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The origins of Himalayan studies : Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling, 1820-1858

This book was copied from the amazing and wonderful PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, a labor of love by two dedicated and talented historians. We encourage you to visit them, and subscribe to their list for updates on new books as they are uploaded. · xxiv, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm · Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-271) and index · Brian Hodgson : a biographical sketch / David Waterhouse -- The political role of Brian Hodgson / John Whelpton -- Brian Hodgson : the unsung story / Harihar Raj Joshi -- The ambivalent exegete : Hodgson's contributions to the study of Buddhism / Donald S. Lopez, Jr -- The architectural monuments of Buddhism : Hodgson and the Buddhist architecture of the Kathmandu Valley / J.P. Losty -- Zoology amuses me much / Ann Datta and Carol Inskipp -- Brian Hodgson and the mammals and other animals of Nepal / Ann Datta -- A pioneer of Himalayan ornithology / Carol Inskipp -- Hodgson, Hooker, and the Himalayan frontier / David Arnold -- Brian Hodgson as ethnographer and ethnologist / Martin Gaenszle -- Hodgson's Tibeto-Burman and Tibeto-Burman today / George van Driem -- Hodgson's legacy / David Waterhouse

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