The Pundits

The Pundits British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia

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Publisher's 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

Book information

ISBN: 9780813116662
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Pub date:
DEWEY: 958.03
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 327
Weight: 748g
Height: 247mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 25mm