ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1933, reproduces the diary of the 1930 explorations by the great Italian traveller, Giotto Dainelli. In it he records his experiences as he travels the little-explored (by Westerners) region of Western Tibet, and the result is a detailed snapshot of Tibetan life, cultures and customs of the time.

chapter Chapter I|9 pages

In the Footsteps of Previous Italian Travellers

chapter Chapter II|10 pages

In Kashmir

chapter Chapter III|10 pages

Crossing the Zoji-La

chapter Chapter IV|9 pages

Across Purig

chapter Chapter V|12 pages

Into the Buddhist Country

chapter Chapter VI|8 pages

From One Gompa to Another

chapter Chapter VII|11 pages

Amongst the Tibetans

chapter Chapter VIII|8 pages

Arrival at Leh, the Capital

chapter Chapter IX|13 pages

My Duties at Leh

chapter Chapter XI|11 pages

Up the Nubra Valley

chapter Chapter XII|11 pages

We Reach the Great Siachen Glacier at Last

chapter Chapter XIII|10 pages

Mechanism of the March on the Glacier

chapter Chapter XIV|11 pages

On the March Towards the Base Camp on the Siachen Glacier

chapter Chapter XV|10 pages

Arrival at the Oasis of Teram Sher

chapter Chapter XVI|11 pages

Life in an Oasis Amongst the Ice

chapter Chapter XVIII|12 pages

We Leave the Siachen in a Storm

chapter Chapter XX|12 pages

The Caravan-Road of Death

chapter Chapter XXI|12 pages

From the Nubra Valley to Leh by the Khardung-La

chapter Chapter XXII|12 pages

A Halt at Leh, the Capital

chapter Chapter XXIII|11 pages

Ladakhi Life

chapter Chapter XXIV|13 pages

Houses, Palaces, Monasteries

chapter Chapter XXV|11 pages

Farewell to Ladakh

chapter Chapter XXVI|12 pages

The Life of the Nomads

chapter Chapter XXVII|10 pages

The Return to India