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1946 Letters Sent from Pharijong to Kalimpong by John Doe

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Title1946 Letters Sent from Pharijong to Kalimpong
Year1946
Languagenep
Mediatypeimage
SubjectGhorashar, mule caravan, donkey caravan, yak caravan
Collectionlhasa-newapapers, nepalbhasatexts, additional_collections
Uploaderkrtuladhar
Identifier02-jwahar-pharijong-22dec-1946
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Letters sent by a freight forwarder in Pharijong, Tibet to Lupau Ratna Tuladhar and Karuna Ratna Tuladhar of Ghorashar business house in Kalimpong, India about their textile loads that have arrived and been dispatched to Lhasa. He has also given the prices of sending goods by mule, donkey and yak caravan. Pharijong (altitude 4,341 metres) was a transshipment point on the Kalimpong-Lhasa trade route where packs were transferred between mules used to travelling over plains and mountains.