Seasonal movements of Bhotiya populations in Kumaon: 1. Movement of goods to intermediate bases 2. Advance pioneer parties to summer villages(April-May). 3. Goods to summer villages (May-June) 4. Traders to Tibet (July-August) 5. Families and flocks to upper valleys (June) 6. General descent (October) 7. Trading trips to plains (usually two trips Sept.-April) I,IV,XI - sites and months of fairs. Heights of passes in thousand feet (based on text of S.D. Pant. The Social Economy of the Himalayans, 1935). O.H.K. Spate. India and Pakistan. A General and Regional Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 1960.
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PP MS 19, 2 x 2 Slide Collection, Slide 46 |
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mid 20th century |
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