Uttaranchal (state)
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The source of the Ganges, ice cave at the foot of the glacier, elevation 22,621 ft [sic], 1866
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022C/36
Scope and Contents
295 x 240 mm. View looking towards the ice cave at the foot of the Gangotri Glacier, with the Bhagirathi River issuing from its mouth. The Ganges is formed by the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda Rivers. The latter part of this caption ('elevation 22,621 ft') has been added here incorrectly: it should form part of the caption of Y3022C/37, ‘From here to the glacier was the roughest piece of work we had yet met with; it was one continuous scramble amongst huge stones, rough jungle,...
Dates:
1866
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