Kintup Born c. 1849, Sikkim Died ? In the middle of the eighteenth century Great Britain took possession of much of the Indian subcontinent. During the next several decades British surveyors set about making accurate maps of India and the regions to its...

1849?-? One of the better known and dedicated Indian "Pundit" explorers of the nineteenth century. When European travelers were banned from Tibet, Kintup trained as a geographer and slipped into the region in 1880 under a false identity....

Kinthup was an explorer in the area of Tibet in the 1880s. His adventure sounds incredible, but is supported by some geographical information that could only be attained by making the expedition. Around 1880, the Tsangpo River was still a mystery. Was...