National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books
|
|
Color Thumbnail -
Table of Contents -
Page Number -
Biliographic Information (Metadata) -
Caption -
Color Image -
Gray HighRes. Image -
Facing Pages -
Graphics -
| 0409 |
Southern Tibet : vol.2 |
Citation Information
OCR Text
sent to Shigatse. His object was to make a route survey along the Tsangpo as far
as possible. From Shigatse he was allowed to travel to Yamdok-tso, from where
he went northwards, and followed the river to Chetang. Further progress was,
however, said to be impossible without a strong body of men, and so he had to return
to Darjeeling viâ Gyangtse, Phari and the Chumbi valley, a route which had partly
been used by Turner in 1783.¹
In 1877 Lieutenant HARMAN sent a native explorer N—M—G, to Chetang
with instructions to explore the course of the Tsangpo as far downwards as possible.
He followed it eastwards about 30 miles. After a necessary detour he again struck
the river at Gyatsa-jong. About 30 miles below this place he crossed the river to
the right bank. The river was found to reach its most northern point near the
intersection of the meridian of 94° with the parallel of 30°. Then it turns due S.E.,
reaching Gya-la Sindong in 15 miles, beyond which place N—m—g was not able
to follow it.²
Sir HENRY YULE says in his historical note on The Tsangpo-Brahmaputra
problem: »Though the identity of this river (Brahmaputra) with the great river of
Central Tibet, the Yaru Tsangpu, has never yet been continously traced as a fact
of experience, every new piece of evidence brings us nearer to assurance of the
identity, and one might be justified in saying that no reasonable person now doubts
it.» Of d'Anville's and Klaproth's views he says: »It seems hardly worth while now
to slay this hypothesis, which was moribund before, but must be quite dead since
the report of N—m—g's exploration.»³
A new proof of the Tsangpo's continuation as the Brahmaputra was given by
the journey of J. F. NEEDHAM and MOLESWORTH, in December—January 1885—86,
when they followed the Brahmaputra and the Zayul-chu⁴ to Rima. As A— K— on
his way from Salwen to Sama did not cross any great river flowing southward,
and as the two Englishmen, on the Brahmaputra and its tributary, did not see
any river flowing southward, it was obvious and beyond doubt that the Tsangpo could
not be identical with the Irrawaddi, and that it could not possibly be anything else
1
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
18
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
30
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
41
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
51
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
62
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
73
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
83
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
95
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
109
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
121
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
132
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
144
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
155
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
167
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
177
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
187
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
198
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
209
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
223
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
237
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
249
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
259
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
269
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
279
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
289
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
305
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
323
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
334
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
345
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
356
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
367
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
381
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
393
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
403
.
407
408
409
410
411
.
.
.
415
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
428
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
445
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
461
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
473
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
487
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
503
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
517
.
.
.
.
|
.
532
Copyright (C) 2003-2026
National Institute of Informatics
and
The Toyo Bunko. All Rights Reserved.
