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Tibet Saga Of Indian Explorers 1864 1894

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Author : P. L. Madan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

Tibet Saga Of Indian Explorers 1864 1894 written by P. L. Madan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

By the middle of the nineteenth century the English were beginning to enjoy the fruits of their colonial empire. Military strategy and the political considerations, along with pressure from their intelligentsia for the safety of their colonial empire, and of course geographical expediencies forced the English authorities in the later half of the nineteenth century to begin seriously to collect information, both geographical and of general nature, about the vast terra incognita that was there all along the land frontiers of India since the prehistoric age. These were the regions where the English could travel in those days only at the risk to their lives. Strategically, they opted for sending the natives of the border region who were accustomed to frequent Tibet, Turkestan and the adjacent regions since early historical period for trade and religious pilgrimages. With the creation of the Establishment for Trans-Himalayan Exploration in 15 May 1863, and trained with elementary survey instruments the explorers began to systematically infiltrate in the northern regions in various disguises. The present work is mostly based on their diaries' and reports' submitted to the Survey department. Part I describes the beauty of the rugged country including its geographical and geological growth in much detail for the first time. The social, economic, cultural and religious activities of life in Tibet are very diligently described by the Indian explorers in Part II.

Mapping The Great Game

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Author : Riaz Dean
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2020-01-19

Mapping The Great Game written by Riaz Dean and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-19 with History categories.

The work of explorers, surveyors and spies in the race to conquer Southern Asia is vividly recounted in this history of British imperial cartography. In the 19th century, the British and Russian empires were engaged in bitter rivalry for the acquisition of Southern Asian. Although India was the ultimate prize, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, Turkestan and Tibet. Mapping the region and gaining knowledge of the enemy were crucial to the interests of both sides. The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India began in the 18th century with the aim of creating a detailed map of the subcontinent. Under the leadership of George Everest—whose name was later bestowed to the world’s tallest mountain—the it mapped the Great Arc running from the country’s southern tip to the Himalayas. Much of the work was done by Indian explorers known as Pundits. They were the first to reveal the mysteries of the forbidden city of Lhasa, and discover the true course of Tibet’s mighty Tsangpo River. These explorers performed essential information gathering for the British Empire and filled in large portions of the map of Asia. Their adventurous exploits are vividly recounted in Mapping the Great Game.

Dust On The Throne

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Author : Douglas Ober
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2023-03-28

Dust On The Throne written by Douglas Ober and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-28 with History categories.

Received wisdom has it that Buddhism disappeared from India, the land of its birth, between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, long forgotten until British colonial scholars re-discovered it in the early 1800s. Its full-fledged revival, so the story goes, only occurred in 1956, when the Indian civil rights pioneer Dr. B.R. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with half a million of his Dalit (formerly "untouchable") followers. This, however, is only part of the story. Dust on the Throne reframes discussions about the place of Buddhism in the subcontinent from the early nineteenth century onwards, uncovering the integral, yet unacknowledged, role that Indians played in the making of modern global Buddhism in the century prior to Ambedkar's conversion, and the numerous ways that Buddhism gave powerful shape to modern Indian history. Through an extensive examination of disparate materials held at archives and temples across South Asia, Douglas Ober explores Buddhist religious dynamics in an age of expanding colonial empires, intra-Asian connectivity, and the histories of Buddhism produced by nineteenth and twentieth century Indian thinkers. While Buddhism in contemporary India is often disparaged as being little more than tattered manuscripts and crumbling ruins, this book opens new avenues for understanding its substantial socio-political impact and intellectual legacy.

Indian Explorers Of The 19th Century

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Author : Indra Singh Rawat
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973

Indian Explorers Of The 19th Century written by Indra Singh Rawat and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Asia, Central categories.

The Book Review

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

The Book Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Books categories.

1856 1907

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Author : Евгений Сергеев
language : ru
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2018-12-20

1856 1907 written by Евгений Сергеев and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-20 with History categories.

На основе широкой информационной базы, включающей ранее неизвестные или слабо изученные архивные материалы, автор предлагает новую концепцию Большой Игры, понимаемой им как сложный процесс взаимодействия двух наиболее могущественных империй второй половины XIX в. – Британской и Российской – на просторах Центральной и Восточной Азии. В монографии раскрываются предпосылки, основные этапы и последствия соперничества – сотрудничества англичан и россиян на протяжении нескольких десятилетий. Книга содержит анализ влияния Большой Игры не только на динамику двухсторонних отношений в контексте викторианской эпохи, но и на эволюцию тех регионов и стран Востока, которые усилиями Лондона и Петербурга оказались интегрированными в формировавшуюся систему мировых политических, экономических и культурных связей.Для историков международных отношений, аспирантов, студентов и всех интересующихся проблемами развития российско-британского диалога в новое и новейшее время.