Description
Product ID: | 9780415650588 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Royal Asiatic Society Books |
Title: | The Origins of Himalayan Studies |
Subtitle: | Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling |
Authors: | Author: David Waterhouse |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, Asian history, Cultural studies, Regional geography, Asian history, Cultural studies, Regional geography, Asia |
Description: | 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. Specialist contributors critically examine Hodgson's life and his achievements. 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. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2014-12-24 |