Kin-sha

Kinsha English Etymology From the Nanjing-dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of cmn 金沙. Proper noun en Jinsha (River in China) en 1923 F. Kingdon-Ward Appendix The Mystery Rivers of Tibet https://archive.org/details/mysteryriversoft0000king/ London Cadogan Books Ltd 1986 0946313520 816079737 309 https://archive.org/details/mysteryriversoft0000king/page/309/ It seems probable, from the work of Professor J. W. Gregory and others, that the Kin-sha — that portion of the upper Yangtze with which this book deals — formerly continued on its southward course and reached the Gulf of Tong-king. en 1949 Han-seng Chen The Kamba and their Relations with Central China Frontier Land Systems in Southernmost China https://archive.org/details/frontierlandsyst0000chen/ w:Institute of Pacific Relations 49-7806 461032765 73 https://archive.org/details/frontierlandsyst0000chen/page/73/ (1) At about the same time their number was 573,981 in the eastern half of Sikang Province, including nineteen districts east of the Kin-sha River; (2) and 321,945 in the western half. en 1963 w:Joseph Gies The Engineer Vanishes from Europe but Appears in Asia Bridges and Men https://archive.org/details/bridgesmen00gies/ Garden City, NY w:Doubleday & Company 63-18202 133910434 22 https://archive.org/details/bridgesmen00gies/page/22/ In the eighth century, a Chinese suspension span over the Kin-sha River hung from iron chains, and similar bridges were built in Yunnan and in the mountains of Tibet. en