ABSTRACT

District Kangra lies in the hill country to the north of the Punjab plains (Map 1). It covers an area of 2,554 square miles and its predominantly Hindu population numbered just over one million at the 1961 census (Census of India, Paper No. 1,1963). 1 Location of Kangra District https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315017846/b162e1f9-623b-45de-bc9e-c21960ffe267/content/map1_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>