Contents.

Preface. vii

Introduction. 3

Part I.

The Pleasures of the Plains. 9

Part II.

Cashmere. 39

Part III.

A Halt in the Valley. 78

Part IV.

Little Thibet. 129

Part V.

Ladak and the Monastery of Hemis. 181

Part VI.

A Retreat to the Valley. 205

Part VII.

Last Days of Travel. 261

The Religions of Cashmere and Thibet. 305

Appendix A.

The Temples of Cashmere. 347

Appendix B.

The Mystic Sentence of Thibet. 362

Appendix C.

A Sketch of the History of Cashmere. 376