Table of Contents

Part I
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY & SOCIETY
People
Folklore
Village Life
Education
Roads
Political Administration
Social Traditions and Customs
Religion

Part II
TOURISM
Accommodation
Main Towns & Hill Stations
Mountaineering, Skiing, Fishing, River Running
Flora & Fauna
National Parks
TEMPLES
Temples in Garhwal & Kumaon
Access Routes by Transport

About the Author

K.P. Sharma was born in Garhwal and with a keen love of mountains, in 1959 he climbed Nandakot. His other mountaineering ventures have been to Annapurna III, Everest, Tharkot, Rathkong and Trishuli East. Between 1963 and 1970 he served in the Mountaineering Institutes at Darjeeling and Uttarkashi, and was secretary of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation.
In 1970 he joined a leading Indian travel agency and when Ladakh was opened to tourists in 1975 he organised the first tour to Ladakh led by Heinrich Harrer.