Thanks Shrikant ji for sharing this useful information. Regards Prashant On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:56 AM, shrikant ingalhalikar < [email protected]> wrote:
> Some more info on Kas. Regards > > On Saturday, September 22, 2012 11:27:02 AM UTC+5:30, shrikant > ingalhalikar wrote: >> >> Dear Members, >> I am posting a check list of 175 plants found at Kas. Any additions to >> this list are welcome. Regards, >> >> On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:20:03 AM UTC+5:30, Prashant wrote: >> >>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <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 Kásand >>>>> 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/~**singhg**45/<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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- > > > > --
