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0175 Southern Tibet : vol.2
Southern Tibet : vol.2 / Page 175 (Color Image)

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natives simply and truly told him the Langchen-kamba came from the Manasarovar
or rather that the river had its source in the great rocks east of the monastery of
Chugo-gompa. And so it is in reality, for here they must have meant Tugu-gompa
as there is no Chugo-gompa on the north-eastern side of Kailas, nor any other
gompa at all. I never heard the Tibetans ever suggest that the Satlej should come
from Kailas and I think the Japanese priest has misunderstood his informants. They
are much too simple and natural for such extraordinary fantasies. He goes so far
as to tell the Tibetans their lake has no outlet at all. But, as I said before, if his
map is correct, he has never even touched the neck of land between the lakes. He
only »discovered« that the western lake was higher than the eastern.¹