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0432 Southern Tibet : vol.1
Southern Tibet : vol.1 / Page 432 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000263
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ource of the Indus, though
sources of the Satlej and t
s the identity of the name
owing to the very meagre
erstand his mistake.
he opinion of the natives i
ap of the Lamas (d'Anville
tuated near lake Mapama,
va. It is called Tsanpou.
e of a great river running
hinoise, & le Brahmapoutr
euve.»
far, Anquetil du Perron g
t issues from Lake Lan
he will prove that the Ch
is, he proves that it is the
s responsible.
hows how and why the L
fficient to relate the way i
he conclusion: that the dis
s is nothing less than cert
, — or what they wished
f Tseringdondob cut sho
y observations on the plac
ne errors that made the r
du Perron's opinion is, t
no other authority than th
nap made on the place by
istake of Anquetil du Pe
to him by Tieffenthaler,
uits. And still he finds
in maps. The most import
Ganges issue from the Lank
lake. Instead of one mist
hat the exploring Lamas
tery at the southern shore
knew that pilgrims came