The views are again magnificent, both across to Joshimath and south to the Indian plains.

However, Dragomirov's cavalry finds them, and takes them to their field headquarters on the Indian plains.

Temperatures in some parts of the Indian plains sometimes fall below freezing.

In 1901, the town had a population of 1720, which climbed up to 3700 in the summers, when the heat of the Indian plains became unbearable.

In the south, Jammu is a transition zone from the Indian plains to the Himalayas.

It rises spectacularly from the Indian plains to the north of Kangra and Mandi.

Consider the fate of the buffalo and the passenger pigeon, the Hun and the plains Indian.

These hardy birds migrate over the Himalayas to spend winter on the Indian plains and have been spotted flying at altitudes of 10, 000m.

We drive down the Kullu Valley and across the foothills to the Indian plains.

As the road climbs up to Darjeeling we gain impressive views back down to the Indian plains.