Trails To Inmost Asia

This book compiles invaluable records and a mine of information collected by the remarkable expedition conducted for five years through the various countries of Central Asia. It opens for the scientific world new knowledge of the history and contemporary life of that region of the world which is of deep interest geographically and sociologically. In this book, the author brings back a scientific picture of the life and civilizations of the high plateau. The exclusive feature of the authors study is the strong arguments in justification of the theory concerning ancient civilization of the nomads whose territory extended from the Gobi desert and the border of Korea to the lower Danube and the Carpathian Mountains. On the uplands of Tibet and in the country of the Trans Himalayas, the expedition carefully studied and photographed many hitherto unknown monuments.