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Description:Excerpt:THE name "Central Asia" correctly describes, in a geographical sense, the heart of that continent. It is separated from the river-system of the Aral and Caspian Seas, on the west, by almost impassable mountain-ranges; from the affluents of the Indus and Ganges, on the south, by the chain of the Kiien-lun, the rival of the Himalayas, and from the rivers of China to the eastward, by the great Desert of Gobi. A line drawn from Constantinople to Peking, and another from the latitude of Cape Comorin to that of the Polar Sea, bisecting the former, line, would very nearly indicate the central portion of the region, as also of the continent.Here,—partly, perhaps, on account of its remote and nearly inaccessible situation, and also partly from concurrent traditions—many ethnologists have placed the original cradle of the Aryan race. India was undoubtedly colonized by tribes descending from the high plateaus to the northward, and the legends of the earlier Aryan inhabitants of Europe have been traced backwards, step by step, until they lose themselves among the labyrinth of mountains from which descend the Oxus and the Jaxartes. The remarkable physical features of the region must have impressed themselves upon even the primitive inhabitants. The three inclosing mountain-chains, which form almost three sides of a square, rise to such an elevation that few of their passes are less than 18,000 feet above the sea. Above the western wall lies the table-land of Pamer, or Pamir, called by the natives, Bam-i-doonia or "Roof of the World." The fertile lands beyond those upper realms of rock and snow and scanty summer pastures, can only be reached after many days of dangerous travel, where beasts of burden find no food, where water is rarely to be had, and where, even in summer, hurricanes of intense cold threaten to destroy all life in a few hours.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Library of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure: Central Asia, Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet. To get started finding Library of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure: Central Asia, Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt:THE name "Central Asia" correctly describes, in a geographical sense, the heart of that continent. It is separated from the river-system of the Aral and Caspian Seas, on the west, by almost impassable mountain-ranges; from the affluents of the Indus and Ganges, on the south, by the chain of the Kiien-lun, the rival of the Himalayas, and from the rivers of China to the eastward, by the great Desert of Gobi. A line drawn from Constantinople to Peking, and another from the latitude of Cape Comorin to that of the Polar Sea, bisecting the former, line, would very nearly indicate the central portion of the region, as also of the continent.Here,—partly, perhaps, on account of its remote and nearly inaccessible situation, and also partly from concurrent traditions—many ethnologists have placed the original cradle of the Aryan race. India was undoubtedly colonized by tribes descending from the high plateaus to the northward, and the legends of the earlier Aryan inhabitants of Europe have been traced backwards, step by step, until they lose themselves among the labyrinth of mountains from which descend the Oxus and the Jaxartes. The remarkable physical features of the region must have impressed themselves upon even the primitive inhabitants. The three inclosing mountain-chains, which form almost three sides of a square, rise to such an elevation that few of their passes are less than 18,000 feet above the sea. Above the western wall lies the table-land of Pamer, or Pamir, called by the natives, Bam-i-doonia or "Roof of the World." The fertile lands beyond those upper realms of rock and snow and scanty summer pastures, can only be reached after many days of dangerous travel, where beasts of burden find no food, where water is rarely to be had, and where, even in summer, hurricanes of intense cold threaten to destroy all life in a few hours.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Library of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure: Central Asia, Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet. To get started finding Library of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure: Central Asia, Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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