Ancient Kullu

• Naming of Kullu
  • Kulanthpith: end of the habitable world
  • Kuluta: Vishnu Purana, Ramayana, Mahabharata (Hidimba Devi), Brihat samhita
  • Hiuen Tsiang (A.D.629-645) in 635 AD in Kullu and Spiti
    • Kiu-lu-to (Kullu) 800Km circumference and 197Km or 117 miles to the north-east of Jalandhar, 1000 Mahayana Buddhist
  • Gandharvo ka desh in Vedic Granth
  • Ratanbhadra named Kullu
• Dynasty of Kullu
  • Oldest is Kullu after Kashmir and Kangra
  • Initially Pal dynasty later changed to Singh dynasty
  • Influenced by: Suket, Mandi, Spiti, Lahaul, Bushahr and others