Thanks Shrikant ji I have posted a separate mail designating the week as "Kas Week". That should be OK for the sake of uniformity.
-- 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 8:41 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected] > wrote: > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>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 >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- > > > > --
