Twenty Years In Tibet

Book Code: 1111007100922

David Macdonald

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The Title 'Twenty Years in Tibet written/authored/edited by David Macdonald', published in the year 2002. The ISBN 9788121207843 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 318 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History / Archaeology / Tibetology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms.

Year:

2024

Language:

English

Publisher:

Gyan Publishing House

Pages:

318

Book Category:

pub

Subject:

History , Archaeology , Tibetology

TWENTY YEARS IN TIBET About The Book Born of a Scottish father and mother of a Sikkimese descent, the author spent the early years of his life in Darjeeling and had his schooling there in the course of which he ultimately mastered Tibetan, Bengali, Bhutanese, Sikkimese, Lepcha, Hindi and Nepali. He joined the Vaccination Deptt. under the Govt. of Bengal and his duties entailed his making regular tours of the villages in the Darjeeling Distt. The 12 years that the author thus spent gave him a comprehensive insight into the manners and customs, and everyday lives, of the peasantry of this part in the Himalayas. In 1904 Col. Waddek took him as his assistant in collecting for the Govt. of India the largest and most complete collection of Tibetan sacred and lay books ever brought to India or Europe. This was during the Younghusbands Mission to Lhasa. From 1905 to 1925 the author was appointed the British Trade Agent in Tibet. The work of the author covers a period of unusual activity and special interest on the North-East Frontier of India. It includes Col. Younghusbands Mission to Lhasa in 1904, the flight of the Dalai Lama in 1910, his return to Lhasa in 1912, and many other incidents of lesser importance. It has been out-of-print for a long time now and we have therefore reprinted it in a limited edition for the benefit of the scholars of Tibetan studies. Contents FOREWORD PREFACE About the author/editor David Macdonald is an eminent author and is well-conversant with Tibetan language and customs. Having spent two decades in Tibet as British Trade Agent from 1905 to 1925, he gained the expertise of several languages, viz., Bhutanese, Sikkimese Bengali, Lepcha, Nepali and Hindi. He was responsible for a massive collection of Tibetan sacred books which now enrich the collections of the British and Indian museum libraries. A witness to historic Younghusbands Mission to Lhasa, flight of the Dalai Lama in 1910 and his restoration after two years, Macdonald had academic links, with Sikkim Gazetteer, the Linguistic Survey of India and Tibetan Translation of the New Testament.

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