The origins of Himalayan studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling, 1820-1858 / edited by David M. Waterhouse.
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TextSeries: Royal Asiatic Society booksPublication details: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004Description: xxiv, 280 p ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN: 0415312159Subject(s): Scholars -- Himalaya Mountains Region | Scholars -- Great Britain | Himalaya Mountains Region -- Study and teachingDDC classification: 954.96092 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 954.96092 WAT/O (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 32619 |
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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