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0145 Southern Tibet : vol.1
Southern Tibet : vol.1 / Page 145 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000263
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One gets the impression that the author of this map has not known of nor believed
in the maps drawn by order of the great Manchu emperors.
The same view regarding Klaproth's source of the Tsangpo was communicated
already a few years earlier¹ and then taken from an article in the Magasin Asiatique.
It begins: «Le Dzang bou ou Yarou Dzangbo Tchou (Tsanpou et Sanpou) prend
son origine à l'est de la haute chaîne neigeuse appelée en tubetin Gandis-ri, et
Kailasa par les Hindous. Ses sources se trouvent dans le flanc de la montagne
Lang tsian kabab (bouche de l'élephant).» Only the latter half of the statement is
correct, for Langchen-kabab is situated at the southern side of the valley.