Question 5.
How was the author’s experience at Hor a stark contrast to earlier accounts of the place?
Question 6.
How can the presence of salt flats in Tibet be explained?
Question 7.
Where is the town of Hor situated? Describe the town.
Question 8.
What is the importance of Lake Mansarovar?
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Answer 5:
The author was disappointed and rather depressed on arrival at Hor. Previous visitors had been overwhelmed by the beauty of Mansarovar Lake, but the author found Hor shabby and dirty.
Answer 6:
Salt flats are vestiges of Tethys ocean which bordered Tibet before the great continental collision.
Answer 7:
Hor is located on the eastwest highway when one travels from Lhasa to Kashmir. It is a grim desolate place littered with accumulated refuse. There is no vegetation in this town. It is located on the shore of Lake Mansarovar. On the whole, it has badly painted concrete buildings.
Answer 8:
Lake Mansarovar holds sacred importance for both the Hindus and the Buddhists. It is a source of four great Indian rivers i.e., the Indus, the Brahmaputra, the Ganges and the Sutlej. It is an extremely beautiful lake. Its first site often move the tourists into tears.
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