Himalaya Mountains Collection

Himalaya (h?-m??l??y?), from two Sanskrit words, meaning snow-abode, in the southern and central parts of Asia, are not a single range, but a system, of parallel ranges some 1,500 miles long. The mountains of the southern range are among the loftiest in the world, many of them exceeding 20,000 feet in height. One, Mt. Everest (29,002), is the highest measured mountain in the world.

Among the others are Mt. Godwin-Austen (28,250), Kunchinjinga (28,156), Dhwalagiri (26,826) and Nanda-Devi (25,700). They form the southern slope. There are other peaks, whose height has not been ascertained, that are believed to be higher than Mt. Everest. The great rivers of India flow from these mountains through wild, narrow gorges often thousands of feet deep. The mountains are considered sacred among the Hindus, and thousands of pilgrims ascend them yearly, traveling to the holy sources of the Ganges. They divide the central Asian tableland of Tibet from the plain of the Ganges in northern India.

References:

The New Student's Reference Work (1914) pg. 874-875.

Available Books

Book Title	Date
Views in India, chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains	1836
Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia Vol. 1	1861
Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia Vol. 2	1862
Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia Vol. 3	1863
Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia Vol. 4	1866
Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia Atlas	1866
Kulu: It's Beauties, Antiquities and Silver Mines	1873
The Heart of a Continent	1896
Among the Celestials	1898
Illustrations of Himalayan Plants	1855
The World in Miniature: Tibet & India Beyond the Ganges	1824
Views in the Himalaya and Neilgherry Hills	1854
Views in the Himalayas	1852
Views in the Himala Mountains	1820
Journal of a Tour through Part of the Snowy Range of the Himala Mountains	1820
Shooting in the Himalayas	1854