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Essays on the Languages, Literature, and Religion of Nepal and Tibet: together with further papers on the geography, ethnology, and commerce of those countries

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eng

Essays on the Languages, Literature, and Religion of Nepal and Tibet: together with further papers on the geography, ethnology, and commerce of those countries

by B. H Hodgson

London

Trübner & co

1874

145, 124 p. 3 fold. tab.

E.Book: 25141

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 to scholars working in these fields.

Buddhism--Nepal

Tibeto-Burman languages.

Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Nepal -- Description and travel

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Civilization

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Description and travel

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)

Hodgson, B. H. (Brian Houghton), 1800-1894.