NOT A REPRINTThis is a reformatted edition of Alfred Harcourt's 1871 extensive report The Himalayan Districts of Kooloo, Lahoul and Spiti"the first systematic study of Kulu" - Neil F Howard "a mine of information about the [Kulu] area" - Penelope ChetwodeABOUT THE AUTHORColonel Harcourt, Alfred Frederick Pollock (1836-1910) was assistant commissioner of Kulu (then a subdivision of Kangra) from April 1869 to March 1871. As the civil administrator he prepared a detailed report on the subdivision which was well received by his superiors and published by the government as a book: The Himalayan Districts of Kooloo Lahoul and Spiti in 1871. Harcourt was the first man to study vamśāvalī (the genealogical roll) of the Kulu rajas and first to classify the temple architecture of the area.