SHORT HISTORY

In Himalaya mountains Rock salt started to form many miiion years ago when the seas Dried up. Gradual evaporation, and the conditions prevailing the interior of the earth, resulted in the formation of crystalline structures which give salt rock its typical appearance. Himalayan salt crystals were discovered 320 b.c at the time of war between Alexander the great and an Indian kin (Raja Porus). Alexanders Horsemen found their houses licking the stones. This is how salt crystals were discovered. In this region salt mining was started from those time, this is the most important salt range in the world. It is used to be called planetarium museum because its Hundreds of million years old histoy marks till today. In 1849 the East India Company (British) started to Dig salt on scientist Bases. In 1872 a famous British mining engineer Dr. Warth started a project to dig directly into the salt mines which is still functional. Salt mining is continued deep to the 17th floor nearly 260 meters below.