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0276 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 276 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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Shálong, in Kámáon, Lat. 30°, Long. 80° . . . . . . . . . sha-slong. Tib.
"The place where the deer rise." Sha, a deer; slong, to rise.
Fine meadows, a likely place for deer, though now they are said to be scarcely ever
seen there.

Shamsabád, in Málva, Lat. 23°, Long. 78° . . . . . . . . . . . . شمس آباد Arab. Pers.
"Sun's town."
Anal. Shamsgárh, in Málva, Lat. 23°, Long. 77°.

Shamshirnágar, in Bahár, Lat. 25°, Long. 84° . . . . . . . . . . شمشیر نگر Pers. Hind.
"Shamshir's town." Shamshír, sword, is here a Persian personal name.

Shángshung, a district in Gnári Khórsum . . . . zhang-zhung. Tib.
This is an ancient name of the district of Gúge. If we are allowed to view Shang Shung
as a phonetic modification of Zhong Zhong, which is translated in Schmidt's "Dictionary,"
p. 494, by excavated, uneven, it might be connected with the deep cuttings and erosions of
the rivers, and translated by eroded country.

Shárba Tso, a lake in Bálti, Lat. 35°, Long. 76° zhar-ba-mts'ho. Tib.
"The blind lake." Zhár-ba, blind; mts'ho, lake.
The blindness is referred to the form of an eye, sunk in and blind; the depression of
the lake, and its difference from its former level is here significantly alluded to.

Shayók, see Tsangbochú.

Shergárh, in Bahár, Lat. 24°, Long. 83° . . . . . . . . . . . . . شیر گڑھ Pers. Hind.
"Sher's, or the lion's fort." In the Panjáb the word sher is also used for tiger. The
same name in Lat. 22°, Long. 76°, Lat. 26°, Long. 76°, Lat. 28°, Long. 79°.
Anal. Sher-khan-vála, in the Panjáb, Lat. 30°, Long. 74°; Sher-kót, in Hindostán, Lat. 24°,
Long. 84°; another modification of this name is Sher-ghátti, in Bahár, Lat. 24°, Long. 84°;
Shér-pur, in Bahár, Lat. 25°, Long. 83°.

Shibgánj, in Bengál, Lat. 24°, Long. 88° . . . . . . . . شب گنج शिवगञ्ज Beng.
"Siva's market."
Anal. Shíbpur, in Bengál, Lat. 21°, Long. 87°.

Shikárpur, also Shikáripur, in Maissúr, Lat. 14°, Long. 75° شکاری پور Pers. Hind.
"Hunter's town." The same name in Lat. 14°, Long. 75°, Lat. 18°, Long. 74°, Lat. 26°,
Long. 87°, Lat. 28°, Long. 78°, Lat. 29°, Long. 77°, &c.