KANGRA KULU EPICENTRAL AREA. 49 



Kangra Valley. Considering the way all the rocks of the Himalaya 

 generally, especially near the main-boundary fault, have been packed 

 up and slipped over each other by thrust planes, one can quite legiti- 

 mately speculate on there being repetitions of the salt-bearing beds 

 below the present surface. Whether such could in any way have 

 been implicated in the chief or contributary conditions which deter- 

 mined the sudden snap or movement at great depths which caused 

 the earthquake, is, however, a question one cannot very well discuss. 

 It is noticeable that the salt-bearing area at the surface is very nearly 

 centrally disposed across the middle of the Kangra-Kulu epicentral 

 area. 



The presence of salt-bearing beds jn other parts of the Kangra- 

 Ix . Kulu epicentral area is indicated bv saline springs, 



Salt springs near r J r ° 



Jawalamukhi, and as for instance in the neighbourhood of Jawala- 

 in Klllu - mukhi, where such occur at intervals extending 



over some 30 miles. They are 6 in number and issue from the 

 southern base of the range of hills known by the name of Jawala- 

 mukhi. They contain from 2*20 to 2*63 per cent, of mineral matter, 

 chiefly common salt and iodide of potassium. 1 There are also saline 

 springs situated 1 mile N. N. W. of Larji, and under Girauli trigono- 

 metrical station in Kulu. Of the latter Calvert says : 2 " further, near 

 Barogi village the mountain is said to be all rock salt." 



Mandi. 



Mandi lies in the valley of the Beas R. at its junction with the 

 Suketi Khad; not far from where the former emerging 'rom its gorges 

 in Kulu crosses the main- boundary fault and then turns north. The 

 town is situated on a plateau of gravels, partially covering Nahan 

 sandstone, which latter strikes N. and S. The plateau is elevated 



1 Gazetteer of KangTa District, Vol. I, pp. 22—24, quoting Punjab Pro! nets. 

 * Kulu, the Silver Country, by Join Calvert. 



