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Post-sale: Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books (Swann Galleries Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 09 May 2016
(Source. Swann Galleries Inc) 9659b330-326f-4717-a4f9-1efac863bf3d.pdf. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact. Alexandra Nelson. April 27, 2016 Communications Director ... Other travel books that sold well included a third edition of Gottlieb William Leitner's The Languages and Races of Dardistan, Lahore, 1878, which eclipsed its high estimate, selling for $2,210; and a first edition of Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein's The Karakorams and Kashmir....

China developing soft-power infra along Silk Road

Edit The Hindu 08 May 2016
China is digging deep into its cultural roots to anchor a seamless revival of the ancient Silk Road, in tune with a growing domestic focus on tapping the achievements of its past ... Vigorous cultural cross-currents ... Not accidental ... revival of the ancient Silk Road ... Mr ... From Yarkand along the southern route, one of the arteries of the Silk Road has headed through the Karakoram pass, eventually terminating at India’s western coastline....

Bhasha dam victims want boundary dispute resolved

Edit Dawn 06 May 2016
SHANGLA. The people affected by the construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam blocked Karakoram Highway at Shatyal Kohistan to press the authorities to settle the boundary dispute between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan ... They were chanting slogans against the governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Wapda ... They threatened to block Karakoram Highway at various places if their demands were not met. RAIN ... RALLY ... ....

Mogao caves reveal powerful India-China Buddhist link

Edit The Hindu 05 May 2016
Hewn out of solid rock in the middle of the bone-dry Gobi desert, there exist hundreds of caves, whose intricately painted walls and magnificent statues have become markers in describing the epic journey of Buddhism. The torrent of spiritual energy, which, in turn, has fueled mature art, has not evolved in isolation ... From Yarkand, a major artery headed through the lofty Karakoram pass, leading to vibrant markets of Leh and Srinagar ... Dr....

Beijing’s terror conundrum

Edit Indian Express 04 May 2016
Ever since China’s decision to block UN sanctions against Masood Azhar, many Indians have concluded their superpower neighbour’s policies are driven by moral blindness, even malice ... This was their promised land. An Islamic state to rival the Islamic State (IS) ... Thus, China sees the Pakistan army as a critical ally in keeping weapons and trained fighters from crossing the Karakoram mountains — and bringing home the war from Zanbaq ... ....

‘Heavy rainfall in country’s north left 264 dead, 3,000 homes destroyed’

Edit Dawn 30 Apr 2016
ISLAMABAD ... The Karakoram Highway was blocked for nearly two weeks, forcing the authorities to turn to the armed forces for rescue operations and to deliver goods to inaccessible areas ... The worse of the two spells began on April 2. Read. Rains, flash floods cause havoc in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ... An avalanche in Chitral buried nine children, and two large landslides in Das and Kyal, GB, blocked the Karakoram Highway from April 3 to April 15 ... ....

Glaciers with a flotilla of 'ice sails'

Edit BBC News 28 Apr 2016
To date, the phenomenon has only really been seen around the Karakoram mountain region of Pakistan ... Now, scientists are getting a handle on how these giant "ice sails" form and wither over time, and how the processes involved depend on the special conditions that exist in the Karakoram region....

Karakoram's intriguing 'ice sails'

Edit BBC News 27 Apr 2016
Scientists describe the processes that drive "ice sails" - a rare and somewhat esoteric feature of debris covered glaciers ... ....

Debris covered glaciers' unique behaviour

Edit BBC News 27 Apr 2016
The debris covered glaciers in the mountains of the Karakoram and the Himalayas look and behave very differently from the "clean" glaciers seen elsewhere ... ....

Pre-sale: Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books (Swann Galleries Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Apr 2016
(Source. Swann Galleries Inc) 8c26c96a-88f4-499c-869a-bc7f0b6f36fe.pdf. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact. Alexandra Nelson. March 24, 2016 Communications Director. 212-254-4710 ext. 19 ... A pioneer in the field of mountaineering and climbing companion to the famous Aleister Crowley, Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein's The Karakorams and Kashmir, An Account of a Journey, first edition, London, 1896, is included in the auction ($800 to $1,200) ... 2....

What Will It Take for Peace to Come to Kashmir?

Edit Newsweek 18 Apr 2016
This article first appeared on the Riding the Elephant site. “Srinagar ... Subscription offers. That was the introductory paragraph to an article that I wrote almost six years ago, in July 2010—and here is the almost identical intro to today’s article. ... In the 1980s, I saw how the then-new 800-kilometer Karakoram Highway through Gilgit-Baltistan to the Chinese border opened up village economies with locally built connecting roads....

Earthly matters: Technology vs climate change

Edit Dawn 17 Apr 2016
According to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the recent torrential rains and flooding in the country’s north have killed over 200 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Gilgit-Baltistan ... There are scientists from all over the region working for ICIMOD, who publish regular reports on the fragile state of our shared mountain ranges, the Hindu Kush / Karakorams / Himalayas ... ....

Glacial mistrust

Edit The Telegraph India 14 Apr 2016
South of the Pamirs, there is a knot of mountains formed by the Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Kuen Lun ranges. Emanating from the mighty Karakoram range, which forms the northern crown of India is the Siachen. the second-longest glacier (76 kms) in the world ... ....
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