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0535 Southern Tibet : vol.3
Southern Tibet : vol.3 / Page 535 (Color Image)

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of old camps, probably rather from caravans than from nomads. About Camp 385
several travelling parties were seen, and at Camp 387, 4 tents. In the Gyäbuk valley
and its tributaries 10 tents were pitched, and on the western plains of Raga-tasam
5 tents. At Semoku were 10 tents and one stone hut.
Some nomads at Chunit-tso pointed to the east, where the country appeared
to be comparatively low and easy, saying this was the nearest and most convenient
way to Lhasa. As I was to find out later on, the road to Teri-nam-tso is in fact
convenient; farther eastwards it proceeds to Penla-buk, Shansa-dsong, Guring-la
and Lhasa. The natives of Monlam-kongma asserted that no other road existed to
Tradum, Saka and Raga, except that over Samye-la, information which seemed to
indicate that the height of the Lunkar-Lunpo range must be considerable in this
region. Southwards from Samye-la the road, therefore, was said to divide into three
branches: 1) to Tradum 7 days; 2) to Saka 8 days, and 3) to Raga 6 days.
North-westwards these nomads knew of only three important roads, namely, to Gertse,
Senkor and Semnit. The nomads of Bupyung-ring also asserted that from there no
direct road to Tradum went over the Lunpo-gangri. Later on we found out that
from the valley of the lower Buptsang-tsangpo several roads cross the Lunkar range.
The chief road to Tabie-tsaka crosses the Samye-la.
The district round Camp 351 is called Kemar, Bongba-kemar or Kemar-
denang. The country south of Dung-la belongs to Bongba-kebyang.