ABSTRACT

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.

chapter I|25 pages

First Contacts 1766 – 1792

chapter II|17 pages

Nepal 1792 – 1816

chapter III|25 pages

Western Tibet 1816 – 1861

chapter IV|20 pages

The Opening of Sikkim 1817 – 1861

chapter V|26 pages

The Sikkim Route 1861 – 1874

chapter VIII|28 pages

Yatung 1894 – 1898

chapter IX|29 pages

Curzon's Tibetan Policy 1899 – 1902

chapter X|34 pages

The Younghusband Mission 1903 – 1905

chapter XI|30 pages

The Aftermath 1905 – 1910