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0191 Southern Tibet : vol.2
Southern Tibet : vol.2 / Page 191 (Color Image)

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long as this water is fresh, whether it will remain so for centuries or thousands of
years, and so long as there do not exist any positive proofs that the lakes have
been definitely cut off and have entered the same stage of their history as the Pang-
gong-tso and Tso-morari, they belong to the Satlej system.

Finally I will only quote Rawling's opinion as to the whereabouts of the source
of the Indus. The Pundit was only able to follow up the latter (the main branch)
for a few miles, so the actual whereabouts of the source of the Indus is still un-
known, though the natives assert that it rises from the northern slopes of Kailas
Parbat.ยน So great was still the uncertainty about the situation of the source of the
Indus only three years before my visit to the place.