Nain Singh (21 October 1830 – 1 February 1882),[a][1] also known as Nain Singh Rawat, was one of the first Indian explorers (dubbed "pundits") employed by the British to explore the Himalayas and Central Asia.[2] He came from the Johar Valley in Kumaon. He surveyed the trade route through Ladakh to Tibet, determined the location and altitude of Lhasa in Tibet, and surveyed a large section of Brahmaputra. He walked "1,580 miles, or 3,160,000 paces, each counted."[3]
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^Dean, Riaz (2019). Mapping The Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in Nineteenth-century Asia. Oxford: Casemate (UK). pp. 173–199. ISBN 978-1-61200-814-1.
^Wade., Davis (2012). Into the Silence : The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest. New York: Vintage Books. p. 49. ISBN 9780375708152. OCLC 773021726. The pundit Nain Singh, the first surveyor to fix the location of the Tibetan capital, traveled on foot from Sikkim to Lhasa and then all over central Tibet, walking 1,580 miles, or 3,160,000 paces, each counted.
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not allowed), were called pundits, who included the cousins NainSingh Rawat and Krishna Singh Rawat. From its inception in 1600 to its domination of the...
continues as: From King Rajendra, To Mathbar Singh Thapa Bahadur, son of NainSingh Thapa, grandson of Ambar Singh Thapa, resident of Gorkha. We hereby appoint...
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