Ladak Physical, Statistical, And Historical With Notices Of The Surrounding Countries

The author has endeavoured in the following pages to give, to the best of his ability, and according to his means of information, a full and accurate account of Ladák. He has twice visited the country, in 1846 and again in 1847, and on each occasion by a different route. He has read every work that he could procure (and he neither spared pains nor expense) regarding Ladákh or Tibet. He, therefore, is willing to think that the information which he has collected may not prove altogether uninteresting, even to the general reader. It is a concise account of the religious belief and practice of the Tibetan Buddhists, and of the rise of the present grand Lamas; with a description of the different buildings, rites and ceremonies, and ritualistic instruments of their religion. It is a standard work of reference on Ladakh, published in 1854. It is divided into 17 chapters; it describes all aspects of Ladakh with each chapter taking up a different aspect. This work describes the geography, mountains, rivers, lakes and springs, roads passes and bridges, climate, productions, commerce, government, people, history, religion and language. It contains 31 fine illustrations which he preserves from oblivion to make it worth readable.