Trans Himalaya Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet Volume 3 Vols. Set [Hardcover]

"My long journey backwards and forward over the Trans-Himalaya cannot be regarded as more that a cursory and defective reconnaissance of a country hitherto unknown. It is easier to go to Lhasa with a force armed to the teeth, and shoot down the Tibetans like pheasants if they stand in the way, than to cross Tibet in all direction for two long years with four governments and all the authorities of the land as opponents, twelve poor Ladakis as companions, and not a single man as escort. It is no merit of mine that I was long able to maintain a position which from the first seemed untenable. The same lucky star looked down, as often before, on my lonely course through vast Asia, since I first took up my pilgrim staff. “Go, then, out into the world thou ringing and sonorous name for one of the world’s mightiest mountain systems, and find thy way into geograp hical text-books and remind children in the schools of the snow-crowned summits on the Roof of the World, among which the monsoon storms have sung their deafening chorus since the beginning. As long as I live, my proudest memories-like royal eagles, will soar round the cold desolate crags of the Trans-Himalaya.” About The Author:- Sven Hedin’s journey through the Himalayas was on of the most hazardous but at the same time most fascinating exploration of his time. His three-volume reportage of the journey remains a classic of travel writing to this day. Besides writing, Hedin had meticulously drawn pictures of what he saw and encountered during his journey to Tibet, which again are classic works of art. This publication contains the entire travelogue of Hedin. With an entourage of helpers, Hedin set out to his destination-Lhasa. He began interestingly, from India. From Simla to Leh to Lhasa the caravan journeyed through the inhospitable Himalayan track and reached the destinations in to Nepal, the sight to picturesque Mansarovar, the holy Lamas in caves and monasteries, the search for the sources of Indus and Brahmaputra- the mosaic is arrestingly charming. A gem of a travelogue, Trans-Himalaya is sheer delight to read, and contains a mine of information. Contents:- VOLUME 1: PREFACE • CHAPTER I • SIMLA • CHAPTER II • DEPARTURE FROM SRINAGAR • CHAPTER III • THE ROAD TO LEH • CHAPTER IV • THE LAST PREPARATIONS • CHAPTER V • THE START FOR TIBET • CHAPTER VI • TO THE EDGE OF THE TIBETAN TABLELAND • CHAPTER VII • OVER THE CREST OF THE KARAKORUM • CHAPTER VIII • TO LAKE LIGHTEN • CHAPTER IX • ON THE LAKE IN A STORM • CHAPTER X • DEATH IN THE JAWS OF WOLVES-OR SHIPWRECK • CHAPTER XI • GREAT LOSSES • CHAPTER XII • IN UNKNOWN COUNTRY • CHAPTER XIII • UNFORTUNATE DAYS • CHAPTER XIV • IN THE LAND OF THE WILD YAK • CHAPTER XV • THE FIRST NOMADS • CHAPTER XVI • OUR FORTUNES ON THE WAY TO THE BOGTSANG-TSANGPO • CHAPTER XVII • CRISTMAS IN THE WILDS • CHAPTER XVIII • TEN DAYS ON THE ICE OF NGANGTSE-TSO • CHAPTER XIX • DRIVEN BACK • CHAPTER XX • ONWARDS TRHOUGH THE FORBIDDEN LAND • CHAPTER XXI • OVER THE TRANS-HIMALAYA • CHAPTER XXII • TO THE BANK OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA • CHAPTER XXIII • DOWN THE TSANGPO BY BOAT-ENTRY INTO SHIGATSE • CHAPTER XXIV • THE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL • CHAPTER XXV • THE TASHI LAMA • CHAPTER XXVI • THE GRAVES OF THE PONTIFFS • CHAPTER XXVII • POPULAR AMUSEMENTS OF THE TIBETANS • CHAPTER XXVIII • MONKS AND PILGRIMS • CHAPTER XXIX • WALKS IN TASHI-LUNPO-THE DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD • CHAPTER XXX • OUR LIFE IN SHIGATSE • CHAPTER XXXI • POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS • CHAPTER XXXII • TARTING-GOMPA AND TASHI-GEMBE • CHAPTER XXXIII • THE RAGA-TSANGPO AND THE MY-CHU • CHAPTER XXXIV • TO LINGA GOMPA • VOLUME 2: CHAPTER XXXV • IMMURED MONKS • CHAPTER XXXVI • OVER THE CHANG-LA-POD-LA • CHAPTER XXXVII • TARGO-GANGRI AND THE SHURU-TSO • CHAPTER XXXVIII • TO THE OUTLET OF THE CHAKTAK-TSANGPO IN THE BRAHMA-PUTRA • CHAPTER XXXIX • MUHAMED ISA’S DEATH • CHAPTER XL • ALONG BYWAYS TO TRADUM • CHAPTER XLI • A PEEP INTO NEPAL • CHAPTER XLII • IN SEARCH OF THE SOURCE OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA • CHAPTER XLIII • THE SOURCE OF THE SACRED RIVER- A DEPARTURE • CHAPTER XLIV • A NIGHT ON MANASAROWAR • CHAPTER XLV • MORE LAKE VOYAGES • CHAPTER XLVI • A STORMY VOYAGE OVER THE HOLY LAKE • CHAPTER XLVII • ON THE ROOF OF THE GOSSUL MONASTERY • CHAPTER XLVIII • OUR LAST DAYS ON TSO-MAVANG • CHAPTER XLIX • ADVENTURES ON LANGAK-TSO • CHAPTER L • THE SOURCE OF THE SUTLEJ • CHAPTER LI • A PILGRIMAGE ROUND KANG-RINPOCHE • CHAPTER LII • OM MANI PADME HUM • CHAPTER LIII • THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE INDUS • CHAPTER LIV • A RESOLUTION • CHAPTER LV • A NEW CHAPTER • CHAPTER LVI • UP TO THE HEIGHTS OF DAPSANG • CHAPTER LVII • ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD • CHAPTER LVIII • FORTY DEGREES BELOW ZERO • CHAPTER LIX • IN THE SNOW • CHAPTER LX • DEATH OF THE LAST VERERAN • CHAPTER LXI • THIRTY DAYS OF STORM • CHAPTER LXII • ADVENTURES OF OURSELVES AND PUPPY IN NAGTRONG • CHAPTER LXIII • THROUGH THE HIGHLANDS OF BONGBA • CHAPTER LXIV • TSONGPUN TASHI • CHAPTER LXV • BUPTSANGPO, ONE OF THE LARGEST RIVERS OF THE HEART OF TIBET • CHAPTER LXVI • IN THE ROBBERS’ PARADISE • CHAPTER LXVII • APRIL, 24 • CHAPTER LXVIII • HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF SAKA • CHAPTER LXIX • KAMBA TSENAM, FATHER OF THE ROBBERS • CHAPTER LXX • THE SEVENTH CROSSING OF THE TRANS-HIMALAYA-TO THE HEAVEN LAKE OF THE THRONE MOUNTAIN • CHAPTER LXXI • ANOTHER JOURNEY ACROSS THE WHITE PATCH • CHAPTER LXXII • THE LAST DAYS IN UNKNOWN COUNTRY • CHAPTER LXXIII • THE TRANS-HIMALAYA • CHAPTER LXXIV • SIMLA • INDEX • VOLUME 3: PREFACE • CHAPTER I • FROM THE SOURCE OF THE INDUS THROUGH UNKNOWN COUNTRY • CHAPTER II • THE NOMADS OF YUMBA-MATSEN • CHAPTER III • OVER THE INDUS AGAIN • CHAPTER IV • OVER THE TRANS-HIMALAYA TO GARTOK • CHAPTER V • TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE INDUS ARMS • CHAPTER VI • IN DARK, DANK CLOISTER WALLS • CHAPTER VII • THE LAST DAYS ON THE INDUS • CHAPTER VIII • IN LADAK FOR THE LAST TIME • CHAPTER IX • THE SELIPUK MONASTERY • CHAPTER X • THE MODELS OF KYANGYANG • CHAPTER XI • OVER THE TRANS-HIMALAYA FOR THE LAST TIME • CHAPTER XII • THE TRANS-HIMALAYA IN ANCIENT TIMES AND THE MIDDLE AGES-THE CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES • CHAPTER XIII • THE JESUITS-D’ANVILLE-THE FIRST ENGLISHMEN-RITTER HUMBOLDT, AND HUC • CHAPTER XIV • THE TRANS-HIMALAYA FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY UP TO THE PRESENT • CHAPTER XV • A CRITICAL SITUATION • CHAPTER XVI • TO THE CONVENT OF “ST.SOW” • CHAPTER XVII • MANASROWAR IN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES • CHAPTER XVIII • THE FIRST ENGLISHMEN AT THE HOLY LAKE • CHAPTER XIX • THE LATEST REPORTS • CHAPTER XX • A DIZZY PASSAGE OF THE SUTLEJ • CHAPTER XXI • THE RAVINES OF THE SUTLEJ • CHAPTER XXII • A PICTURESQUE MONASTERY • CHAPTER XXIII • IN THE SANCTUARY OF THE MANGNANG MONASTERY • CHAPTER XXIV • HIS EXCELLENCY THE CHURL • CHAPTER XXV • THE FIRST JESUIT IN TIBET • CHAPTER XXVI • LAMAISM AND CATHOLICISM • CHAPTER XXVII • IN THE ABYRINTH OF TRIBUTARIES • CHAPTER XXVIII • THE DEVIL’S CAULDRON OF THE NGARI-TSANGPO • CHAPTER XXIX • DOWN TO THE SUTLEJ • CHAPTER XXX • FAREWELL TO TIBET • CHAPTER XXXI • BETWEEN SKY AND WATER • CHAPTER XXXII • A LEARNED LAMA FROM HUNGARV • CHAPTER XXXIII • MY AMAZONIAN ESCORT • CHAPTER XXXIV • THE LAST • INDEX. The Title 'Trans Himalaya Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet written/authored/edited by Sven Hedin Foreword By K. Vatsyayana', published in the year 2002. The ISBN 9788121203401 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 1991 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History / Archaeology / Tibetology / Tourism. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:- 3 Vols. Set