The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, Through the Upper Valleys of the HimalaysG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1875 - 380 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 51–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... Government determined that Indian names should be spelt , at least in all official documents and publications , on one system . The system is based on the Jonesian - Wilsonian system of transliteration , as modified by the oriental ...
... Government determined that Indian names should be spelt , at least in all official documents and publications , on one system . The system is based on the Jonesian - Wilsonian system of transliteration , as modified by the oriental ...
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... Government's linguistic altar . As one of the first to do so in this country , I trust I may be excused if my steps have occasionally tripped . When publish- ing in the Magazine I used the word “ Himáliya , ” but that was only in order ...
... Government's linguistic altar . As one of the first to do so in this country , I trust I may be excused if my steps have occasionally tripped . When publish- ing in the Magazine I used the word “ Himáliya , ” but that was only in order ...
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... Government , and usually followed by Dr Keith Johnston in his valuable maps . That system partakes of the nature of a compromise , for accents are only used when specially necessary ; and in the lists drawn up by Dr W. W. Hunter they ...
... Government , and usually followed by Dr Keith Johnston in his valuable maps . That system partakes of the nature of a compromise , for accents are only used when specially necessary ; and in the lists drawn up by Dr W. W. Hunter they ...
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... Government interfered to prevent his publishing an account of it , drawn from the sworn depositions which had been made before him . It is right that the Angel of Mercy should bend over the well at Cawnpore , and flowers spring from the ...
... Government interfered to prevent his publishing an account of it , drawn from the sworn depositions which had been made before him . It is right that the Angel of Mercy should bend over the well at Cawnpore , and flowers spring from the ...
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... Government - a policy , however , which has been very much forced upon it from home - should allow the Nepalese to exclude English travellers from their territory , while at the same time we treat the former as friendly allies , and ...
... Government - a policy , however , which has been very much forced upon it from home - should allow the Nepalese to exclude English travellers from their territory , while at the same time we treat the former as friendly allies , and ...
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The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1886 |
The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1876 |
The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1876 |
Common terms and phrases
afford Afghan allow appearance beautiful bigarries Bombay bridge Bussahir camp carried Chinese Tibet Chota Khan cold coolies cross Dárjiling dark day's journey deodar descend elevated English European feet high glacier gorge Government granite ground height hills Himáliya Hindú Kúsh Hindústhan horse houses human immense India Indus jhúla Kafiristan Kailas Kashmir kind Kotgarh Kunáwar Kúng-ma Lahaul lake Lama Lassa Lío Porgyúl look Lord Lord Northbrook Masúri matter means miles Moravian morning mountains Nako Namgea Narbada native nearly névé night officers Pagell Pangay Panjáb pass path plains polyandry ponies precipices province range reach religion river road rock rope route scene season servants Shipki side Simla slopes snow snowy peaks Spiti Spiti pony Srinagar steep stones stream summit Súrú Sutlej valley Tartar tent Terai Tibetan Tibetan language Tibetan mastiffs tion traveller trees village wild wind yaks Yarkund Zanskar