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KARL JETTMAR
SAZIN IN ITS LARGER SETTING:
Experiences and Observations
A long way to the north-west of its headwaters, near the holy mountain
Kailash, the Indus, thrashing its way out of the gorges of Rondu, enters
the basin of Bunji, where it is joined by the rivers Gilgit and Astor. From
here its course points southward until the massif of Nanga Parbat again
forces a turn to the west, bypassing the last spur of the Great Himalaya,
the Shamilan Range. Though it is not high, the Shamilan Range is im-
passable m wintertime due to heavy snowfall and avalanches. After
more than a hundred kilometres the river enters the next gorges, the last
ones before its exit to the plains. In this Traverse' many streams join the
Indus, the larger ones having their headwaters in the North, m the so-
called Gilgit-Karakorum. Here we find broad valleys for fields and
meadows, but a narrow mouth. In the few shorter side-valleys - such as
Gor opposite Nanga Parbat - cultivation is possible only on the higher
levels. Through the alluvials there the rivulet reaches the Indus by the
shortest way, through a deeply incised ravine, famous for the tale that in
ancient times aged people were cast down into this abyss (Drew
1875:459).
Topping a similarly situated gorge, this time on the left bank, there is a
broad but short valley, drained by a stream which plunges 350 meters
downward to the Indus Valley below. In 1955, on their way to Tangir,
the members of the German Hmdukush Expedition - Prof. Dr. Adolf
Friedrich from the University of Mainz, Georg Buddruss as linguist,
SAZIN IN ITS LARGER SETTING:
Experiences and Observations
A long way to the north-west of its headwaters, near the holy mountain
Kailash, the Indus, thrashing its way out of the gorges of Rondu, enters
the basin of Bunji, where it is joined by the rivers Gilgit and Astor. From
here its course points southward until the massif of Nanga Parbat again
forces a turn to the west, bypassing the last spur of the Great Himalaya,
the Shamilan Range. Though it is not high, the Shamilan Range is im-
passable m wintertime due to heavy snowfall and avalanches. After
more than a hundred kilometres the river enters the next gorges, the last
ones before its exit to the plains. In this Traverse' many streams join the
Indus, the larger ones having their headwaters in the North, m the so-
called Gilgit-Karakorum. Here we find broad valleys for fields and
meadows, but a narrow mouth. In the few shorter side-valleys - such as
Gor opposite Nanga Parbat - cultivation is possible only on the higher
levels. Through the alluvials there the rivulet reaches the Indus by the
shortest way, through a deeply incised ravine, famous for the tale that in
ancient times aged people were cast down into this abyss (Drew
1875:459).
Topping a similarly situated gorge, this time on the left bank, there is a
broad but short valley, drained by a stream which plunges 350 meters
downward to the Indus Valley below. In 1955, on their way to Tangir,
the members of the German Hmdukush Expedition - Prof. Dr. Adolf
Friedrich from the University of Mainz, Georg Buddruss as linguist,