BIRBAL SAHANI

The Himalayas always attracted Birbal Sahni. He undertook a number of visits and studied the Himalayan flora. He also made an extensive study of the Rajamahal Hills of Bihar. Examining the fossil plants of the Deccan Intertrappean he put forward the theory that the formation of that layer could not have taken place earlier than sixty-five million years.

From the nature of microfossils in the saline series of the Punjab Salt Range, he concluded that the age of the series could be fifty to sixty million years. His studies added to the knowledge of the formation of the Himalayas. He made a correlated study of some plants in Kashmir, Burma and Malaysia. On behalf of the Burma Oil Company Birbal Sahni undertook research on the microflora of the Assam region.

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