TheKailash Range,Kailas Range,Gangdisi Mountains,Gangdese RangeorGangdisê Range,is amountain rangeon theTibetan PlateauofTibet Autonomous Region[1]ofChina.
Geography
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Kailash Range is the western subrange of theTranshimalayasystem, whileNyenchen Tanglhais the eastern subrange of Transhimalaya. Kailash range hasKoyul Ridgeto its south,Pangong Range(a subrange ofKarakoram Range) to its west,Skakjungpasture &Dumcheleborder trade village to its south near thedisputed India-China"Line of Actual Control"(LAC).
Kailash Range's tallest peak,Lunpo Gangri(7,095 meters or 23,278 feet), is not very famous.[2]The second highest peak,Mount Kailash(6,638 meters or 21,778 feet), is well-known across the world as it is the mostsacred mountainin four religions:[3]Hinduism,Buddhism,Jainism.[4]andBon(which shares many similarities and influences with Tibetan Buddhism)[5][6]
Indus Riversystem is the main river, which enters India-administered area nearDemchokinDemchok sector.
See also
edit- Gangdese batholith(geology of the area)
- Transhimalayas
References
edit- ^"Kailash Range".Britannica.
- ^"Lunpo Gangri".Peakbagger.Retrieved2011-09-18.
- ^Izu, Kenro (2013). "Passage to Kailash".World Literature Today.87(2): 68.doi:10.7588/worllitetoda.87.2.0068.S2CID163370522.
- ^"Kailash Manasarovar Yatra".Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.Retrieved30 July2022.
- ^Samuel, Geoffrey, 2012,Introducing Tibetan Buddhism.,Routledge, pp. 220–221.
- ^Karen Swenson (16 March 2003)."A Sacred Circuit in Tibet".The New York Times.Retrieved30 July2022.
Further reading
edit- Freeman-Attwood, Julian (2003)."The Mountains of Gangdise or Transhimalaya of Tibet"(PDF).The Alpine Journal:103–112.
- Dwivedi, Major General (retd) G G (2021-02-22)."Explained: Why does the Kailash Range matter?".The Indian Express.Retrieved2021-09-25.
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