Sikkim Silk Route Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Sikkim Silk Route
The tour covers part of an ancient trade route passing through the high passes ofNathulaandJelep Laon theIndiaTibet(China) border. The route connectedEastern Indiawith the famous Silk Route ofCentral Asia. The route also had strategic importance. In 1888 the rugged mountain served as a battleground between the Tibetans and the British. A small graveyard with a war memorial stands in the village of Gnathang (Nathanag) in memory of the fallen British soldiers. In 1903–04, this route was used by Francis Younghusband to invade Tibet and move onwards to Lhasa. This was the route that George Mallory and his fellow mountaineers took during the Mount Everest expeditions of 1921, 1922 and 1924. Sir Francis Younghusband writes, in his bookThe Epic of Mount Everest, "But from Rongli they climbed stee
Sikkim Silk Route Travel Guide Sections
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