LIST OF PHOTOTYPES IN THE TEXT. 



Frontispiece. The Mahapanth; glacier of Kedarnath. 



Fig. i. Diagramatic section across the Himalayan ranges and the 

 Tibetan plateau . . 



„ 2. Dharma pass seen from near Dobali camping ground . 

 j, 3. Gau Mukh ; source of the Bhagirathi branch of the Ganges 

 „ 4. End-moraine of the Bambadhura glacier from the north 

 „ 5. Glacial deposit in the valley of the Dhauli Ganga near Ganes 

 Ganga ........ 



„ 6. Jessies Lakes in Hundes ..... 



„ 7. Glacial Lake at the foot of the Manirang pass, Spiti 



i, 8. Granite intrusions in hornblendic gneiss of the Shipki gorge 



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„ 9. Granite intrusions in haimantas ; Tuktung in the Lissar valley 44 



10. Contorted haimantas near Baling in the Lissar valley 



11. Valley of the Sirkia river in Hundes; cretaceous rocks 



12. Gorge of the Dhauli Ganga through the gneiss between Niti 

 and Gamsali ....... 



13. Gneiss gorge at Bampa camping ground . 

 „ 14. Folding of the haimantas in the valley of the Shanti stream 

 „ 15. Palaeozoic group of the*Kurkuti heights from MallaShilanch 



grazing grounds j . . . . . 



„ 16. Profile of the Niti pass ..... 

 j, 17. The Daldakharak from the Niti pass . 

 „ 18. Rhaetic section of the Shinki river, Hundes . . 



„ 19. Gorge in upper rhaetics, north of the Niti pass , 

 „ 20. Kurguthidhar glacier, south-west of Rimkin Paiar . 

 „ 21. Profile of the Kiangur pass .... 



„ 22. Do. Uttardhura pass .... 



u 23. View of the synclinal at the head of the Dhauli river, looking 



north-west 

 „ 24. Cliff opposite the Bambadhura glacier, left side of the Lissar 



valley ......... 



it 25. Flexures seen north of Thumka Gadh, looking north-west 



„ 26. The palaeozoic group, west of the Lebung glacier . 



„ 27. The Nilang peaks seen from the road between Pulamsumda 



and Sonam camping grounds; haimanta conglomerate and 



quartzites ......... 200 



„ 28. Contorted haimantas between Sonam and Angera camping 



grounds 201 



„ 29. Trias and carboniferous in the Hop Gadh, Hundes j looking 



north *•••*.... 204 



„ 30. Babeh glacier ......... 208 



„ 31. Folded trias beds, top of Manirang pass . , . .222 



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