Dear Members, Let me brief about the origin of Kas name. Kas village is few km ahead of Kas Plateau. The name of village comes from a tree Elaeocarpus glandulosus which is found in that region. Locally this tree is known as Kasa or Kasav (tortoise). Long vowels are phonetically written as Kás and not as 'Kaas'. The local names of Elaecarpus glandulosus are written in T. Cooke's flora as *Kásav, **Kásá*. It is possible that even IUCN may have spelled it as Kaas after various websites. 'Kas' may stand as 'odd man out' but websites need not be considered as authentic. Regards,
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 6:58:15 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > Thanks Shrikant ji for well illustrated introduction. This should help in > better understanding of the area. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Nidhan Singh > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Thanks for very beautiful introduction Shrikant Ji....hope we get a large >> number of uploads this coming week...I am also eager to see some landscapes >> from the area..besides having a deep desire to be physically there some >> day.. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Department of Botany >> I.B. (PG) College >> Panipat-132103 Haryana >> Ph.: 09416371227 >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > > --
