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CHAPTER II
GENERAL INFORMATION
Before the construction of the Rajputānā-Mālvā Railway, there were two chief passes for going up the Mount, one from the west from the village of Aṇādara, the other from the eastern slope, from Chandravati-Kharāḍī. The ruins of Chandrāvatī are only a few miles southward of Kharāḍī or Abu-Road station and are reached by a cartroad. Chandrāvatī being an ancient important city, this road must have been more known from Chandrāvatī rather than as Kharāḍī-route. The Aṇādara-route was equally well-known, Aṇādarā being an old site in the Sirohi State which was on the main route to Ahmedabad from Āgrā via Jaipur, Ajmer, Beawar, Eraṇapura, Sirohi and DeesaCamp.
Even today, in spite of the new bus-road from Kharāḍī, the Aṇādara road is easier for villagers nearby and they still climb the hill with milk, ghee, vegetables etc. for sale in the Abu-Camp market. From Aṇādara village, walking eastward on a Kachcha-road for about a mile and a half, one reaches the Dak Bungalow (erected by the old Sirohi State). The foot of the mount is reached by a further half-a-mile walk. Then an ascent of three miles on a Kachcha winding cart-road brings one to the plateau of the mountain. On this pass, near the milestone indicating 3 miles, there is a free water-shed. By the road side are a few huts of Bhills. The whole ascent shows delightful natural scenery, with the valleys, streams and a thick growth of trees all around. A further walk of a mile takes one to the Abu-Camp, or a two-miles walk to the Delvāḍā village,
| SR No. | 023259 |
| Book Title | Holy Abu |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Jayantvijay |
| Publisher | Yashovijay Jain Granthmala |
| Publication Year | 1954 |
| Total Pages | 380 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 14 MB |