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LHASA AND ITS MYSTERIES. WITH A RECORD OF THE EXPEDITION OF 1903-1904.
by WADDELL, L.A
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- Hardcover
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London [1906], Methuen. 3/4 New black leather over blue clo- th, a.e.g., 115 b.w. photos, colored frontis, bright copy, index, 17 appendices, large folding color map. S C A R C E This is a wonderful primary work, Lhasa the forbidden city, the Grand Lama & his evolution as the Priest-God of Lhasa, how the British Mission came to be sent, great Northern pla- teau, invasion of Sikhim, British mission Col. Younghusband, peaceful mission becomes an armed force. Invasion of the Chumbi valley across the Jelep pass,occupation of Phari Fort the advance to Tuna on the Tibetan plateau, Tang pass, wint- ering in Tibet, on to Guru, battle at the crystal springs. The Tibetan army & its leaders, Dash on Gyantse, past the Lakes Rham & Kala with fight in the Gorge of the Red Idol. Gyiantse its fort & town, temples, priests, convents of Gya- ntse & neighbourhood, visit to the caves of entombed hermits & besieged at Gyantse. Relief of Gyantse & storming of the Jong. Gyantse to Lhasa, past the Yamdok Sea & across the Tsangpo Valley. Lhasa "The Seat of the Gods."Temples & monks in the Hermit City: the Lamas' Holy of Holies. Great source. Cordier SINICA 4377. .
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- LHASA AND ITS MYSTERIES. WITH A RECORD OF THE EXPEDITION OF 1903-1904.
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- WADDELL, L.A
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- Hardcover
- Keywords
- China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art]; Tibet: All Items: Land, Her People, Mountains, Culture & Ethnology; Central Asia: Eclectic References On The Region; Foreigners In China: All Periods;
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