Thanks Shrikant ji for nice introduction of Kas. Regards Prashant On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > > > > --
