Kalsi

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kalsi

Town in the Chakrata tahsil of Dehra Dun District, United Provinces, situated in 30 degree 32' N. and 77 degree 51' E., close to the confluence of the Jumna and the Tons, on the military road from Saharanpur to Chakrata, 52 miles from the former and 25 miles from the latter. Three miles away the road crosses the Jumna by an iron girder-bridge. Population (1901), 760. The place has declined owing to the transfer of the tahsil head-quarters to Chakrata. Kalsi is administered under Act XX of 1856, the annual income and expenditure amounting to Rs. 300 or Rs. 400. It is chiefly remarkable for a large quartz boulder in the neighbourhood on which are sculptured the celebrated edicts of Asoka ; one of these gives the names of contemporary kings in Western Asia, Greece, and Egypt .