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Index
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Abbas I, Safavid Shah, 159
Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258), 54
Abel, Elie, 501
Abi Garmin, 354
Abor expedition (1911–1912), 344
Abruzzi, Duke of, see Luigi Amedeo
Abu Dulaf, 156
Acharya, Baburam, 117, 510
Aconcagua, 354
Acquaviva, Rodolfo, 76
Aden, 284
Adi people, 344
Adornment for Nagarjuna’s Thought (Gendun Chopel), 486
Advaita Vedanta, 13
Afghanistan, 16, 63, 86, 194, 242, 246, 247, 377
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 76, 160, 220
agrarian-military complex, 120
Ahmed Shah, Raja of Baltistan, 360
Ahnenerbe, 433
Airco DH9a aircraft, 421
Aishwarya, Queen consort of Nepal, 513
Akademischer Alpenverein München, 425
Akbar I, Mughal Emperor, 76
Akbar II, Mughal Emperor, 220
Aksai Chin region, 58, 502, 503, 504, 505
Alaknanda river, 10, 12, 76, 222, 271
Alaska, 365
Albania, 404, 428
Alceste, 293
Aldenderfer, Mark, 35, 65
Aleppo, Syria, 207
All India Radio, 467
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, 357, 375
Allen, Charles, 269
Alliata, Topazia, 454
Almora, Kumaon, 16, 17, 195, 199–200, 367, 413
Alopen, 74
Alpert, Richard, 517
Alpine Club, 7, 350–51
Bauer, 428
Boss, 356, 357
Bruce, see Bruce, Charles
Collie, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 368
Conway, 358, 359–60, 362, 363, 365
Corbett, 7
Crowley and, 365
Davidson, 362, 363
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Décle, 356
Dickens on, 350
Freshfield, 357, 358, 362, 364, 366, 375, 395
Graham and, 355, 357, 358
Mummery and, 360–64
Rubenson and, 368
Trisul expedition (1907), 367, 395, 396
Tyndall, 351
Alpine Journal, 351, 355, 358, 372, 418, 423
Alps, 7, 284, 345, 350–51, 355, 361–2
Eiger, 350, 356, 364, 425
Matterhorn, 351, 359, 361–2
Monte Rosa, 353
Vallée Blanche, 464
Weisshorn, 351
Zermatt, 284, 351, 359
Altai mountains, 37
Altan Khan, 133, 134
altitude record, 224, 358, 364, 369, 409
altitude sickness, 76, 274
Ama Dablam, 518
Ambala, Haryana, 227, 228, 231
ambans, 136, 146, 167, 196, 201
Amdo, 299, 305, 311
Atisa in, 73
Chinese invasion (1930–1932), 438
Geluk school in, 297
Huc’s visit (1846), 308
Kumbum monastery, 131, 148, 297, 308, 312
Labrang monastery, 297
Qing invasion (1720), 136, 299
Phagmodrupa dynasty (1354–1618), 130
Rijnharts in (1896–8), 312
Serkhok monastery, 299, 300
stereotypes in, 305
Taylor’s visit (1890), 311
Tseten Nomonhan, 299–303, 305
Zhang Zhung Kingdom (c. 500 BCE–625 CE), 48, 61–8
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), 98, 127, 168
Amherst, William Pitt, 1st Earl Amherst, 228, 293
Amnesty International, 494
Among the Tibetans (Bird), 310
Amritsar Treaty (1846), 280–81, 331
Amshuverma, King of Licchavi, 48, 51
An Lushan Rebellion (755–763), 53
Andes range, 2, 203, 215–16, 223, 339, 351, 352, 354
de Andrade, António, 76–7, 78, 222, 304
Androsace Club, 441
Ang Lhamu, 448
Ang Tharkay, 412, 413, 463
Anglicanism, 230, 268
Anglo-Afghan War, First (1839–1842), 247
Anglo-Bhutanese War (1864–1865), 150, 307, 383
Anglo-Burmese War
First (1824–1826), 224
Third (1885), 385
Anglo-Chinese War
First (1839–1842), 247, 282, 308, 331, 490
Second (1856–1860), 283, 285, 490
Anglo-Dutch War, Second (1665–1667), 206
Anglo-Indians, 200, 219–20, 267