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The Pundits : British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia / Derek Waller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waller, Derek J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Description and travel.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China).
- Asia, Central--Description and travel.
- Asia, Central.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (346 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- On a September day in 1863, Abdul Hamid entered the Central Asian city of Yarkand. Disguised as a merchant, Hamid was actually an employee of the Survey of India, carrying concealed instruments to enable him to map the geography of the area. Hamid did not live to provide a first-hand count of his travels. Nevertheless, he was the advance guard of an elite group of Indian trans-Himalayan explorers -- recruited, trained, and directed by the officers of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India -- who were to traverse much of Tibet and Central Asia during the next thirty years.Derek Waller presen
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; 1. The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India; 2. First Attempts: Abdul Hamid and Nain Singh; 3. Across the Northwest Frontier: The Mirza, the Havildar, and the Mullah; 4. To Tibet and Beyond: The Singh Family; Illustrations; 5. The Forsyth Missions to Yarkand and Kashgar; 6. Around Everest and Kanchenjunga: Hari Ram and Rinzing Namgyal; 7. ""A Hardy Son of Soft Bengal""; 8. The Tsangpo-Brahmaputra Controversy: Lala, Nem Singh, and Kintup; 9. Questions of Secrecy; 10. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Note on Map Sources; Index; A; B; C
- DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-315) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813184296
- 0813184290
- 9780813191003
- 0813191009
- 9780813149042
- 0813149045
- OCLC:
- 643847294
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