Bangahal

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Bangahal

Canton of the Outer Himalayas in Kangra District, Punjab, lying between 32 15 and 32 29' N. and 76° 49' and 76 55' E., and separating Kangra proper from the outlying sub- division of Kulu. The Dhaola Dhar divides the canton into two main valleys, the northern of which is called Bara or Greater Bangahal, and the southern Chhota or Lesser Bangahal. The former, with an area of 290 square miles, contains but a single village, with a few Kanet families, 8,500 feet above sea-level.

The Ravi river has its source in this valley, and is a considerable stream before it issues into the State of Chamba, the mountains rising steeply from its banks into peaks of 17,000 and even 20,000 feet, covered with glaciers and perpetual snow. The lower ravines contain much pine forest, and the upper slopes afford grazing for large flocks. Chhota Bangahal is again divided by a range, 10,000 feet in height, into two glens. In the eastern, which contains eighteen scattered hamlets of Kanets and Daghis, rises the Ul river; and the western, known as Blr Bangahal, resembles the higher valleys of Kangra proper.