Lhasa to Nalanda - journey time by foot

[Richard B Mahoney]

Dear Eliot,

On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 10:55:16PM -0500, Elliot M. Stern wrote:
> I'm hoping that somebody on the list can answer this question. About how
> long would it take to walk from Lhasa or its environs to Nalanda in Bihar?
> References to 20th century journeys by foot in either direction between some
> specified location in India to or from the Lhasa area would help , such as
> books about Tibetan refugees' experiences.
>
> The aim is to form an idea of how long it might have taken the Buddhist monk
> zaantarakSita to travel to Tibet, and return in the 7th century.
>

I'm not sure of "Saantarak.sita's route but for that of Marpa the
Translator you could consult pp. xxvii ff. of:

@Book{trungpa:life,
  editor =       "Ch\"{o}gyam Trungpa",
  title =        "The Life of Marpa The Translator: Seeing Accomplishes
                 All",
  publisher =    "Shambhala",
  stitle =       "The Life of Marpa",
  year =         "1995",
  key =          "trungpa:1995",
  address =      "Boston \& London",
  note =         "a trans. of `Mar pa rnam thar' by Gtsang smyon He ru
                 ka (1452--1507) by the N\={a}land\={a} Translation Committee
                 under the direction of Ch\"{o}gyam Trungpa",
}

His journeys seem to have been protracted for various reasons not
the least of which would have been the difficulty of
acclimatisation.


Many regards,

 Richard Mahoney

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