Britain and Tibet 1765-1947 : A Select Annotated Bibliography of British Relations with Tibet and the Himalayan States Including Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan - Revised and Updated to 2003

This bibliography is a record of British relations with Tibet in the period from 1765 to 1947. It also provides background information to Tibet's claims to independence, an issue of current importance. The work is divided into a number of sections and subsections, based on chronology, geography and events. The introductions to each of the sections provide a condensed and informative history of the period and place the books and articles in their historical context. This work is both a history and a bibliography of the subject, and provides a rapid entry into a complex area for scholars in the fields of international relations and military history as well as Asian history. Revised and Updated to 2003

This bibliography is a record of British relations with Tibet in the period 1765 to 1947. As such it also involves British relations with Russia and China, and with the Himalayan states of Ladakh, Lahul and Spiti, Kumaon and Garhwal, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam, in so far as British policy towards these states was affected by her desire to establish relations with Tibet. It also covers a subject of some importance in contemporary diplomacy. It was the legacy of unresolved problems concerning Tibet and its borders, bequeathed to India by Britain in 1947, which led to border disputes and ultimately to war between India and China in 1962. These borders are still in dispute today. It also provides background information to Tibet's claims to independence, an issue of current importance.
The work is divided into a number of sections and subsections, based on chronology, geography and events. The introductions to each of the sections provide a condensed and informative history of the period and place the books and article in their historical context. Most entries are also annotated. This work is therefore both a history and a bibliography of the subject, and provides a rapid entry into a complex area for scholars in the fields of international relations and military history as well as Asian history.

BOOK COVER......Page 1 HALF-TITLE......Page 2 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 FOREWORD......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 15 INTRODUCTION......Page 18 PERIODICAL ABBREVIATIONS......Page 21 1. SOURCES CONSULTED......Page 39 2. GENERAL......Page 46 3. FIRST BRITISH CONTACTS WITH THE HIMALAYAN AREA AND THE POLICY OF WARREN HASTINGS......Page 66 4. NEPAL 1788–1903......Page 85 5. WESTERN TIBET AND THE WESTERN HIMALAYAN AREA 1800-1903......Page 135 6. SIKKIM 1814–1903......Page 197 7. BHUTAN 1800–1903......Page 227 8. TIBET AND WESTERN CHINA 1800–1903......Page 245 9. ASSAM HIMALAYAN REGION TO 1903......Page 283 10. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY......Page 320 11. YOUNGHUSBAND EXPEDITION 1903–1904......Page 341 12. BRITISH AND CHINESE RELATIONS WITH TIBET 1905-1914......Page 376 13. ASSAM HIMALAYAN REGION 1905–1914......Page 420 14. BRITISH AND CHINESE RELATIONS WITH TIBET 1914-1947......Page 433 15. ASSAM HIMALAYAN REGION 1914–1947......Page 495 16. INDIA-CHINA BORDER DISPUTES......Page 512 17. ADDENDA......Page 516 AUTHOR INDEX......Page 518 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 568 "This bibliography is a record of British relations with Tibet in the period 1765 to 1947. As such it also involves British relations with Russia and China, and with the Himalayan states of Ladakh, Lahul and Spiti, Kumaon and Garhwal, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam, in so far as British policy towards these states was affected by her desire to establish relations with Tibet. It also covers a subject of some importance in contemporary diplomacy. This work is both a history and a bibliography of the subject, and provides a rapid entry into a complex area for scholars in the fields of international relations and military history as well as Asian history."--BOOK JACKET A hundred years ago, in 1904, a British mission under Francis Younghusband, along witha formidable military escort commanded by Brigadier-General James Macdonald, enteredLhasa, the capital of Tibet. Thus nearly 150 years of British attempts from their Indianbase to establish formal diplomatic relations with the ruling Tibetan theocracy culminatedin the deployment of massive armed force. While the Younghusband venture failed toachieve nearly all its stated objectives, it undoubtedly marked the opening of a new era inCentral Asian history the full consequences and complexities of which have yet