Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet
by W. H. Knight
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Nothing could exceed the beauty of the view as we approached our intended halting-place. Having crossed the torrent by a wooden bridge, the mountains we had been winding through showed out in all their grandeur, while above us, inaccessible peaks, with sharp and fanciful projections, nestled their mighty heads among the fleecy clouds, which hung about after the recent rains. Captain William Henry Knight journeyed through Kashmir and Tibet in 1860 in the company of another officer and a porter. Having spent a year and a half in India with his regiment, Captain Knight had managed to obtain a six...
Chapters (29)
- Preface.
- Illustrations.
- Erratum.
- Introduction.
- Part I. The Pleasures of the Plains.
- Part II. Cashmere.
- Part III. A Halt in the Valley.
- Part IV. Little Thibet.
- Part V. Ladak and the Monastery of Hemis.
- Part VI. A Retreat to the Valley.
- Part VII. Last Days of Travel.
- Route.
- The Religions of Cashmere and Thibet.
- Appendix A. The Temples of Cashmere.
- Takt I Sulíman.
- Pándrethán.
- Márttand.
- Extract from Vigne’s “Travels in Kashmír.”
- Appendix B. The Mystic Sentence of Thibet.
- Explication et origine de la formule bouddhique:—“Om mani padmè hoûm” Par M. Klaproth. “Nouveau Journal Asiatique.”
- Ûm Mani Panee.
- Appendix C. A Sketch of the History of Cashmere.
- Colophon
- Metadata
- Encoding
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
- Abbreviations
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