An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet: Containing a Narrative of a Journey Through Bootan and Part of TibetAsian Educational Services, 1991 - 473 pages The mountains of the kingdom of Bhutan form a part of the Himalayan range. In the year 1772, without provocation, the army of Bhutan invaded the province of Cooch Behar, which shares its borders with Bengal. Alarmed by this incursion, the council of Bengal sent a deputation to deal with the occupying force. The troops of Bhutan were no match for the trained and well-equipped army of Bengal. The King of Bhutan, alarmed and defeated, sent an embassy to the Tesoo Lama to sue for peace by mediation. The Tesoo Lama was, at that time, the regent of Tibet and the guardian of the Dalai Lama, who was still a minor. The Tesoo Lama, acting on the prayers of Bhutan which was a dependency of Tibet sent a deputation to Calcutta, with a telegram addressed to the Governor Warren Hastings in 1774. The governor readily took this opportunity to extend British influence over this little-known quarter of the world. George Boyle was the man chosen to represent the British to carry an answer, and presents, back to the Lama. A man of keen observation and intellect, George Boyle s narrative of this mission is the subject of this book. |
Contents
Leave Calcuttaproceed through Plassey to Moorshedabadcross the Ganges near | 3 |
CHAPTER II | 18 |
Buxadewar page | 39 |
CHAPTER III | 43 |
CHAPTER IV | 64 |
CHAPTER VI | 106 |
CHAPTER VII | 124 |
CHAPTER VIII | 149 |
Permission from the Regent to view the Interior of the Monastery Gorgeous | 255 |
CHAPTER VI | 266 |
CHAPTER VII | 287 |
CHAPTER VIII | 305 |
CHAPTER IX | 326 |
PART III | 359 |
A List of the Usual Articles of Commerce between Tibet and the surrounding | 381 |
Some Account of the Vegetable and Mineral Productions of Bootan and Tibet | 387 |
Take leave of the Daeb Raja and the principal Officers of his Durbar Depart | 167 |
CHAPTER II | 197 |
Deserted Villagesfatal Effects of the SmallpoxIgnorance of its Treatment | 218 |
CHAPTER IV | 231 |
PART V | 417 |
PART VI | 435 |
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animal appearance arrived ascended Assam attendants bamboo Bengal Berhampooter Bootan Booteeas bridge buttered tea Buxadewar Calcutta castle centre ceremony Chaunk China Chuka climate cloth colour conducted covered custom Daeb Raja Dalai Lama deep distance dress Emperor of China equally extremely favour feet foot fruits Goombah Gosein Governor ground Gylongs habitation hand hill Hindoos Hindostan honour inhabitants journey Lama's Lassa lofty matchlocks miles monastery morning mountains Murichom narrow neighbourhood observed officers palace Paro party passed Patchieu person Phari Poorungheer present priests Punukka Raja's received Regent religious residence respect rest river road rock Rungpore sacred season seen Shammar side situated snow Soobah Soopoon Choomboo species steep stone summit Tangun horses Tartar Tassisudon Tehintchieu tents Teshoo Lama Teshoo Loomboo thick Tibet Tibetians travelled trees valley vegetation village walls Wandipore wind Zeenkaubs Zempi Zoompoon