CONNECTING HISTORY AND TOURISM: ROLE OF THE HISTORY OF CHAMBA IN TOURISM OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Abstract

The historical evidences in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, in forms of art, carving and sculptures, describes it as one of the ancient human settlements of the state. Present paper seeks to analyze historical genres of art and literature so that more facts could be brought to the surface and various historical links behind these immense creations could be searched of. The paper also focuses on the need of ways and mechanism to unravel the intact domains of these places so that it could be opened for research and tourism industry to attract worldwide scholars and tourists.