IIIF Color HighRes
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Citation Information
THE GURLA-MANDATA. 365
western side it is 5.2 km. to Camp CCVII, Chian-karpo, 5,133 m. high, or a descent of 146 m. and a rate of i :36. Pan. 269, Tab. 49, was sketched on Tamlung-la. It shows several of the high peaks to the S. E., south and S. W. more or less hidden by clouds. To the S. S. W. is Ganglung-gangri, interesting as being the place from which the Tage-tsangpo, or uppermost Satlej, has its source. To the west, a part of Gurla-mandata is in sight, and to the N. 77° W. is our road of the next day.
The first day's march within the drainage area of the Indus took us from Camp CCVII to Camp CC VIII, Tag-ramoche, 15.5 km. W. N. W., in the valley
of the Upper Tage-tsangpo. The fall was 185 m. and the rate i : 84. Pan. 2 7 5A and B, Tab. 5o, is drawn from the last-mentioned camp. It unrolls a series of high peaks to the south, Memo-gangri, Ganglung (or, better, Kang-lung), Hlalung, Dunchum Inc, Panglung, Panglung-chonga, and Dugri. The hill to the left or southern side of the valley of Tage-tsangpo is also called Dugri. Tage-bup with the road of our next day is the name of the valley of the last-mentioned river. To the N. W. is Chumik-ri, »the mountain of the spring », for at its base a spring crops up.
On 7uly 2Ist, we travelled 16 km. west to Camp CCIX, Tso-nyak, at an altitude of 4,84o m. being a fall of 1o8 m. and at a rate of 1 :148.
From a point near the above-mentioned spring Pan. 267, Tab. 49, represents
the appearance of the mountains at the left side of the Tage-tsangpo. Pan. 270, Tab. 50, is a narrow passage in the same valley with a part of the Gurla-mandata visible to the S. 71° W. Pan. 2 71 A and B, Tab. 50, is taken from the little secondary threshold, Holum-babsa. It is interesting in so far as it shows quite clearly for the first time the Gurla-mandata, the first glimpse of the Kailas and of the hills behind which the Sacred Lake is located. Tagdung, Sinchen, and Sinchung are mountains to the south. The highest peak of Gurla-mandala is visible to the S. 73° W. To the N. 83° W. not far away is a little conical hill. To the N. 7i° W. the guides show the nearest point of the sManasarovar. To the N. 37° W. is the Kang-rinpoclze or »Sacred Ice-Mount», i. e., Kailas. N. 25° W. is Mount Pachen and farther east some less important peaks.
On 7uly 22nd, the march goes north 9.3 km. to Camp CCX, Namarden, at an
altitude of 4,72o m., or 120 m. below the previous camp, the descent being at a rate of i : 77. Pan. 272, Tab. 5o, is drawn from the point where we crossed the Tage-tsangpo, and gives a perspective of the same valley by which we had travelled. Pan. 273, Tab. 50, shows a part of Gurla-mandata with some clouds. Pan. 274, Tab. 5o, is taken from a terrace just south of Namarden and shows to the N. N. E. some other lacustrine terraces. Pan. 2 7 8A and B , Tab. 51, shows to the S. 57° W. the Gurlamandata, to the N. N. W. the mountains to the east of Manasarovar, to the N. E.
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