ISBN:
9781139507387
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 269 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausgabe 2014
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
DDC:
306.095496
Keywords:
Nepal Languages
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Languages
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Nepal Literatures
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Literatures
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Nepal Religion
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Religion
Abstract:
An English civil servant who worked in British India and Nepal, Brian Houghton Hodgson (c.1801-94) was also a specialist in Tibetan Buddhism. First published in 1874, this is a collection of his essays on nineteenth-century Nepal and Tibet, earlier versions of which had appeared in the Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society and two books of Hodgson's own, later updated for the Phoenix, a monthly magazine for China, Japan and eastern Asia. Diverse in coverage, the essays represent over thirty years' research. Those in Part 1 focus on Buddhism, covering religious practices, writing, literature, attitudes to Buddhism and the differences between Buddhism and Shaivism. The pieces in Part 2 explore other aspects of Nepal and the Himalayas, such as tribal culture, colonisation and commerce. Discussing a range of linguistic, cultural, sociological and economic topics, this collection remains relevant.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2013
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Originally published: London: Trübner & Co., 1874
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Includes index
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 19, 2019)
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Online-Ausgabe:
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139507387
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