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The Calcutta Review October 1896

1896

336) the points of origin of the Irawadi and the Salmis are determined With regard eri the latter river Prince Henri avers now that it is the continuation of " the Ur Chios of Tibet." If so what become.* of the mighty Grime Ngul china ? The truth is that the Ur Chilli is quite a minor affluent of the latter : it is the Gyms Haul Cbbu which developer into the Salwin."ITS COURSE FROM SOURCE TO OU [...] In this neighbourhood stands the lofty chhoten built by the engineer-saint T'ung-tong or T'anang ; and just below the apex of the river bend is the town of Ffints'o-ling with its fort and the large monastery of the heretical Jonangpa School built by the founder of the sect in the days of Kub-lai Khan. [...] Beyond the junction of the tributary from the south-east the main river for the space of eighty miles as far as the famous' Chaksam Chltuwori—the bridge near the mouth of the Lhásat river is at present unreported upon. [...] A village on the other side of the Tsangpo was conspicuous for the amazing depth in the valley at which it was seen from the /aptsc of Khamba La being surrounded by rugged and sombre mountains." The road to Lhasa from the Khamba La strikes the river some seven miles north of the foot of the Pass the point of contact being a little to the west of the mouth of the Kyi Chhu and this is where the [...] 95° 25.' From the observed run of the valley and the - lie of the misclouds above the conjectured bed othc river doubtless the turn of the river's course from east to south in order to cut through the last ranges of the Himalayas is very abrupt.
history
Pages
233
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i unknown view
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Art I—The Great River of Tibet: Its Course from Source to Out-Fall
217-240 Graham Sandberg view
Art II—The Civil Code of Zurich
241-257 H. A. D. Phillips view
Art III—Behind the Veil
258-267 H.G. Keeke view
Art IV—Eknath a Religious Teacher of the Deccan
268-283 Deenanath Ganguli view
Art V—Anquetil Du Person
284-305 H. Beveridge view
Art VI—Religion and Morality [The Contradictions of Empirical Morality
306-323 L. Tolstoi view
Art VII—Orignal Scientific Research in Bengal
324-366 Sarat Mitra view
Art VIII—Indian Universities—Actual and Ideal—II
367-387 H.R.J. view
Art IX—“John Jones Sebundy Corps.”
388-408 R.C. Temple view
The Quarter
409-419 J.W.F view
Summary of Annual Reports
420-428 unknown view
Critical Notices
xix-xxxiv unknown view

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