series 

 Tertiary sandstones and clays 

 „ 4. — General considerations 



Page. 

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24 

 24 

 45 

 51 

 54 

 61 

 70 



PART II. 



Detailed Descriptions— 



Section 1. — Ground westward of Lachi ... ... ... 78 



„ 2. — The northern watershed of the Tiri Taui river-basin and 



hills from Murdan Khel, eastward by Drubbokus, nearly 



to the Indus ... ... ... ... 82 



„ 3. — The nummulitic ellipsoid from Manzulli to Banda, on the 



Kohat and Bannu road ... ... ... 101 



„ 4. — The ridge from Banda Serai to the Jatta ellipsoid ... 122 



„ 5 — The nummulitic ellipsoid of Jatta ... ... ... 126 



„ 6. — The imperfect ellipsoid of Saya (Malghin salt quarries) ... 133 

 „ 7. — The hilly ranges and neighbourhood from Bahadur Khel and 



Surdag country to Nandakki and Hokanni mountains ... 138 

 „ 8. — Economical resources ... ... ... ... 189 



PART III. 



Extracts from Appendix — 



On the economic aspect of the Trans-Indus Salt Region, by Dr. Warth... 195 



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