The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and KashmirDouie, James McCrone, Sir
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The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir
Douie, James McCrone, Sir
India -- Description and travel; Jammu and Kashmir (India); North-west Frontier Province (Pakistan); Punjab (India)
~Kalabagh~ (~Mianwali~), 32.6 N.--71.3 E. Population 6654. Picturesquely
situated below hills which are remarkable for the fantastic shapes
assumed by salt exposed on the surface. The Kalabagh salt is in favour
from its great purity. The Malik of Kalabagh is the leading man in the
Awan tribe.
~Katas~ (~Jhelam~), 32.4 N.--72.6 E. A sacred pool in the Salt Range and
a place of Hindu pilgrimage. The tears of Siva weeping for the loss of
his wife Sati formed the Kataksha pool in the Salt Range and Pushkar at
Ajmer.
~Khewra~ (~Jhelam~), 32.4 N.--73.3 E. In Salt Range five and a half
miles N.E. of Pinddadankhan. The famous Mayo Salt Mine is here.
~Malot~ (~Jhelam~), 32.4 N.--72.5 E. Nine miles W. of Katas (see above).
Fort and temple on a spur of the Salt Range. Temple in early Kashmir
style (_Archaeological Survey Reports_, Vol. v. pp. 85-90).
~Mankiala~ (~Manikyala~) (~Rawalpindi~), 33.3 N.--74.2 E. A little
village close to which are the remains of a great Buddhist _stupa_ and
of a number of monasteries (page 202).
~Murree~ (~Marri~) (~Rawalpindi~), 33.5 N.--73.2 E. Hill Station near
Kashmir road on a spur of the Himalaya--height 7517 feet--39 miles from
Rawalpindi, from which visitors are conveyed by tonga. The views from
Murree are magnificent and the neighbourhood of the Hazara Galis is an
attraction. But the climate is not really bracing. The summer
headquarters of the Northern Army are at Murree, and before 1876 the
Panjab Government spent the hot weather there. The Commissioner and
Deputy Commissioner of Rawalpindi take their work there for several
months.
~Murti~ (~Jhelam~), 32.4 N.--72.6 E. In Gandhala valley on bank of Katas
stream. Remains of a Buddhist _stupa_ and of a Jain temple.
(_Archaeological Survey Reports_, Vol. II. pp. 88 and 90.)
~Rawalpindi~, 33.4 N.--73.7 E. Headquarters of district and division,
and the most important cantonment in Northern India. Population 86,483,
of which 39,841 in Cantonment. It owes its importance entirely to
British rule. Large carrying trade with Kashmir. Contains the N.W.
Railway Locomotive and Carriage works and several private factories,
also a branch of the Murree brewery. There is an important arsenal. The
Park, left fortunately mainly in its natural state, is an attractive
feature of the cantonment.
~Rohtas~ (~Jhelam~), 32.6 N.--73.5 E. Ten miles N.W. of Jhelam on the
far side of the gorge where the Kaha torrent breaks through a spur of
the Tilla Range. Fine remains of a very large fort built by the Emperor
Sher Shah Suri.
~Sakesar~ (~Shahpur~), 31.3 N.--71.6 E. Highest point of Salt Range,
5010 feet above sea level. The Deputy Commissioners of Shahpur,
Mianwali, and Attock spend part of the hot weather at Sakesar.
~Shahdheri~ (~Rawalpindi~), 33.2 N.--72.5 E. On the Hazara border and
near the Margalla Pass. Site of the famous city of Taxila (Takshasila).
See pages 161, 165, and 204. Excavation is now being carried out with
interesting results.
~Taxila~. See Shahdheri.
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