SPITI  , an extensive See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• KANGRA

Kangra See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab, See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . See also:

• AREA

Area, 2155 sq. m.; the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (Igo') being only 3231, all Buddhists . It consists of an outlying Tibetan valley among the See also:

• EXTERNAL

external ranges of the Himalayas, which has a mean See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 12,981 ft. and contains on its See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders many peaks over 20,000 ft. and one in the See also:

• OUTER

outer Himalayas of 23,064 ft. in See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude . Spiti originally formed See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Ladakh, and came into the hands of the See also:

• BRITISH

British in 1846 . The See also:

• RIVER

river Spiti rises at the converging See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of the Kamzam and outer Himalayan ranges at a height of 20,073 ft., drains the whole valley of Spiti, and falls into the See also:

• SUTLEJ

Sutlej after a course of 120 M .