National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

> > > >
Color New!IIIF Color HighRes Gray HighRes PDF   Japanese English
0143 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 / Page 143 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

New!Citation Information

doi: 10.20676/00000041
Citation Format: Chicago | APA | Harvard | IEEE

OCR Text

Route
from Símla to Skárdo:
by Nagkánda, Sultánpur, Jágatsúk, Kóksar,
Kárdong, Dárche, Pádum, Kárbu, Kárgil,
and Kiris (see Nos. 191, 149, 213, 75, 113,
91, 55, 165, 90, 95, and 110).

Route
from Símla to Srinágár:
by Biláspur, Nadáun, Kángra, Núrpur, and
Naushéra (see Nos. 189, 30, 146, 85, 160,
and 151).

Route No. 193.
From Símla (Simla) to Súni (Simla).

A secondary route, passable for horses. A good
made road.

Maps: Indian Atlas, sheet 47 (second edition).

Simla, 31° 6′·2; 77° 9′·43; 7,156 ft. (church);
hotel and club—Bháunt—Bágora—Púnaha—
Bánili.

Basántpur—Descend to the Sátlej river—Con-
tinue along its left bank.

Súni, 31° 15′; 77° 8′; 2,318 ft., near the left
bank of the Sátlej river, with hot springs close
to the river (level of the river 2,127 ft.).

Route
from Símla to Tikár.
see No. 225.

Route No. 194.
From Skárdo (Bálti) to Dás, or Tang (Hasóra).

A secondary route, passable for horses.

Skárdo, 35° 20′·2; 75° 44′·0⌗, on the left
bank of the Indus river (level of the river
7,255 ft.)—Nagolisbáng—Bong La—Sátpáir Tso.

△ Rúba Chúmik — △ Cho Cho Chúmik
(12,738 ft.)—△Cho Cho Bránsa—△Tangtáng—
△Kichát — △Balkórdoa — △Pálsum.

△ Búkhmo — Cross the Búrze La pass
(15,766 ft.) to the plateau of Deosái 14,200 ft.

△ Alimáli Mat (13,421 ft.), on the plateau
of Deosái—Cross the Langmalúng river—△Piá-
lung—Cross the Shamoskit pass (easy)—Cross
the Cherchórri pass.

△ Gyálzering Mat (13,175 ft.), in the upper
part of the Daskérim valley.

Dás, or Tang, 35° 2′; 75° 4′; 10,794 ft., the
highest village in the Daskérim valley.

Route No. 195.
From Skárdo (Bálti) to Gilgit (Gilgit).

There are two different routes: the one leading
down the Indus valley by Róyul and Bónji; but this
is a very difficult one, extremely rocky and quite im-
passable for horses: the other by Shígar and Chutrón.

A.

Skárdo to Gilgit, by Shígar and Chutrón.

Skárdo, 35° 20′·2; 75° 44′·0⌗, on the left bank
of the Indus river (level of the river 7,255 ft.).

Camp.

Shígar, }
Yuskil, } see p. 8.

Chutrón (8,060 ft.)—Cross the Chóltor La pass
(very easy; no glacier).

△ Matontóro, on a river which flows down
to Básha—Cross the Gántos La pass (easy; no