JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



No. VI.— 1850. 



Report on the Valley of Spiti ; and facts collected with a view to a 

 future Revenue Settlement. — By Captain W. C. Hay, B. A., Assis~ 

 tant Commissioner, Kulu. 



Approaches to the country. — I gather from information that the 

 valley of Spiti is approachable from our own territories and Kunnawar, 

 by six different routes. 



First Pass. — First, and easiest, is through Kunnawar, via Shialkar, 

 over a low range of hills by the Kiagar pass to " Siimrah," the last 

 village in the Busahir territory, and thence across the Spiti river 

 to " Lari," the first village in Spiti. By this route you meet with 

 three mountain passes ; viz. the " Warang," between " Chuni" and 

 " Lupa" in Kunnawar, which is 13,000 feet high; the " Runang," 

 14,508 feet, between Kannar and Sungnam in Kunnawar; and the 

 "Hungriing," 14,837 feet, between " Sungnam" and " Hungo,"— and 

 have to cross the Spiti river which is not bridged ; rapid, and 3£ feet 

 of water. 



Second pass Mdnirang. — The second is over the " Mani" pass, 

 commonly called the "Manirang;" but "rang" merely signifies a 

 pass. The road to this is from " Sungnam" in Kunnawar, to 

 " Robak" where copper mines are worked by the Busahir Raja ; then 

 over the pass, which Captain Gerard, I think, calls 18,000 feet to 

 " Mani," a village in Spiti, and one march from Dankar, : this pass 



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