CONTENTS. 



Page. 



I. — Introductory 1 



II.— Stbatigbaphical — 



Metamorphic and Crystalline series . . . . . .11 



Khingil series ...... ... 21 



Kalu series ....... ... 23 



Hajigak limestone and hematite ..... .24 



Helmand series .... . . . 25 



Pusulina limestone series ........ 26 



Doab series ...... ... 28 



Saighan series .......... 30 



Red Grit series .......... 34 



Cretaceous system ......... 35 



Tertiary system ......... 37 



Pleistocene .......... 39 



III. — Descbiptive— 



The Kabul river-valley below Jalalabad . . 40 



The Siah Koh and neighbouring valleys . . . 41 



The Lataband and the Kabul Plain ...... 43 



Koh-i-Daman and Ghorband ..... . 46 



Bamian ........... 52 



Saighan and Kahmard . ...... 57 



Upper Helmand and Kabul valleys . . . . . .71 



IV. — Geological Histoet of Afghanistan 73 



V. — SUMMABY 80 



Bibliography ... 82 



Geographical Index .......... 85 



Index of Subjects 93 



