by Ed Douglas
in Kathmandu (1721), 95–9
at Lake Manasarovar (1715), 59
in Lhasa (1716–21), 95, 135, 161, 205, 303–4, 306
at Mayum La (1715), 59
on smallpox, 297
Van de Putte and, 205, 207
Detailed Description of the World, The (Jampel Chokyi), 300–303
Deuba, Sher Bahadur, 109
Deutsche Himalaja-Stiftung, 428
Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein, 424–5, 426
Devbhumi, 7
Devies, Lucien, 463
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 212, 453
Dhanvantari, 15
Dharendra Narayan, Raja of Cooch Behar, 138
dharma, 46, 56, 66, 70, 73, 132, 215
dharma kings, 47, 54, 63, 304, 334
Dhaulagiri, 219, 223, 224, 462
Dhauli river, 271
Diaghilev, Sergei, 431, 469
Diamond Sutra, 44–5
Dickens, Charles, 350
Digby, William, 377
Dilli Bazar, Kathmandu, 500
Dilthey, Wilhelm, 426
Dindun, Tibet, 65
Dipendra Bir Bikram, Crown Prince of Nepal, 513, 516
Discovery, 366
Dittert, René, 441, 464
Divya Upadesh (Prithvi Narayan), 115, 118, 121, 163–4
Dixit, Kamal Mani, 467–8
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), 32, 37–8
Dogra-Tibetan War (1841–1842), 279–80
Dogras, 278, 279
Doig, Desmond, 109
Dolan, Brooke, 433, 492
dolphins, 29
Domitian, Roman Emperor, 40
Domvile, Barry, 433
Dondrub Rinchen, 131
Dorje Khatri, 523
Dorje Lhakpa, 80, 217
Dorzhiev, Agvan, 389, 393, 394, 434
Douglas-Hamilton, Douglas, 14th Duke of Hamilton, 422–3
Douglas-Home, Alec, 514
dove tree, 346
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 318
Drakyap monastery, Derge, 397
Drapchi prison, Lhasa, 475–8
Dreamworld Tibet (Brauen), 317
Drepung monastery, Lhasa, 132, 134, 135, 402, 455, 483
Drexler, Alfred, 427
Drigum, 47
Drogon Chogyal Phagpa, 88–91, 130
Dromton, 72, 73
Drowa Gon, Tibet, 131
Drubchen Namkha Gyeltsen, 131
Drubya Shah, King of Gorkha, 114
Druk lineage, 143, 144, 161
Drummond, Robert, 284
Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste, 202, 203, 204
Dubernard, Jules, 346
Dudh Kosi, 396
Dufaycolor, 435
Duff, Antony, 519
Dufferin, Lord, see Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Frederick
Dullu, Nepal, 111
Dunagiri, 356
Dundas, Henry, 140
Dungan Revolt (1895–1896), 312
Dunhuang, Gansu, 42–54, 55, 61, 62, 65, 69, 74, 157, 288, 484
Dunn, Cyril, 501
Durango, Mexico, 357
Durbar Square, Kathmandu, 96
Durrell, Lawrence 342
Dutch Republic (1581–1795), 206
Anglo-Dutch War, Second (1665–1667), 206
Cochin colony (1661–1795), 207
East India Company, 93, 127, 191, 207, 208
East Indies colonies (1603–1949), 93, 127, 191, 207, 208
Dyhrenfurth, Günter, 409–10, 425, 426, 427, 441
Dyhrenfurth, Hettie, 409–10, 417, 426, 441
Dyhrenfurth, Norman, 410
Dylan, Robert ‘Bob’, 1
dysentery, 14, 93, 219, 315
Dza Chu river, 40
dzong, 130, 144, 145
Dzungar Khanate (1634–1755), 135–6, 161, 204, 299, 305
Earhart, Amelia, 421
earthquakes, 29
1505 30
1255 30, 89
2015 100, 151
East India Company, British, 92, 117, 123–5, 375–6
Afghan War, First (1839–42), 247
Battle of Buxar (1764), 211
Battle of Plassey (1757), 123, 149
Bogle mission (1774), see Bogle, George
China, trade with, 127–8, 170, 172
cartography, 211–26
Cooch Behar conflict (1773), 138–9
Darjeeling lease (1835), 335
famine (1769), 125
Haileybury College, 175, 239, 240–41
Hooker’s voyage (1848–1849), 326, 334–9
Java invasion (1811), 191
Kinloch expedition (1767), 123–5, 149, 189, 214
Kirkpatrick mission (1792–1793), 98–100, 166, 171, 172, 181, 327
Macartney Mission (1793), 170, 172
Manning mission (1811–12), 292–4, 303
Maratha War, Second (1803–1805), 173, 176, 185
Mir Qasim, relations with, 122
Mysore War, Second (1780–1784), 176
Nepalese War (1814–1816), 16–17, 183–200, 335
Opium War, First (1839–1842), 247, 282, 308, 490
Rebellion (1857–1858), see Indian Rebellion
Regulating Act (1773), 127, 140
Residents in Nepal, see British Residents in Nepal
Sino-Nepalese War (1788–1792), 168, 170, 171, 172, 186
taxation, 181–3, 198
tea trade, 127, 329–32, 333
Treaty of Danapur (1801), 173, 185, 217
Treaty of Sagauli (1816), 195, 196, 198, 236, 239, 260, 263, 279, 376
Treaty of Titalia (1817), 335
Turner mission (1783), 148–9, 150, 327
Vellore mutiny (1806), 191
wool trade, 77, 270, 272, 276–9, 281–2
East India Company, Dutch, 207
Eckenstein, Oscar, 359, 365
Ecuador, 216
Eden, 75, 78, 79
Eden, Ashley, 150, 383
Eden, Emily, 229
Eden, William, 4th Baron Auckland, 229, 246, 247, 248
Edinburgh News, 257
Edinburgh Review, 176
Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom, 260, 315
Egypt, 254, 501
Eiger, Swiss Alps, 350, 356, 364, 425
elephants, 29, 99, 124, 175, 194, 235, 249, 514
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 92
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, 342, 466, 513–14
Ellenborough, Lord, see Law, Edward
Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Gilbert, 1st Earl of Minto, 291, 397–8
Elwes, Henry John, 337, 344
Encyclopaedia of Sport, 358
Endeavour, 141, 322
Enlightenment, 95, 140, 424
Epic of Everest, The, 407, 411
Erebus, 325, 326
erosion, 23–4, 26
Ertl, Hans, 410, 424
Ethiopia, 32
Evans-Wentz, Walter, 430
Evans, Charles, 466
Ever Wrest, 420
Everest, George, 225–6, 352, 421–2
Evola, Julius, 451
Explanation of Shambhala, The (Lobsang Palden Yeshe), 209–10
‘Explorer, The’ (Kipling), 9
Falconer, Hugh, 329–30, 333, 336
Family Circle, 443
famines, 125
fan palms, 340
Fane, Henry, 238
Farrer, Reginald, 346–8
fascism, 410, 422, 451–2, 454
see also Nazi Germany
Fatehpur, Bihar, 230
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2008–), 107–9, 151–2, 520–25
elections, 525
Everest avalanche (2014), 520–25
railways, 151–2
migrant labour, 524
Fellowes, Peregrine, 422, 423
Fenimore Cooper, James, 295
Fidai Khan, 161
Filimonov, Lev, 508
Filippani-Ronconi, Pio, 452
de Filippi, Filippo, 366
Finland, 394
Finsterwalder, Richard, 426
Fitch, Walter Hood, 339
Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (1954), 502, 503
flat earth cosmography, 296, 297, 455, 485
Fletcher, William, 314
floods, 29–30
Flora Antarctica (Hooker), 326
flywhisks, 40, 99, 156
folates, 33
football, 403, 436
Forbes, Duncan, 164
Ford, Robert, 491
Forests of Upper India, The (Webber), 284
Forman, Harrison, 430
Formichi, Carlo, 451
Forrest, George, 346, 347
Forster, George, 177
Fort Cornelis, Java, 191
Fort William College, Calcutta, 176, 241
Fortune, 501
Fortune, Robert, 340–41, 343
fossils, 12, 22, 25, 38, 330
Four Days’ Battle (1666), 206
Four Rivers, Six Ranges, 495
Fox, Reginald, 491
France
Académie Royale des Sciences, 202, 215–16
Annapurna expedition (1950), 462–4
Battle of Plassey (1757), 123, 149
cartography, 202, 215–16
Huc mission (1844–1846), 297–8, 307–9, 379
Java conflict (1811), 191
Napoleonic Code (1804), 258
Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), 240, 277
racialism in, 102–4
Renou mission (1854), 309
Revolution (1789), 108
Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), 291
Rubruck’s voyage (1253–1255), 75
Seven Years’ War (1756–1763), 123, 149, 211
Société des Missions Étrangères, 309–10
Treaty of Amiens (1802), 291
Treaty of Tianjin (1858), 283, 309
wool trade, 276
Franchet, Adrien, 345
Francis of Assisi, Saint, 75
Franciscans, 75
Franklin, John, 295
Fraser, James Baillie, 222
Freikorps, 425
French, Patrick, 372, 482
Freshfield, Douglas, 357, 358, 362, 364, 366, 375
Freud, Sigmund, 430
Freyre, Manuel, 59
Friendship Highway, 515, 519
Froelich, Philip, 27
Fuchs, Vivian, 518
Fuk’anggan, 164, 170, 172, 187
von Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph, 154, 522
G219 highway, 58, 59, 63, 506
Gabet, Joseph, 297, 307, 308
Galbraith, Kenneth, 469, 504–5
Gallipoli campaign (1915–1916), 404, 444
Gamron, Persia, 207
Ganden monastery, Lhasa, 132, 134, 455, 475
Ganden Phodrang Tibet (1642–1959), 135
Aufschnaiter in (1944–1952), 456–7
Bailey’s visit (1924), 404
Bernard’s visit (1936–1937), 443
Bogle mission (1774), see Bogle, George
Bower’s voyage (1891–1892), 380
Capuchins in, 95, 143, 205, 208, 303–7, 309
Chinese invasion (1930–1932), 411, 438, 487
Chinese annexation (1950–1951), see Annexation of Tibet
communists in, 487–8, 489
Cooch Behar conflict (1772–1773), 138–9
coup attempt (1924), 406–8
Dalai Lama, see Dalai Lama
David-Néel’s visit (1924), 313
Desideri in (1716–21), 95, 135, 161, 205, 303–4
Dogra War (1841–1842), 279–80, 391
Dubernard in (1864–1905), 346
ethnic groups in, 296, 306
Farrer expedition (1914–1916), 346–8
Gould mission (1936), 435–6, 491
Grueber’s visit (1661), 94, 158–9
Harrer in (1944–1951), 456
Huc’s visit (1846), 297–8, 307–9, 379
Jesuits in, see Jesuits
Joughayetsi in (1686–91), 158–63
kashag, 136, 437, 483, 489, 490, 495
Kawaguchi’s voyage (1900–1902), 394–5
Kingdon-Ward in (1913–1925), 321, 348
Kishen Singh’s voyage (1878–1882), 288
Ladakh boundary commissions (1846–7), 280–81
Ladakh–Mughal War (1679–84), 161
Lhasa Uprising (1959), 472, 475, 501, 502, 503, 509, 518, 519
Littledale’s visit (1895), 314–16
Longstaff expedition (1905), 367
Ludlow’s school (1923–1926), 403, 407
Macaulay mission (1885–1886), 384–5
Manning’s visit (1811–12), 292–4, 303
McGovern’s visit (1923), 405–6
minting of currency, 83, 121, 163, 168, 169
Moorcroft expedition (1812), 268–78, 295, 327
Nain Singh’s visits (1865–1867), 287–8
Nepalese War (1788–1792), 98, 164–5, 168–72, 177, 185, 186, 292, 381
Nepalese War (1855–1856), 258–9, 377, 380
OSS mission (1942), 433, 492–3
Panchen Lama, see Panchen Lama
Pereira’s visit (1922), 405
Phari raid (1883), 384
Purdom in (1909–1916), 346–7
Rebellion (1905), 346, 396–7
Reid’s visit (1949), 492
Richardson in, see Richardson, Hugh
Rijnhart’s visit (1898), 313
Rockhill’s ambassadorship (1905–1909), 393–4, 492
Roerich expedition (1927–8), 431–2
Russia, relations with, 388–9, 393, 394, 398
Schäfer expedition (1938–1939), 433–4, 436
Schlagintweit expeditions (1854–1857), 352–5
Seventeen-Point Agreement (1951), 489
Sikkim occupation (1886–1888), 385, 386
Smyth’s visits, 283–5
Strachey’s visit (1846), 281
Strachey’s visit (1848), 353, 354
Tawang, ceding of (1914), 399, 402, 504
Taylor’s visit (1890), 311
Thomas’s visit (1949), 492
Tichy expedition (1935), 414
Treaty of Amritsar (1846), 280–81, 331
Treaty of Calcutta (1890), 311, 386
Treaty of Calcutta (1908), 397
Treaty of Kyirong (1789), 169
Treaty of Lhasa (1904), 393, 399
Treaty of Simla (1914), 400, 402, 459, 494
Treaty of Thapathali (1856), 377, 380, 388
Tsum documentary affair (1964), 519
Tucci in, see under Tucci, Giuseppe
Turner mission (1783), 148–9, 150
u lag, 306
UK/US trade mission (1948), 491
UN membership ambitions, 495
Van der Putte in (1728–1731), 208, 294
World War II (1939–1945), 492–4
Xinhai Revolution (1911–12), 398, 411
yarab choesang in, 304
Younghusband expedition (1903–1904), 288, 292, 311, 316, 367, 375, 390–93
Zhao’s invasion (1910), 397
Gandhara Empire (1500–535 BCE), 63
Gandhi, Indira, 516
Gandhi, Mohandas, 410, 412, 444
Ganga, 6–7, 16
Gangdise mountains, 21
Ganges river, 1, 6–7, 10, 28, 204, 211, 212
Gaumukh (cow’s mouth), 6, 16, 218, 222, 223
Rennell’s mapping of (1764), 212
Webb expedition (1807–8), 218–23, 266–7
Gangotri, Uttarakhand, 1, 6, 10, 14, 16, 19, 177, 222, 440–42
Gangtok, Sikkim, 386, 408
Gansser, Augusto, 25–6
Gansu, China, 37, 38
Dunhuang, 42–54, 55, 61, 62, 65, 69, 74, 157, 288, 484
Farrer in, 346–8
Purdom in, 346–7
rhubarb trade, 136
Rijnhart in, 312
Taylor in, 311
Gar Tongtsen, 49–50, 51, 52, 53
gardens, 343–4, 49
7
Gardner, Alexander, 268
Gardner, Edward, 197, 198, 242
Gardner, William, 194
Garhwal, 6, 16–17, 40
Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–1816), 195
Bhyundar valley, 418, 442
British rule (1816–1947), 195, 200, 233, 263, 284, 376
Gorkha rule (1804–1816), 174, 177, 187, 233, 266–7
Graham’s visit (1883), 355–6, 357
Hardwicke mission (1796), 326
Hinduism in, 12, 137
Indian rule (1947–), 262
Kamet, 76, 352, 354, 418, 440
Kedarnath, 10, 440–42
Khasa rule (c. 850s–1400), 111, 112
language, 265
Longstaff expeditions (1905; 1907), 367, 396
Moorcroft expedition (1812), 271
Nanda Devi, see Nanda Devi
Rohilla invasions (1744–8), 16
Shipton-Tilman expedition (1934), 412–16, 461
Smythe’s visit (1937), 418, 442
Swiss expedition (1947), 440–42, 464
Treaty of Sagauli (1816), 195, 263, 376
Webb expedition (1807–8), 266–7
Garhwali language, 265
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, 410
Gartok, Tibet, 264
Chinese troops in, 503
Schlagintweit brothers in, 353
wool trade, 154, 276–7, 278, 279, 281–2
Garu nunnery, Lhasa, 473, 474, 475
Garuda, 65
Gaubil, Antoine, 204
Gaumont British Films, 423
Gaumukh, 6, 16, 218, 222, 223
Gawler, John Cox, 383
Geden Choeling, Sichuan, 480
Gedun Drub, 1st Dalai Lama, 132–3
Gedun Gyatso, 2nd Dalai Lama, 133
Geertz, Clifford, 96
Gelder, Stuart, 456
Geluk school, 73, 126, 129–36
Druk, relations with, 161
Ganden Phodrang (1642–1959), 135–6, 209, 300
Guge Kingdom (c. 967–1680), 73, 74, 83
Mongols and, 133–4, 144, 393
Nazi Germany and, 432
Nyingma school, relations with, 437
Phagmodrupa dynasty (1354–1618), 130–34, 144
Sho Dun festival, 474
Gemelli Careri, Giovanni Francesco, 206, 207
Gendun Chopel, 297, 483–7, 489
General Electric, 457, 492
genetics, 32–9
Gentile, Giovanni, 451
geodesy, 225
Geographical Journal, 314
Geographical Society, 268
Geological Survey of India, 30
Geology of the Himalaya (Gansser), 25
George III, King of the United Kingdom, 322
George V, King of the United Kingdom, 445
geraniums, 497
Gerard, Alexander and James, 224
Gergan ‘Khunu’ Tharchin, 455, 482, 484, 485, 488, 489
Germany, 409–10, 424–9, 432–4
Ahnenerbe, 433
Berlin Olympics (1936), 409, 410, 423, 427
Deutsche Himalaja-Stiftung, 428
Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein, 424–5, 426
Dyhrenfurth expedition (1930), 409–10, 425, 427