From ‘Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the Adjoining Countries’ (1893) by E. F. Knight.
Srinagar. Who knew Walter Roper Lawrence, the British Settlement Commissioner who came to Kashmir in 1889 was known as ‘Bandobast walla’! |
Ladaki Buddhists. The Naib Wazir of Ladak. Kashmiri Pundits. |
The Old Fort. Skardu. |
Samaya near Nagar Bank in Hunza |
Encampment of Spedding’s Pathans (the private army of civil engineer Charles Spedding) |
Nilt Nullah from near Maiun |
Nanga Parbat |
famous Buddha near Mulbee |
Mask of the Dalai Lama descending the temple steps, Hemis, |
Leh |
Leh Bazaar |
Kanjut Valley near Kyber |
Kafirs. (From Kafiristan. The so called ‘cannibals’. In one incident given in this book, this group of ‘Kafirs’ comes across as people who were capable of taking that title and play joke upon other people based on their dietary notoriety. |
Hunza Envoy |
Hunza Raja’s Band |
Hunza Castle and Town |
Raft of inflated Skins, Kapalu |
The Devil Dance, Hemis. |
Hamis Monastery. |
The Mystery Play, Hemis |
Baltis. From what I have heard these folks were never treated humanely in Srinagar. |
Chorbat Pass |
Monastery at Razgo |
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