Beyond the Pir Panjal; life among the mountains and valleys of Kashmir . e fortunately hemade a good recovery. Six years passed before I had another opportunity ofattempting Mount Kotwal. In 1904 I started from thevillage of Boorphrar, 2 miles below Goond, in the Sindvalley; and under very favourable weather conditions Iclimbed 5000 feet on the first day and placed a small sheltertent in a rocky amphitheatre between the little snow-cappedsouth peak and the northern summit. Although mid-summer, the cold here was intense. Next day I achieved theascent with comparative ease, scrambling up the eas
Beyond the Pir Panjal; life among the mountains and valleys of Kashmir . e fortunately hemade a good recovery. Six years passed before I had another opportunity ofattempting Mount Kotwal. In 1904 I started from thevillage of Boorphrar, 2 miles below Goond, in the Sindvalley; and under very favourable weather conditions Iclimbed 5000 feet on the first day and placed a small sheltertent in a rocky amphitheatre between the little snow-cappedsouth peak and the northern summit. Although mid-summer, the cold here was intense. Next day I achieved theascent with comparative ease, scrambling up the easternarete. From the top there was a very striking view ofHaramouk. The old ruins of Nara Nag are about 6 miles up theWangat valley. On an eminence, at the mouth of a gorge,with the pine trees rising steeply behind and a torrent below,stands the chief temple on a beautifully moulded plinth 30feet square and 3 feet high. It is a massive square edificebuilt of blocks of granite. The walls, which are about 25 feetbroad, present on each face a rectangular gabled porch pro-. [G. Millais. 19. PAYECH TEMPLE. (One of the most perfect specimens of an ancient Hindu shrine.) To tnce p. 117. FROM SONAMARG TO GANGABAL 117 jecting out 3 feet from the surface. At the centre of this, oneach side of the building, and approached by two steps, is adoorway 10 feet high and 5 feet broad, with a massive squarestone architrave surmounted by a triangle containing asculptured trefoil which originally framed an image. Theprojecting porches each support a beautiful trefoil arch uponwhich a pointed gable rests. The four corners of the building are corniced above to adepth of 5 feet. The remains of a pyramidal stone roof stillexist and project as eaves a foot beyond the walls. Thetemple is about 30 feet high, and the pointed roof must havebrought its height up to about 50 feet. The main entrance is onthe east side, and evidently originally a massive flight of stepswith a wall on either side led up to it. Th
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