Archaeology & Prehistory
Nain Singh Rawat's survey of Tibet
1865-1875Nain Singh Rawat (pundit)Survey of India expeditionsPan-Indian / unspecified
1865
Secretly surveyed Tibet by pacing and prayer-bead counting, fixing the position and altitude of Lhasa.
- Dated
- 1865–1875
- As scholars put it
- 1865-1875
- Originator
- Nain Singh Rawat (pundit)
- Source text
- Survey of India expeditions
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Worked for the British Survey of India.
Path to modern innovation
A celebrated feat of exploration.
Builds on
1852Transmission
Royal Geographical Society gold medal (1877).
References
- 1RGS records
Further reading
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