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English: Identifier: transhimalayadis02hedi
Title: Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., ltd. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ns supposed that we were allmaking for the same destination by different routes, andthat I should join Guffaru in Gartok and continue myjourney to Ladak, as directed on the passport. With Robert, Rabsang, and two Tibetans I now ridedown the Tokchen valley and up over the hills to thesouth-west. To the right of our route the turquoise-bluesurface of the holy lake is displayed ; how beautiful, howfascinating is the scene! One seems to breathe morefreely and easily, one feels a pleasure in life, one longs tovoyage over the blue depths and the sacred waves. ForManasarowar is the holiest and most famous of all thelakes of the world, the goal of the pilgrimage of innumer-able pious Hindus, a lake celebrated in the most ancientreligious hymns and songs, and in its clear waters theashes of Hindus find a grave as desirable and honouredas in the turbid waters of the Ganges. During my stayin India I received letters from Hindus in which theyasked me to explore the revered lake and the holy moun- Text Appearing After Image: 246. Tibetans on the Bank of the Soma-tsangpo. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |
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