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0227 Southern Tibet : vol.4
Southern Tibet : vol.4 / Page 227 (Color Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000263
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that has two names: Nirgen-tso or Kogon-tso. 19. Shalung-sherma, a valley.
20. Tok-jalung, or, Chok-jalung, as they pronounced this name.
From Tok-jalung a road was said to proceed to the Indus by: 1. Kunnö-
lungche, a valley. 2. Nara-mikchen, a valley. 3. Sampuk-samdo, a brook. 4. Singi-
sangbo, or rather Singi-tsangpo, the Indus.
Our two Tibetans assured us that the names mentioned were the only ones
they knew, though it is more likely that men of their age knew many hundreds of
names, as every valley in the regions where they are accustomed to wander about
has its own name. Though, of course, it is easier to remember the names when
travelling along the road, than to keep them in memory also at a distance.