Colonel Prideaux, the Kashmir Resident, who had helped Stein in his pursuit to the study of ancient geography of Kashmir asked Stein for a short memorandum on the Toshamaidan Pass. Because Kashmir was a part of Britain’s sensitive North-Western Frontier, Stein happily reciprocated for many favours he had received from Prideaux.
In his full effort, Stein used the route across the Pir Pantsal at the end of August and once again returned to Loharan valley. Later he visited several of the best known passes leading from Kashmir South - the Banihal and Hajji-Peer passes.Aurel Stein arrived at Jammu on May 22, 1894.The heat of the city made Stein to think ahead in order to make a vacation in Kashmir. He advised Pir Baksh about the planned tours for the first half of the August.
| By August 22, 1894 Stein was back in Srinagar. “I am sitting under pine trees while working on a memorandum for a project I discussed with Mr. Lawrence in Gulmarg.” Stein saw its objective as an opportunity that would free him from Lahore misery, as he called the work at university, and provide sufficient time to complete the commentary on Rajatarangini. |
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Ruins Rajavihara, Paraspora |
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October 30, 1894: Stein rented two rooms in a house in Srinagar. It was here that Stein along with Pandit Govind Kaul worked to arrange the manuscripts which were to go to Europe. By November, Stein reached again Jammu. He made a visit to the Darbar. And so 1894 passed, and it was another year.
"A bare five years, after Stein began his exploration of Kashmir, he disclosed the Stein methods, and it was never to use the same pass twice." Later in all his expeditions to Central Asia, "he always choose a different pass for each crossing from India." |
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Temple ruins near Rajavihara |
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