KANGRA-KULU JPICtfNTRAL AREA. 25 



The fall of the superstructure of slender pillars and cross appears 

 to have been somewhat irregular — 



1 pillar fell nearly N. 

 1 „ „ ,» E. 

 1 „ „ „ S. E. 

 1 „ „ „ W. S. W. 



The cross itself fell about S. E. by S. All the debris, however, was 

 much mixed up with that from the E. end of the church. 



The three-stepped stone platform of the tomb was fissured in N. 

 and S. lines both on the W. and E. sides, whilst en the S. side the 

 middle step had parted from the one below. The whole platform 

 some 12 feet across, seemed to have been buckled under a bending 

 strain. It was quite near to the edge of the ravine. 



The church, a solidly built structure of good dressed stone and lime 

 Dharmsala mortar, lies due E. — W. It is a complete ruin, such 



Church. walls as remain partially standing being fissured, 



bo that entire rebuilding will be necessary. The view (.pi. 10, fig. 1) 

 showing the church before the shock, 1 and that of the ruin (pi. 4, 

 fig. 2) will give an idea of the general effect of the shock. The tower 

 at the W. end had scattered its debris all round the base but chiefly 

 towards the south, where also the greatest breaking down had occurred 

 to the S. wall, whereas the N. wall up to the eaves, though fissured 

 was still standing at the time of my visit ( 16th April 1905 ), twelve 

 days after the earthquake. 



The heavy stone cross from the top of the east end of the church 

 had fallen almost 4ue S. (2 feet further east). Its horizontal projec- 

 tion was 374 feet, its vertical distance about 32 feet. The former 

 was directly measured with a tape, the latter was an estimate formed 

 from the approximate number ( 77 ) of the courses of stone of about 5 

 inches each. In the latter estimate the uppermost 10 or so courses 

 had to be guessed as they were not left in position. It will be noticed 

 that the greatest damage on the S. side of the church corresponds to 



1 1 am indebted to Mrs. Ballard of Palampur for this view. 



