ISBN: 9781236471345

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 90 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 90 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: . . . of Pir Choki. This last, as will be shown hereafter, is rather doubtful, but as the Siwalik beds are many thousand feet thick (there can scarcely be much less than 7. 000 to 8, 000 feet exposed in the Nar i section), the Dadar beds might well underlie those of Pir Choki, where the whole thickness is not exposed, and yet belong to the Siwalik system. It is evident, however, that one of Mr. Griesbachs chief reasons for identifying the beds of Ghaziaband and Dadar with the Gaj of Sind, is the occurrence of gypsum in the former, and his belief that gaj is the Pushtu name for gypsum. 1 I suppose that he insists upon this Pushtu The Pushtu name for word under the impression that the Gaj beds were gypsum. hus named in consequence of their containing gypsum. This is not the case; the term, as has been, I think, distinctly stated, was derived from a river in Sind, and this river traverses a country where Pushtu is unknown. I have made enquiries from Europeans well acquainted with Baluchi and Sindhi, and also from natives, but all agree that the name of the river Gaj is of unknown signification. Moreover, so far as I could ascertain, gaj is not the Pushtu for gypsum, nor could I learn that any such word exists in Pushtu. 1 Thus he says (p. 19) of the DaVlar beds: The existence of numerous masses and irregular beds of gypsum (Puahtu: gaj) at once suggested the identification with Blanfords Gaj group. At page 21 and page 59 he repeats the statement that gaj is the Pushtu for gypsum. Rec. G. S. I. , Vol. IX, p. 9. Mem. G. S. I, Vol. XVII, p. 53. --Manual of Geology of India, p. 463. Two words were given to me by different people as the Pushtu for gypsum. Mr. Ingle, the Assistant Political Agent at Quetta, mndo enquiries amongst the native employes, . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<