Hindostan Its Landscapes Palaces Temples Tombs : The Shores Of The Red Sea; And The Sublime And Romantic Scenery Of The Himalaya Mountains Volume 2nd [Hardcover]

About The Book : Hindostan Its Landscapes, Palaces, Temples, Tombs : the Shores of the Red Sea, and the Sublime and Romantic Scenery of the Himalaya Mountains. The Himalaya mountains, signifying the abode of snow, form that tremendous barrier, which, stretching from the Indus on the north-west, to the Bramaputra on the south east, divide the plains of Hindostan from the wilds of Thibet and Tartary. Tills chain of mountains comprises numerous ranges, extending in different directions west of the Indus; one of its ramifications, running in a still more westerly direction, is known to the Afghans by the name of the Hindoo Kosh, the whole stupendous range being merely broken by the Indus, From the north-east point of Cashmere, it takes a south eastern course, stretching along the sources of all the Punjab rivers, except the Sutlej, where it separates the hilly portion of the Lahore province from those tracts which have been designated in modern geography. Little Thibet. Still pursuing the same direction, it crosses the heads of the Ganges and Jumna, and compels their currents towards a southward channel.

Edizione: 1850