The high road to China : George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the first British expedition to Tibet / Kate Teltscher.

By:

Teltscher, Kate

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TextPublication details: London : Bloomsbury, 2006.Description: xvi, 316 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

0747584842 (hard)

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DDC classification:

915.150432092 TEL/H

Contents:

Part I; Bengal & Bhutan 1774 1 The Pahchen Lama's Letter 2 Private Commissions to Mr Bogie 3 Lazy, Lolling Palankins 4 Perpetual Ascending and Descending 5 The First European in These Parts 6 Monkish to the Greatest Degree 7 Bloody Work Part II: Tibet 1774-1775 8 God's Vicegerent 9 To Tashilhunpo 10 Thibet Vocabulary 11 The Business of a Traveller 12 Living Like a Thibetian 13 A Last Farewell Part III: Bengal, Tibet & China 177 5-1793 14 Melancholy Hall 15 Tibet Garden 16 To Adventure for Possibilities 17 The Emperor's Invitation 18 The Meeting between the Two 19 The Pure Light of the Void 20 The Tank 21 The Golden Urn

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	General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section				915.150432092 TEL/H (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			P14937

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-299) and index.

Part I; Bengal & Bhutan 1774
1 The Pahchen Lama's Letter
2 Private Commissions to Mr Bogie
3 Lazy, Lolling Palankins
4 Perpetual Ascending and Descending
5 The First European in These Parts
6 Monkish to the Greatest Degree
7 Bloody Work
Part II: Tibet 1774-1775
8 God's Vicegerent
9 To Tashilhunpo
10 Thibet Vocabulary
11 The Business of a Traveller
12 Living Like a Thibetian
13 A Last Farewell
Part III: Bengal, Tibet & China 177 5-1793
14 Melancholy Hall
15 Tibet Garden
16 To Adventure for Possibilities
17 The Emperor's Invitation
18 The Meeting between the Two
19 The Pure Light of the Void
20 The Tank
21 The Golden Urn

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