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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 384 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LEH , the See also:

capital of Ladakh, See also:

India, situated 4 M. from the right See also:

BANK

bank of the upper See also:

INDUS

Indus 11,500 ft. above the See also:

sea, 243 M. from See also:

SRINAGAR

Srinagar and 482 in. from Yarkand. It is the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

EMPORIUM (a Latin adaptation of the Gr. Eµabpuov, from f)

emporium of the See also:

trade which passes between India, See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese See also:

Turkestan and See also:

TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet. Here meet the routes leading from the central Asian khanates, See also:

KASHGAR

Kashgar, Yarkand, See also:

KHOTAN (locally ILcm)

Khotan and See also:

LHASA (LIIASSA, LASSA, " God's ground ")

Lhasa. The two See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief roads from Leh to India pass via Srinagar and through the See also:

KULU

Kulu valley respectively. Under a commercial treaty with the maharaja of See also:

KASHMIR, or CASHMERE

Kashmir, a See also:

BRITISH

British officer is deputed to Leh to regulate and See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control the traders and the See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic, conjointly with the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor appointed by the Kashmir See also:

state. Lying upon the western border of Tibet, Leh has formed the starting-point of many an adventurous See also:

JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey into that See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, the best-known route being that called the Janglam, the great trade route to Lhasa and See also:

CHINA

China, passing by the Manasarowar lakes and the Mariam La pass into the valley of the Tsanpo. Pop. (1901) 2079. A Moravian See also:

MISSION

mission has See also:

long been established here, with an efficient little See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital. There is also a meteorological See also:

OBSERVATORY

observatory, the most elevated in See also:

ASIA

Asia, where the See also:

AVERAGE

average mean temperature ranges from 19.3° in See also:

JANUARY

January to 64.4° in See also:

JULY

July. The See also:

ANNUAL

annual rainfall is only 3 in.

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