 | 1869 - 862 lehte
...gold in this region has been going on from a very remote antiquity, since no one can read the pundit's account of the Thibetan miners, " living in tents...the " ants " in the land of the Indians bordering on Caspatyrus (or Caspapyrus for Kasiyapa-pura, or Cashmire), which "made their dwellings underground... | |
 | Royal Geological Society of Ireland - 1880 - 324 lehte
...read the ex-Pundit's account of the Thibetan miners ' living in tents some seven or eight feet bolow the surface of the ground, and collecting the excavated...(or Kasmir) which made their dwellings underground, aud threw up sand heaps as they burrowed, the sand which they threw up being full of gold.'" Professor... | |
 | Valentine Ball - 1881 - 152 lehte
...winter as the frozen soil then stands well, and is not .likely to trouble them much by falling in. They are occasionally attacked by bands of robbers...the land of the Indians bordering on Kaspatyrus (or Kashmir), which made their dwellings underground and threw up sand heaps as they burrowed, the sand... | |
 | Valentine Ball - 1881 - 152 lehte
...the winter as the frozen soil then stands well, and is not likely to trouble them much by falling in. They are occasionally attacked by bands of robbers...Herodotus gives of the " ants in the land of the Indians border* Pall Matt Gazette, March 1 6, 1869, quoted in "Indian Antiquary," vol. iv. p. 225. ing on Kaspatyrus... | |
 | Royal Dublin Society - 1880 - 712 lehte
...remote antiquity, since no one can read the ex-Pundit's account of the Thibetan miners ' living in tenta some seven or eight feet below the surface of the...heaps as they burrowed, the sand which they threw up being full of gold.'" Professor Schiern points out that the tradition was mentioned in writings of... | |
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Now, then, for the first time, we have an explanation of the circumstances under which so large a quantity of gold is, as is well known to be the case, exported to the west from Khoten, and finds its way into India from Thibet; and it is probable that... 