IDNO

DG.144905.SHP

Description

"Guru Village (extreme left) and the Rham Tso near Dochen in the distance and the Shobru Chu River (note old sangers), the Block House, and hot spring and the line of the wall; The Tuna Plain, Sobra Chu and Khangju Chu marshes and the Guru battlefield.
In the distance Chomulhari. A panorama from the above the 'hot spring' blockhouse and wall towards the Chomolhari Range. 16 August '38."

Place

S Asia; Tibet; Guru; Rham Tso; Dochen; Tuna Plain; Khangju Chu; Guru Battlefield; Jomolhari; Sobra Chu [Chomolhari; Shobru Chu ]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Shepheard, Ken

Collector / Expedition

Date

16 August 1938

Collection Name

Shepheard Collection

Source

Shepheard Rogers, Patricia

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: Noted in Shepheard's diary 'Some Notes of Ken Shepheard on his expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, in September - October 1938' pp.18,
"16 August 1938 Sited Younghusband’s photo of Tuna, and Twister coursed hares. Left about 0800 for Dochen. Saw 1904 battlefield S. of Goru and Sanguro on hills west of spring (100,000 galls./hr?) and remains of block house on road. Dochen some cultivation about 2 acres and lots of water from Rham Tso. Many hares. No grazing en route." [JD 26/01/2020]