$120 JOURNEY TO LHASA AND CENTRAL TIBET, Sarat Chandra Das, Manjusri, New Delhi, 1970 Facsimile reprint from the original (almost impossible to find) 1902 first edition, 285 page VG hardback

JOURNEY TO LHASA AND CENTRAL TIBET, Sarat Chandra Das, Manjusri, New Delhi, 1970 Facsimile reprint from the original (almost impossible to find) 1902 first edition, 285 page VG hardback with blue cloth, gilt titles, B&W plates, fold-out plans of Lhasa and monasteries - An important book on Tibet - Sarat Chandra Das was an Indian scholar of Tibetan culture and language noted for his two journeys to Tibet in 1879 and in 1881/1882. The book deals mostly with his second journey, when he made surveys east and west of Tashilunpo, of the Yarlung Valley and Lake Yamdo Tse. Chadra Das was the most famous of the Indian 'pundits' who secretly spied on and mapped Tibet at the behest of the British Government. This present volume contains the recollections of his journey to Lhasa, undertaken some years prior to the British invasion, while Lhasa was still closed to foreigners. Rockhill, editor of this volume, had twice tried and failed to reach the holy city. This book went a long way towards dispelling the air of mystery that still clung (and perhaps still does) to Lhasa. Ex libris John Nankervis - $120

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JOURNEY TO LHASA AND CENTRAL TIBET, Sarat Chandra Das, Manjusri, New Delhi, 1970 Facsimile reprint from the original (almost impossible to find) 1902 first edition, 285 page VG hardback with blue cloth, gilt titles, B&W plates, fold-out plans of Lhasa and monasteries - An important book on Tibet - Sarat Chandra Das was an Indian scholar of Tibetan culture and language noted for his two journeys to Tibet in 1879 and in 1881/1882. The book deals mostly with his second journey, when he made surveys east and west of Tashilunpo, of the Yarlung Valley and Lake Yamdo Tse. Chadra Das was the most famous of the Indian 'pundits' who secretly spied on and mapped Tibet at the behest of the British Government. This present volume contains the recollections of his journey to Lhasa, undertaken some years prior to the British invasion, while Lhasa was still closed to foreigners. Rockhill, editor of this volume, had twice tried and failed to reach the holy city. This book went a long way towards dispelling the air of mystery that still clung (and perhaps still does) to Lhasa. Ex libris John Nankervis - $120