KANGRA KULU EPICENTRAL AREA. 67 



as well as to the area N. of the Dhauladhar, will b© found at pp, 



58 and 75. 



Naggar to Barwar Lake. 



During the 31st May and 1st June I marched back along the Beas 

 Boas valley below valley to Bajaura, finding nothing fresh to remark 

 Bajaara. on fae wav From Bajaura to Larji the route 



continues along the Beas valley. During the early part of the journey 

 and about 1 or 2 miles from the former place there is some massive 

 limestone of white, grey and sometimes pinkish colours on the right 

 bank of the river. After this come schists the whole way until 2 or 3 

 miles from Larji, when white and grey limestone or dolomite sets in. 

 This rock forms a narrow gorge for the Beas, and there are numerous 

 slips, which had temporarily blocked the road but which had since 

 been cleared away and a fair pony track made. The dip is steep, the 

 strike being generally along the course of the river. 



The damage done to buildings the whole way was not great, or an 



least very little was visible at the time of my visit. 

 ing8 Most of the houses of the hamlets along the valley 



were mud- walled and grass-roofed, low buildings, 

 which either had not suffered or had been rebuilt. On the distant 

 hill-slopes some of the timber-bonded stone buildings could be seen, 

 but rarely. On the whole this part of the route was sparsely inhabit* 

 ed. At one place, only, I noticed a house said to belong to the Rajah 

 of Mandi which had been considerably damaged, most of the roof 

 and some of the walls being destroyed, 



A little way below Larji the course of the Beas is deflected to the 



W. S. W. It ceases to occupy the wide strike 

 Larji. valleys and plunges by profound gorges transverse 



to the strike of the rocks and to the general run 

 of the main ranges. At the point of deflection, surrounded by 

 rugged precipices on all sides, the Sainj river meets it from the 

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