The origins of Himalayan studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling, 1820-1858 /
edited by David M. Waterhouse.
- London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
- xxiv, 280 p ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Royal Asiatic Society books .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-271) and index.
1 Brian Hodgson - a biographical sketch DAVID WATERHOUSE Early days 1 The first two years in Nepal 4 The background 5 Hodgson in Nepal 1824-1843 6 Darjeeling 10 The final years 15 2 The political role of Brian Hodgson JOHN WHELPTON 3 Brian Hoi^ton Hodgson - the unsung story HARIHAR RAJ JOSH! Hodgson in Kathmandu society 39 Meharunnisha Begum 43 4 The ambivalent exegetc: Hodgson's contributions to the study of Buddhism DONALD S. LOPEZ Jr 'The architectural monuments of Buddhism'; Hodgson and the Buddhist architecture of the Kathmandu Valley J.P. LOSTY Introduction 77 Hodgson's collecting of antiquarian drawings 78 Reactions to Hodgson's drawings 81 The artist's origins 82 The collections in Paris 83 The collections in London 94 Hodgson's conclusions on the Buddhist architecture of Nepal 102 Appendix to Chapter 5: architectural illustrations of Buddhism B.H. HODGSON'S ESSAY \ Zx)ology ... amuses me much ANN DATTA AND CAROL INSKIPP Background 134 Hodgson as a zoologist 135 Hodgson and the museum world 140 Hodgson's publishing ventures 146 Summary 149 ^ Brian Hodgson and the mammals and other animals of Nepal ANN DATTA Introduction 154 Early mammal work in Nepal 156 Pantholops hodgsonii - the Tibetan antelope 156 First attempts to describe Nepalese mammals 159 New ^ecies in Nepal and Tibet 160 Animal distribution 161 Animal behaviour 162 Anatomical studies 163 The reptiles, amphibians and fish of Nepal 165 Hodgson and entomology 166 Conclusion 166 Appendix 1 167 Appendix 2 168 8 A pioneer of Himalayan ornithology CAROL INSKIPP Appendix 183 9 Hodgson, Hooker and the Himalayan frontier, 1848—1850 DAVID ARNOLD The 'complete Himalayan naturalist' 189 Science on the Himalayan frontier 195 The political frontier 200 10 Brian Hodgson as ethnographer and ethnologist MARTIN GAENSZLE The residency years: Hodgson as ethnographer 208 The years in Darjeeling: Hodgson as ethnologist 213 Reception of Hodgson'S'ethnographic work 220 Conclusion: from collector of intelligence to comparative ethnologist 222 11 Hodgson's Tibeto-Bunnan and Tibeto-Burman today GEORGE VAN DRIEM Turanian 227 Indo-Chinese 233 Tibeto-Burman 237 Hodgson as a Tibeto-Burmanist 243 12 Hodgson's legacy DAVID WATERHOUSE Collections in Europe 249 Collections in South Asia 251 Select bibliography Primary sources 253 Secondary sources 254
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