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From Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet by Sven Hedin (1913). MacMillan: London
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From Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India by Moti Chandra (1977).
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Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia
1854-57
http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/XII-4-2/V-5/page-hr/0029.html.en
1854-57
http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/XII-4-2/V-5/page-hr/0029.html.en
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In 1805 Nepal spread as far as the Sutlej River, in what is now Himachal Pradesh. The old fort at the top of our valley on Hatu Peak was a defensive Gurkha garrison, facing a combined enemy of the British and the Sikhs.