Krishna Singh Rawat was the cousin of the famous explorer and cartographer, Nain Singh Rawat, and like him an important pundit

Pundit (explorer)

The term pundit or pandit was used in the second half of the 19th century to denote native surveyors who explored regions to the north of India for the British....

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Singh's last and greatest voyage commenced in 1878. He followed the northern trade route from Lhasa

Lhasa

Lhasa is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and the second most populous city on the Tibetan Plateau, after Xining. At an altitude of , Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world...

 to Xinjiang

Xinjiang

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 and China

China

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. He followed the route all the way to Dunhuang

Dunhuang

Dunhuang is a city in northwestern Gansu province, Western China. It was a major stop on the ancient Silk Road. It was also known at times as Shāzhōu , or 'City of Sands', a name still used today...

, and on his way back explored the eastern Tibet

Tibet

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 border region. At one point the caravan leader wanted the caravan to go by horse to cross a bandit-ridden area faster. Krishna, unable to count his steps during this period, measured the distance (230 miles) by counting his horse's

Horse

The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...

 steps instead.

See also

• Kumauni People
  Kumauni people
  Kumauni or Kumaoni are people from Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India.They include all those who speak the Kumaoni language or any of its numerous dialects, living in the Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Pithoragarh, Nainital,Bijnor,Udham Singh Nagar,Moradabad, districts of Uttarakhand,...
  
  
• Shauka - Johar
  Shauka - Johar
  The Shauka living in the Johar Valley of Goriganga river in Munsiyari Tehsil of the Pithoragarh district are also known as Johari or Johari Shauka. They are part of the larger Uttarakhand Bhotiya ethno-linguistic group, and one of the few of Uttarakhand tribes that shows a rich cultural heritage...
  
  
• Nain Singh Rawat
• Mani Singh Rawat
  Mani Singh Rawat
  Pundit Man Singh Rawat, commonly known as “Mani Compassi”, was one of the famous Pundit Brothers who played a significant role in the exploration of Central Asia during the ‘Great Game’ between the British and Russians in the second-half of the 19th century...
  
  
• List of explorers
• Cartography of India
  Cartography of India
  The cartography of India begins with early charts for navigation and constructional plans for buildings. Indian traditions influenced Tibetan and Islamic traditions, and in turn, were influenced by the British cartographers who solidified modern concepts into India's map making.A prominent foreign...
  
  

External links

• Discoverers Web description of this explorer's activities.
• Pundit Kishan Singh Rawat
• Blogs of Johar