Landscape of the Apatani valley
This landscape photograph shows the low lying hills on the edge of the Apatani valley, with paddy fields in the foreground : this is one of the first sights that Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf had of the valley : On 6 March, 1944, he and his party left Assam and began to climb to the Apatani valley...
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Landscape of the Apatani valley [electronic resource] English. |
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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This landscape photograph shows the low lying hills on the edge of the Apatani valley, with paddy fields in the foreground : this is one of the first sights that Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf had of the valley : On 6 March, 1944, he and his party left Assam and began to climb to the Apatani valley, at 15,00 metres : after a week, his party reached the Pare River (also known as, Pare River (also known as, Perre River) : From there, they progressed 18 kilometres further, climbed to a high peak known as Lai and then reached the Pangen River, where they camped on 13 March : With food running low, Fürer-Haimendorf sent two of his three Apatani guides ahead to the Apatani valley, and they returned with thirty men carrying rice for the Nyishi porters : the next day, 14 March, the party went another 16 kilometres, entered the Apatani valley and camped near Hong village : the trek from Assam had taken nine days. |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[S.l.] :
[s.n.],
1944.
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| Subjects: | |
| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
FURER. RSA. PHOTOS. |
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© 1944, The Estate of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Nicholas Haimendorf, son of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. ----- Creative Commons (by-nc-nd). -- This image may be used in accord with Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. |
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India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Apatani River valley. |