Referenced In

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"Mr. Cooper’s Journal, when on the banks of the Kin-sha Kiang, west of Bathang, affords a startling illustration of the persistence of manners in this region."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"Mr. T. T. Cooper crossed it further north, by Ta-t’sien lu, Lithang and Bathang;"

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"…this route coincides with the great Tibet road by Ta-t’sien lu and Bathang to L’hása..."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"Bathang, ii. 45n, 48n, 56n, 67n, 70n"