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0063 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 63 (Color Image)

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A *principal* stage (one day's march) is distinguished by the name's being printed in large italics.
The *intermediate* stages, viz. those best suited for an occasional encamping ground, or a halt for
breakfast, are printed in small italics.

**Route No. 1.**
From Adhbádri (Kámáon) to Kárnpreág (Gárhvál).

A principal route, passable for horses.

*Literature:* Hoffmeister's Briefe aus Indien, p. 205.—Tables
of Routes and Stages, p. 51.
*Maps:* Indian Atlas, sheet 66. — Strachey's Kámáon and
Gárhvál.

*Adhbádri,* 30° 9′; 79° 12′—Descend the Adhbádri
valley—*Cháudpur*—Cross the Pindari river.

*Kárnpreág,* 30° 16′; 79° 11′, on the confluence
of the Alaknánda and the Pindari rivers (level of
the confluence 2,560 ft.), 12 miles from Adhbádri.

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Route
from Adhbádri to Mási,
*see* **No. 136.**

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**Route No. 2.**
From Adhbádri (Kámáon) to Tsóbta (Gárhvál).

A secondary route, passable for horses.

*Literature:* Hoffmeister's Briefe aus Indien, pp. 205-9.
*Maps:* Hoffmeister's Profiles, Nos. 1—4.—Indian Atlas,
sheet 66—Strachey's Kámáon and Gárhvál.

*Adhbádri,* 30° 9′; 79° 12′—Cross a small pass
(from here to Kírsal the road is very bad).

*Kírsal*—Cross the Tillekhaníkhál and the Khon-
kalakháll passes—Steep descent (road bad).

*Dhánpur* (7,958 ft.); copper mines are close to
this village—Deóli—Sedóli—*Pádali*—Cross the
Alaknánda river by a sángha bridge (level of
the Alaknánda river 2,294 ft.).

*Bamóth,* on the right bank of the Alaknánda
river—Continue along the left bank of the
Kúngar river, an affluent of the Alaknánda
river—Cross a small nálah—Jángi—*Karchína*
—Cross a small nálah—Cross the Kúngar river
—Deúr—Cross the Kaprigánd nálah—Gódi-
math.

*Pókri;* copper mines are close to this village—
*Talakiára*—Kánta.

*Machkánda* (an easy stage)—Cross the Sihalekhál
and the Kalikháll, or Mákvakháll passes.

*Tsóbta,* 30° 27′; 79° 10′, a dharamsála (8,842 ft.).
No villages are met with between Machkánda
and Tsóbta. Tungnáth, a famous temple (9,989 ft.),
is only four miles distant from Tsóbta.

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Aknúr, routes to and from, *see*
Núrpur to Naushéra, **No. 160.**

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Route
from △ Aksáe Chin to the Karakorúm Pass,
*see* **No. 86.**