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Southern Tibet : vol.1 |
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Fazl, ¹ although a Mohammedan, only used to drink Ganges water both at home
and while travelling.
To judge from the Ain-i-Akbari, Tibet was known and valued chiefly on
account of its products. »Although gold is imported into Hindustan, it is to be
found in abundance in the northern mountains of the country, as also in Tibet.
Gold may also be obtained by the Salóní-process from the sands of the Ganges
and Indus, and several other rivers, as most of the waters of this country are mixed
with gold: however, the labour and expense greatly exceed the profit.» ² Or when
it is said that merchants bring to court good horses from several different countries,
Kirgis, Tibet, and Kashmir amongst others. Or when the »katas» or Tibetan yak
is mentioned, »an animal of extraordinary appearance, occurring in the neighbour-
hood of Tibet and Kashmir».³
Akbar was told that »in Tibet there was even now a class of Lámahs, or
Mongolian devotees, and recluses, and hermits, that live two hundred years, and
more»,⁴ information that must have aroused the curiosity of the Emperor, who was
particularly interested in religion, not least in that of the Jesuit Fathers at Goa.
The following piece of hydrography is important; it occurs under the title
»Sábah of Láhor:⁵
»It has six principal rivers which all flow from the northern mountains. I. The Sutlej the
ancient name of which is Shattudar and whose source is in the Káhlór hills⁶ . . . it receives
the Biáh at the Bauh ferry.⁷ II. The Biáh (Bias) was anciently called Ripásha.⁸ Its source is
named Biahkund in the Kullu mountains in the vicinity of which the town of Sultánpúr stands
above the river. III. The Ravi, the ancient I'rawati, rises in the Bhádrál hills. Lahor the
capital, is situated on its banks. IV. The Chenáb, anciently Chandarbhága . . . V. The
Bihat,⁹ anciently called Bidasta, has its rise in a lake in the parganah of Vér in Kashmír, flows
through Srinagar and enters Hindustan . . . VI. The source of the Sindh (Indus) is placed by
some between Kashmír and Káshghar, while others locate it in China. It flows along the
borders of the Sawád territory . . . into Baluchistán.»¹⁰
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