. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. , 1842. 2 vols.; Th. Thomson, Western Himal/iya and Thibet. London 18r)2 ; Sir , Ladnlc arul Surrouruling Countries. London 1854; the works ofH. VON ScHLAGiNTWEiT and the volume of F. Drev* already cited. Among more recent books,Kashmir by Sir Francis Younghusband is very valuable, the author being qualified not onlyby his long career as Resident but also by his travels in the most remote parts of the kingdom. See the itinerary m
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. , 1842. 2 vols.; Th. Thomson, Western Himal/iya and Thibet. London 18r)2 ; Sir , Ladnlc arul Surrouruling Countries. London 1854; the works ofH. VON ScHLAGiNTWEiT and the volume of F. Drev* already cited. Among more recent books,Kashmir by Sir Francis Younghusband is very valuable, the author being qualified not onlyby his long career as Resident but also by his travels in the most remote parts of the kingdom. See the itinerary map, From Kawal Pindi to the Baltoro Glacier. Kaslniiir. 45 range divides Kashmir from the Indus valley, beyond wliich lies theKarakoram lange.^ Therefore, in order to reach the latter fromSrinagar the Himalaya must first be crossed. The lowest pass in thewhole of this end of the chain is the Zoji La (11,230 feet), at the headof the Sind valley, north-east of Srinagar. Beyond the pass the Drasvalley leads down to the Indus. Next the Indus valley is followednorthward as far as Skardu. tlie capital of Baltistan. From Skardu the. SUSSKT OX THE route crosses the Indus and penetrates directly into the is the main route, which is open all the year round, with theexception of occasional short interruptions. Another route, about 50 miles shorter, crosses the Rajdiangan Passdirectly north of Srinagar, and by the valley of the Kishen Ganga reachesthe vast table-land of the Deosai, which is more than 30 miles wide, witha mean altitude of about 14,000 feet. Hence the route descends directly • OuiLHRMOD is mistaken when he says (Sir nwis dans VUivuilaya, etc., p. 47) that thetableland of is comprised between the Himalaya to the south and the Karakoram tothe north. Nor doe-s the Karakoram separate Kashmir from Tibet, as he seems to think, but inreality lies between Baltistan and Chinese Turkestan. 46 (Miapter III. to Skaidu. The Deosai plains, however, are not
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