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| Route XIV. Route from Karghalik viâ KHOTAN to Tankse.　Authority Captain Trotter from Pundit Kishen Singh. |
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Route XIV.
Route from Karglaalik via KHOTAN to Tankse.
.AUTHORITY CAPTAIN TROTTER FROM PUNDIT KISHEN SINGH.
| Number of stage. I | Names of stages. | Country or district. | Distance in miles. | REMARKS. |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | Karghalik to Yakin Langar. Chulak Langar ... Gûma (height 4,340 feet). Moji village (height 4,290 feet). Piâlma ... •.• Jawâ, or Ziwa Kûrghan (height 4,430 feet). Khotan City (Ilehi Shahr) (height 4,490 feet). Yurung Kash (height 4,370 feet) . Dol Langar (height 4,420 feet). Chira (height 4,220 feet). | Karghalik ... Gûma ... , Ditto ... Ditto ... Ditto ... Khotan .,. Ditto ... Ditto ... Ditto ... Ditto | 13 20 23 24 35i 25 20 32 13 35 | A small village of four or five houses only, country well cultivated. At four miles is the village of Besharik, and at eight miles Lob village. Cart road all the way. Yakin is a halting-place for traders. Water, fuel, and supplies plentiful. A small village of 10 houses. At four miles is Khush Guma. Country up to Khush Langar is cultivated, the Chulak Langar. Supplies plentiful. A small town and district with about 1,000 houses and a bazar of 300 shops. A Dadkwah or Governor and 200 sepoys are posted here. Two Langars or rest-houses are built on the road, viz., Silak Langar at 92 miles, and Hajif Langar at 14 miles. The Kilian river is crossed near Guma. Road runs over a sandy plain the whole way. A large village with a bazar. Road through a level culti- vated country. At three miles the dry bed of a branch of the Kilian river, about 200 paces broad : is crossed. Sûpf. Khajam village is 9 miles, Cholo village of 50 houses 10 miles ; Mukhila Langar at 11 miles; and the large village of Chuda at 19 miles. Road over a sandy plain. Fuel and pasture plentiful. A large village and bazar. At 22 miles is Kosha Langar; at 102 miles Kondla Langar; at 14 miles Jhanguia, a large place with a fort. The road from Sanju to Khotan joins at Jhanguia. The entire Jhanguia and Pialma. Water, fuel, and pasture plentiful. Road over sand hills all the way. Water scarce, to be had only at Ak Robat at 15 miles, from a deep pucka well ; again at Imam Salar's tomb and at Jawa Kurghin, a large village and bazar. Supplies plentiful. Road over a cultivated country thickly inhabited through- out. The Karakash river, about half a mile wide with several channels, is crossed at 14 miles. Khotan is a large town, where a Governor and several hundred sepoys are posted. Numerous canals from the Karakash river intersect a large area of country around Khotan. At a distance of 15 miles north-west is the large com• mercial town of Karakash. A large place of 500 shops. At 22 miles the river Yurung crossed The road for several weeks is flooded in hoi weather. Jade and gold are found up the stream. Road good, and rich cultivation all round. A large village of 150 houses. Excellent road, thicky inhabited, and rich cultivation all through the journey At 102 miles is Lob village and bazar of 50 shops. A town on the banks of a small stream with a bazar of 150 shops. Road as far as Ak Langar. The first 6 mile: over a sandy plain covered with jungle. Elman Bazai 10 miles; Beshtoghrak Langar at 15 miles ; Aism supplies. No cultivation except at Chira. |
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