KANGRA-KULU EPI CENTRAL AREA. 



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Much of the relative))? severe damage done to Mandi was due to 

 the use of very heavy slates, and to the mixture or water -worn 

 boulders in the walls- 

 Mr. Millar's house, double-storied and lying approximately N. -and 



Sj that is, along the valley, had its end walls most 

 Mr. Millar's- house. j -, - „ ,, _. _„ -'2-' 



"amaged, especially at the S. W. and N. E. corners. 



The suspension bridge at Mandi across the river, a' fine structure- 

 built in 1877 by Rajah Bige Ben, was intact, and bad not sutlered 

 more than a good shaking. The towers, however, rising 25 ft. high 

 above the roadway, and 50 ft. above the river-level, were furnished 

 with 4 flying turrets one at each corner, each finishing in a pinnacle . 

 The top conical stones of these pinnacles had been shifted horizontally 

 along the rest of the pinnacle without falling, in the manner shown in 

 the sketch and plan below, which represents the northern tower. (Figs. 

 17 and 18.) 



Fig. 17. —View from N. W. 



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