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0126 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 / Page 126 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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NAU—NÉL: ROUTES 151-153.

Route No 151.

From NAUSHÉRA (Rajäuri) to SRINIGAR (Kashmir).

A principal route, passable for horses.

Literature: Year-book of the Pänjâb for 1854, part 1V., p. 244, and for 1855, part IV., p. 244.

Maps: Cunningham's Pänjâb and Western Himalaya.—Waugh and Thuillier's Pänjâb and adjoining countries.

Na u s h é r a, 33° 7'; 74° 12'—Inayatpdra—Pat6ra. G'h a ng i z Sa r diPass several villages. Rajduri (3,035 ft.)—Soj—Pir6t.

Thdnna, on the southern foot of the Ratan Pir pass—Cross the Ratan Pir pass.

B ara mg cilla (5,880 ft.)—Chandemârg.

Po shd na (8,046 ft.), on the western foot of the Pir Panjâl pass—Cross the Pir Panjâl pass.

A l i a b d d, a sarâi (9,700 ft.) — Pass several villages.

Hi r a p u r, a sarâi—Pass through many villages. Shdpion (6,672 ft.)—Shah ki marg—Râmu. hdmpur Sardi—Pass several villages.

Srinagar, 34° 4'.6; 74° 48'.51; 5,146 ft., on the Jhelum river, the capital of Kashmir.

Route No. 152.

From NÉLONG (Gärhväl) to CHÂBRANG
(Gnäri Khdrsum).

A secondary route, passable for horses.

Maps: Cunningham's P;injab and Western Himalaya.— Waugh and Thuillier's Pânjäb and adjoining countries.

Nélong, 310 5'; 79° 0'; 11,350 ft., on the right bank of the Jahnâvi river (level of the river 11,201 ft.) — Confluence of the Yérla and Sangki6k rivers (11,691 ft.)—p Sonâm, or Guonâm (12,956 ft.)— p Chidma Gigi (13,265 ft.).

A Pûling Stint do (14,130 ft.). Road bad; a good march from Nélong — Cross the Sangkiôk, or Nélong pass (18,312 ft.; difficult at any time of the year).

A Gdhdpp (14,733 ft.)—pBûlla La (15,976 ft.) —Cross a small pass.

Pit l i ng (13,953 ft.), a small village — p Lémet.

Chdbrang, 31° 26'; 79' 22'; 15,588 ft., 1 mile S. of the Sâtlej river. Here is the summer residence of a Jhûngpun (Tibetan official). Road in parts quite level.

Route No. 153.

From NÉLONG (Gärhvâl) to CHÉTKUL (Gärhväl).

The route generally taken is that by Nlûkba

and across the Lâmba K.,ga pass (see Routes Nos. 145 and 143) ; there is also a direct route, although very rarely taken, viz.: —

Ascend from Nélong up the Tsoâr gad river; at

the third march from Nélong cross a difficult pass, to the E. of the Lâmba Kâga pass; the slopes of this pass lead direct to p Do Snmdo, and then in one long march to Chétkul (see Route No. 143, Mûkba to Chétkul). No villages are met with along this route, which is quite impassable for horses; even wood is exceedingly scarce.

Geographical co-ordinates

Nélong 31° 5'; 79° 0'; 11,350 ft. (level of the Jahnâvi river 11,201 ft.).

Chétkul 31° 20'; 78° 36'; 11,480 ft. (level of the Bâspa river 11,275 ft.).

Route

from NÉLONG to MtTKBA,
see No. 145.