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- English
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British India and Tibet: 1766-1910
About this book
This book, first published in 1960 and revised in 1986, is an important analysis of the under-studied Northern frontier of the British Indian Empire. It considers British relations across the Himalayas, looking at encounters with Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal and Tibet.
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INDEX
Abdul Kadir Khan, 27, 28, 39, 40
Abdur Rahman, Amir of Afghanistan, 254
Aberdeen, 115
Adam J, 33
Aden, 233
Afghanistan, ix, 31, 53, 64, 117, 128, 136, 164, 190, 194, 209, 211, 226, 241, 245, 253, 254, 255, 269, 270, 271, 272, 280, 281, 283
Agnew Mr, 17
Agnew, Vans, 58, 60, 66, 91
Ahmad Ali, 39, 40
Alcock Sir R., 96, 99, 112
Alder, G. J., x
Alexander III, 250
Almpra, 198
Alsatia, 166
Altan Khan, 2
Amban (Chinese Resident at Lhasa), 2, 8, 19, 34, 54, 62, 64, 83, 92, 93, 99, 102, 108, 109, 116, 117, 123, 130, 131, 132, 133, 142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 168, 169, 170, 171, 175, 176, 182, 183, 189, 190, 195, 196, 203, 204, 214, 215, 216, 218, 227, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 243, . 252, 258, 274, 275
America, 220
Amherst, Lady Sarah, 41
Amherst, Lord, 14, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41
Ampthill, Lord, 240, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- I First Contacts: 1766 – 1792
- II Nepal: 1792 – 1816
- III Western Tibet: 1816 – 1861
- IV The Opening of Sikkim: 1817 – 1861
- V The Sikkim Route: 1861 – 1874
- VI The Chefoo Convention and the Macaulay Mission: 1876 – 1886
- VII The Sikkim-Tibet Convention and the Trade Regulations: 1886 – 1893
- VIII Yatung: 1894 to 1898
- IX Curzon’s Tibetan Policy: 1899 – 1902
- X The Younghusband Mission: 1903 – 1905
- XI The Aftermath: 1905 – 1910
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index