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Page 96
... River , running from east to west . 99 Its northern boundary is the " Great Snowy Mountains as the main range of the Hindu Kush was happily designated by the early Buddhist pilgrims . On the east it is bounded by Hunza and the petty ...
... River , running from east to west . 99 Its northern boundary is the " Great Snowy Mountains as the main range of the Hindu Kush was happily designated by the early Buddhist pilgrims . On the east it is bounded by Hunza and the petty ...
Page 118
... river , into which flowed a stream that trickled at its bottom . The track zigzagged steeply down one wall of this ... Hunza and Puniali levies , who scaled the mountain heights to the right . At more than one other place I passed over ...
... river , into which flowed a stream that trickled at its bottom . The track zigzagged steeply down one wall of this ... Hunza and Puniali levies , who scaled the mountain heights to the right . At more than one other place I passed over ...
Page 158
... Hunza River— which runs down through the valley of that name from the watershed separating India from the Eastern Pamirs - and the Gilgit River , which flows in from the borders of Chitral on the west , receiving in its course ...
... Hunza River— which runs down through the valley of that name from the watershed separating India from the Eastern Pamirs - and the Gilgit River , which flows in from the borders of Chitral on the west , receiving in its course ...
Page 159
... River flows thirty miles lower down , rendered it the northern key of that mysterious mountain fastness , variously ... Hunza to Gurais , and from Chilas to Chitral , in later days it became the sport of warring tribes , being ...
... River flows thirty miles lower down , rendered it the northern key of that mysterious mountain fastness , variously ... Hunza to Gurais , and from Chilas to Chitral , in later days it became the sport of warring tribes , being ...
Page 173
... Hunza River , furrowing a rugged channel down the Hunza - Nagar Valley , opens up such a passage to the western extremity of the Mustagh or Ice - range - the physical prolongation of the Karakoram Mountains - which at this point ...
... Hunza River , furrowing a rugged channel down the Hunza - Nagar Valley , opens up such a passage to the western extremity of the Mustagh or Ice - range - the physical prolongation of the Karakoram Mountains - which at this point ...
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Abbot Aman-ul-Mulk amid Annamite Athos Baltit bank beautiful bridge British officers Buddha Captain Younghusband century chief China Chinese Chitral Colonel coloured contained Court crossed Curzon distance Dong Khanh Durbar Emperor English face famous Fath Ali Shah feet French frontier Gia Long Gilgit Gilgit River glaciers gorge Greek ground Haji Baba hand head Hegoumenos height hill Hindu Kush honour Hué Hunza Hunza River imperial Indian Government Kashmir Khan King later less Lord Mastuj Mehtar Meteora miles Minh Mang monastery monastic monks Morier mountain Nagar native never once palace Pamirs passed Persian polo polo ground prince Raja river rock rode rope royal Safdar scene seated seen Sher Afzul side Sikhs slopes Srinagar stands stone summit terrace tion tombs tower traveller Tu Duc Umra Khan valley Viceroy village walls wooden yards Yarkhun Yasin Yosemite