Tibet Past and PresentThe book deals with Tibetan history from the earliest times, but especially with the aims and movements of the period witnessed by the author. Anecdotes, conversations with leading Tibetans, and quotations from poetry and proverbs illustrate the Tibetan point of view. Sir Charles Bell gives an inside view of the Tibetans; he served for eighteen years on the Indo-Tibetan frontier, spoke and wrote the Tibetan language, and was brought into close touch with all classes from the reigning Dalai Lama downwards. Recent developments in Tibet have attracted worldwide attention and through this Indian edition, Sir Charles Bell's classic study will perhaps be more eagerly read now than ever before. |
Contents
China in Tibet | 208 |
Japan and Russia | 220 |
Mongolia | 224 |
Nepal | 231 |
The Main Lines of British Policy | 244 |
Subsidiary Suggestions | 258 |
SinoTibetan Treaty eighth century | 271 |
SinoTibetan War circa A D 763 | 273 |
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Negotiating a Treaty with Bhutan | 99 |
Securing the NorthEast Frontier + | 107 |
The Dalai Lamas Flight to India | 109 |
The Present Dalai Lama | 123 |
PAGE | 126 |
The Simla Conference | 148 |
The Period of the World War | 160 |
Autonomous Tibet | 170 |
My Mission to Lhasa | 178 |
Questions of Policy | 190 |
Conclusion of Mission | 203 |
Victory over Gurkhas 1792 | 275 |
Treaty between Tibet and Nepal 1856 | 278 |
SikkimTibet Convention 1890 | 281 |
Tibet Trade Regulations 1893 | 282 |
Lhasa Convention 1904 | 285 |
Peking Convention 1906 | 288 |
AngloRussian Agreement 1907 | 290 |
Tibet Trade Regulations 1908 | 291 |
Punaka Treaty 1910 | 297 |
Urga Convention 1912 | 298 |
Alleged MongolTibetan Treaty 1913 | 304 |
RussoChinese Agreement 1913 | 305 |
INDEX | 307 |
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