The Pundits: British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia - Hardcover

Waller, Derek J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081311666X ISBN 13: 9780813116662

Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky, 1990

Synopsis

To thwart a prohibition against their exploration of the unknown lands of Central Asia, beginning in the 1860s, the British in India trained native Indians in surveying techniques and sent them beyond the northern frontiers to gather political and geographical information. This hardback book is in good condition. There is some wear to the dust jacket, the spine is slightly bent and there is light foxing on the edge of the pages.

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Review

"A necessary, important, and highly readable book which must rival any yet published in shedding fresh light on nineteenth-century exploration." -- " "London Independent""

"An excellent and very well-researched book; for the first time the explorations of the Pundits have been recorded in one book, and we can be grateful to Derek Waller for having done it so well." -- " "USI Journal""

"A fascinating and historically important book about the frontier policies of the British empire, policies bearing some resonance even today as controversy over frontiers (the Durnad Line, the McMahon Line) in the region continues." -- " "American Historical Review""

"A necessary, important, and highly readable book which must rival any yet published in shedding fresh light on nineteenth-century exploration." -- London Independent

"An excellent and very well-researched book; for the first time the explorations of the Pundits have been recorded in one book, and we can be grateful to Derek Waller for having done it so well." -- USI Journal

"A fascinating and historically important book about the frontier policies of the British empire, policies bearing some resonance even today as controversy over frontiers (the Durnad Line, the McMahon Line) in the region continues." -- American Historical Review

-A necessary, important, and highly readable book which must rival any yet published in shedding fresh light on nineteenth-century exploration.- -- London Independent

-An excellent and very well-researched book; for the first time the explorations of the Pundits have been recorded in one book, and we can be grateful to Derek Waller for having done it so well.- -- USI Journal

-A fascinating and historically important book about the frontier policies of the British empire, policies bearing some resonance even today as controversy over frontiers (the Durnad Line, the McMahon Line) in the region continues.- -- American Historical Review

Synopsis

To thwart a prohibition against their exploration of the unknown lands of Central Asia, beginning in the 1860s, the British in India trained native Indians in surveying techniques and sent them beyond the northern frontiers to gather political and geographical information. Waller (political science, Vanderbilt) studies the adventures and the findin

Edition details

• Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 081311666X
• ISBN 13: 9780813116662
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 327