The Origins of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling
Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. Contributors from leading historians of Nepal and South Asia and from specialists in Buddhist studies, art history, linguistics, ornithology and ethnography, critically examine Hodgson's life and achievement within the context of his contribution to scholarship. Many of the drawings photographed for this book have not previously been published.
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The Origins of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling
Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. Contributors from leading historians of Nepal and South Asia and from specialists in Buddhist studies, art history, linguistics, ornithology and ethnography, critically examine Hodgson's life and achievement within the context of his contribution to scholarship. Many of the drawings photographed for this book have not previously been published.
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The Origins of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling

The Origins of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling

by David Waterhouse
The Origins of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling

The Origins of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling

by David Waterhouse

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Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. Contributors from leading historians of Nepal and South Asia and from specialists in Buddhist studies, art history, linguistics, ornithology and ethnography, critically examine Hodgson's life and achievement within the context of his contribution to scholarship. Many of the drawings photographed for this book have not previously been published.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781134383634
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/28/2004
Series: Royal Asiatic Society Books
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

David M. Waterhouse is Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society. He was British Council Director in Nepal from 1972 to 1977.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations  Preface  Acknowledgements  Abbreviations and Technical Note  Details of Contributors  Foreword  1. Brian Hodgson - A Biographical Sketch  2. The Political Role of Brian Hodgson  3. Brian Hodgson - The Unsung Story  4. The Ambivalent Exegete - Hodgson's Contribution to the Study of Buddhism  5. The Architectural Monuments of Buddhism - Hodgson and the Buddhist Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley  Appendix - B.H.Hodgson's Essay: Architectural Illustrations of Buddhism  6. Zoology Amuses Me Much  7. Brian Hodgson and the Mammals and other Animals of Nepal  8. A Pioneer of Himalayan Ornithology  9. Hodgson, Hooker and the Himalayan Frontier  10. Brian Hodgson as Ethnographer and Ethnologist  11. Hodgson's Tibeto-Burman and Tibeto-Burman Today  12. Hodgson's Legacy  Bibliography  Index
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