* "Peak XV" (temporary, assigned by British Imperial Survey)
* "Deodungha" (Old Darjeeling)
* "Gauri Shankar", "Gaurishankar", or "Gaurisankar" (misattribution; used occasionally until about 1900. In modern times the name is used for a different peak about 30 mi away.)

Surveys

19th century

In 1802, the British began the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India to fix, among other things, the locations, heights, and names

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