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Himalaya

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by Ed Douglas


  International Dunhuang Project, 44

  International Olympic Committee, 409, 426

  International Space Station, 24

  Inuit, 40

  Iran, 63

  Iraq, 74, 156, 160, 388

  Irvine, Andrew, 403, 423

  Isfahan, Persia, 159, 160, 207

  Islam, 3, 43, 63, 74, 86, 89, 156

  Bengal Sultanate (1352–1576), 119

  Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526), 86, 113

  Dungan Revolt (1895–1896), 312

  Karakhanid Khanate (840–1212), 43, 71

  Mongol Empire (1206–1368), 75

  Mughal Empire (1526–1857), 161, 162, 177, 263

  Partition of India (1947), 442–3

  Safavid Empire (1501–1736), 159

  Tibetan Empire (618–842) and, 54

  Isle of Skye, Scotland, 444

  Italy, 365, 428, 451–4

  Itihasa, 8

  Itinerarium (William of Rubruck), 75

  Jacobite Rebellion (1745–1746), 219

  Jacquemont, Victor, 228, 272

  Jadh Ganga, 221

  jagir, 189

  Jaithak, Himachal Pradesh, 194

  Jamaica, 326

  James Veitch & Sons, 343, 346

  James VI and I, King of Scotland, England and Ireland, 92

  James, Eliza, 229, 256–7

  Jammu and Kashmir, 63, 161, 280, 503

  Jampa Choezom, 473, 474

  Jampal Yeshe Gyaltsen, 436

  Jampel Chokyi Tenzin, 4th Tseten Nomonhan, 299–303, 305, 385

  Jamphel Gyatso, 8th Dalai Lama, 98, 129, 145, 167, 169, 201

  Jamyang Norbu, 317

  Jang Bahadur, 229, 238–9, 249–60, 279, 337, 377, 380

  Japan

  Bai Lang, training of, 347

  Chang’an, pilgrimage to, 49

  Chinese War, First (1894–1895), 386

  Chinese War, Second (1937–1945), 428, 439, 456, 487

  Hotan map (1710), 210

  Kawaguchi’s voyage (1897–1902), 394–5

  Littledales in, 313, 314

  Kailas, travel to, 60

  Mogao Caves, travel to, 44

  Nanjing Massacre (1938), 456

  Nepal, relations with, 445–6, 448

  Pacific War (1941–1945), 454, 492

  plant hunting in, 343

  Tibet, relations with, 394, 395

  World War II (1939–1945), 454

  Jartoux, Pierre, 203, 204

  jasmine, 340

  Java, 191

  Jaya Prakash Malla, King of Kantipur, 120, 123–5, 137, 214

  Jayabhima Deva Malla, King of Nepal, 89

  Jayant Rana, 115, 117, 118–19

  Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, 393

  Jelep La, 166, 169, 384, 385, 397

  Jenner, Edward, 298–9

  Jerusalem, 75

  Jesuits, 76, 135, 141, 143, 160, 202, 203

  Andrade’s voyages (1624–1625), 76–7, 304

  in Beijing, 202, 296, 304

  Cacella’s voyage (1627), 77–8, 94, 144

  cartography, 202, 203, 204, 205, 213–14, 218

  Desideri’s voyages (1712–1721), see Desideri, Ippolito

  Grueber’s voyage (1661–1662), 93–5, 158–9

  Prester John, search for, 76

  St Joseph’s college, Darjeeling, 342

  Jesus Sutras, 45, 74

  Jewel in the Crown, The, 342

  Jewish people

  Chang’an traders, 49

  musk trade, 157

  Nazi persecution of, 104, 409, 423, 425, 426, 433, 434

  jhator, 75

  Jiang Xiaowan, 44

  Jiaqing, Qing Emperor, 171, 196, 300

  Jincheng, 53

  Jing Anning, 92

  Jinsha river, 488

  Jitamitra Malla, King of Bhaktapur, 161

  Jitarimalla, 112

  Jitgadhi, Nepal, 193

  jizya, 162

  Johar valley, 261–7, 271, 276, 277, 283, 286, 412

  Johnson, Amy, 421

  Johnson, Samuel, 139

  Johnson, William Henry, 357

  Johnston, John Lawson, 317

  Jokhang, Lhasa, 52, 54, 56, 89, 307, 475, 496–7

  Jomolhari, 215, 216, 219, 414

  Jones, Mary Nix, 215

  Jones, William, 176, 214–16, 219, 414

  Joshimath, Uttarakhand, 137, 442

  Joughayetsi, Hovhannes, 158–63, 165

  Journal of the Asiatic Society, 330

  Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, A (Johnson), 139

  Jowo Je, 72

  Juan y Santacilia, Jorge, 216

  Jugal massif, 461

  Jumla, Nepal, 112, 169, 233

  Jung, Carl, 430

  Junga, Keonthal State, 232

  juniper, 28, 52

  Jurchen people, 135

  jute, 449

  Jutogh, Himachal Pradesh, 228, 231

  Jyekundu, Kham, 438, 492

  K2, 365, 366

  Kabru, 356, 357, 368

  Kabul, Afghanistan, 247, 276

  kada, 126, 128, 480

  Kadam school, 73, 131

  Kagyu school, 73, 87, 130, 133

  in Bhutan, 78, 143

  Chomolungma and, 215

  Druk branch, 143, 161

  Karma branch, 133, 134–5, 168

  Karmapa, 134–5

  Milarepa, 60–61, 66, 73, 87, 142

  Mongols and, 88, 130

  Naropa, 45, 60, 87

  Shamarpa, 168, 170

  Tsuglakhang, 73

  Kahn, Zadoc, 103

  Kailas region, 59–61, 63, 68, 73

  cartography of, 204

  Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), 60

  Darchen, 60

  Desideri and Freyre’s visit (1715), 59

  Dogra-Tibetan War (1841–1842), 279–80

  Gansser’s visit (1936), 25

  gosain and, 138

  Kagyu school and, 60–61, 73

  Lake Manasarovar, 15, 59, 76

  in Manasakhanda, 15

  Meru and, 14

  Moorcroft expedition (1812), 274, 295

  Rawats and, 264, 265

  Shangri-La and, 78

  Tichy expedition (1935), 414

  Kalachakra, 63, 210, 297, 301

  Kali, 14

  Kali Gandaki, 193, 463

  Kalimpong, Bengal, 398, 482, 484, 486, 487–8, 506

  Kalindi glacier, 440

  Kalindi pass, 442

  Kalka, Haryana, 188

  Kalmuks, 201

  Kamashila, 57

  Kamet, 76, 352, 354, 418, 440

  Kanam, Himachal Pradesh, 378

  Kandinsky, Wassily, 430

  Kangchenjunga, 226, 238, 337, 338, 353, 355, 375, 448

  Bauer expedition (1931), 425–6

  Crowley expedition (1905), 333, 365

  Dyhrenfurth expedition (1930), 410, 425

  Freshfield expedition (1899), 366

  Kangding, Sichuan, 204, 313, 382

  Kangra State (c. 1000–1948), 177–81, 187, 239, 332

  Kangxi, Qing Emperor, 135–6, 162, 202–3

  Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 218, 239

  kapala, 60

  Kapilavastu, Nepal, 398

  Kara-Khitan tribe, 75

  Karakhanid Khanate (840–1212), 43, 71

  Karakoram range, 2, 3, 226, 314, 462

  Abruzzi expedition (1909), 365–6

  Buhl expedition (1957), 469

  climate change and, 3

  Conway expedition (1892), 358, 359–60, 363

  Crowley expedition (1902), 365

  Dyhrenfurth expedition (1934), 409, 410, 441

  erosion in, 24, 26

  granite in, 21

  Guge rule, 68

  Littledale’s visit (1895), 314

  Longstaff expedition (1909), 366–7

  Mongol rule, 75

  Survey of India, 226, 355

  Workman expedition (1903), 358

  Karim Khan, 30

  Karma Kagyu school,
133, 134–5

  Karma Phuntsog Namgyal, King of Tsang, 134

  Karma Tenkyong, King of Tsang, 144

  karma, 133

  Karmapa, 134–5

  Karnali river, 59, 111, 112, 167, 210

  Karou, Tibet, 40, 41

  Kartik Naach, 81–4, 85, 94, 100

  Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, 234

  kashag, 136, 437, 483, 489, 490, 495

  Kashgar, Turkestan, 314, 354, 503

  al-Kashgari, Mahmud, 43

  Kashi, 15

  Kashmir, 18, 63, 201

  Bailey in (1932–1933), 408

  Buddhism in, 41, 55, 63, 70, 86

  Dyhrenfurth expedition (1934), 410

  Guge, influence on, 70, 73, 87

  Jammu and Kashmir (1846–1947), 161, 280, 352

  Indian rule (1947–), 505, 519

  K2, 365, 366

  musk trade, 157

  Nanga Parbat, see Nanga Parbat

  Pakistani rule (1947–), 505, 519

  Pala Empire (750–1174), 41

  Sikh rule (1819–1846), 278

  Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal War (1679–84), 161

  Tibet, migration to, 296, 306, 307

  wool trade, 77, 154, 161, 181, 276

  Kathmandu, Nepal, 21, 80–105

  anti-Nepali riots (1866), 381

  architecture, 99–101

  Aufschnaiter’s visit (1952), 458

  Bailey in (1935–1938), 408

  Bengal Sultanate attack (1349), 119

  British residents in, see British residents in Nepal

  Burkill’s visit (1907), 344

  Crawford’s map (1802–3), 217

  Desideri’s visit (1721), 95–8

  clay, 100

  earthquakes, 30, 89, 100, 151

  Grueber’s visit (1662), 94–5

  Hawley in (1959–2018), 500–502, 514, 516, 521

  Khasa conquest, 112, 119

  Kirkpatrick’s visit (1793), 98–100, 166, 171, 172, 181, 327

  Knox’s mission (1802–1804), 173, 174, 177, 181, 185, 217

  Le Bon’s visit (1885), 102

  Lévi’s visit (1898), 103

  Lissanevitch in (1951–1985), 469–71, 514, 517

  National History Museum, 110

  Prithvi’s attacks (1757; 1768), 121–5, 137, 163

  Rennell’s map (1782), 214

  Royal Hotel, 469–71, 514, 517

  Singha Darbar, 110

  tantrism in, 85–6

  Tucci’s visit (1929), 81, 451

  Tundhikel, 258

  Kaufmann, Ulrich, 356

  Kawaguchi, Ekai, 394–5

  Keay, John, 218, 268

  Kedarnath, 10, 440–42

  Kellas, Alexander, 368–70, 396, 421

  Kelzang Gyatso, 7th Dalai Lama, 203, 305, 306, 376

  Kempson, Edwin, 420

  Kennedy, Charles, 228

  Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 504, 515

  Keonthal State (765–1948), 232

  Kerala, India, 11, 12, 413

  Keshav Narayan Chowk, Patan, 105

  Kettle, Tilly, 126, 129, 136, 139, 145

  Kewtsang Rinpoche, 438

  Keynes, John Maynard, 362

  Khalanga, Nepal, 192

  Khalji, Ikhtiyar al-Din Muhammad, 86

  Kham

  Chushi Gangdruk in, 495, 506

  communists in, 487–8

  Dalai Lama in, 203

  Derge Kingdom (c. 1400s–1956), 397

  Liu Wenhui conflict (1930–1949), 487

  Pandatsang clan, 437, 483

  Pandatsang rebellion (1933), 437

  Phagmodrupa dynasty (1354–1618), 130

  radio links, 491

  Rebellion (1905), 346, 396–7

  Renou in (1846), 309

  smallpox outbreak (1882), 288

  Tseten Nomonkhan on, 305

  Van de Putte in (1736), 208

  wool trade, 483

  Khamba Dzong, 384, 390

  khandroma, 473–4

  Khardong, Tibet, 65

  Khartse valley, Tibet, 71

  Kharub, Tibet, 40, 41

  Khas language, 108, 111, 114, 119

  Khas people, 108, 111, 112, 117, 119, 180

  Chhetris, 113–14, 155, 186

  in Darjeeling, 342

  language, 108, 111, 114, 119, 243

  Malla dynasty and, 121

  parbatiya, 111, 113, 117

  religion, 112, 113

  Thapa clan, 184, 192, 195

  Khasa Kingdom (c. 700–1400), 111–13, 119, 167

  Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama, 297–8

  Khedrup Je, 1st Panchen Lama, 134

  khoja, 159

  Khon family, 87

  Khorchag, Guge Kingdom, 70

  Khorre, see Yeshe O

  Khoshut Khanate (1642–1717), 134–6, 202, 304

  Khotan Kingdom (56–1006), 43, 44, 52, 56

  khrancha, 262

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 261, 507, 509

  khukuri, 99, 109, 118

  Khumbu, Nepal, 368, 467, 507, 518, 521, 522

  Khumbu glacier, 464, 521

  Khumjung, Nepal, 518

  Khurja, Uttar Pradesh, 160

  khyang, 36, 58, 274

  Khyenrab Kunzang Mondo, 402

  khyung, 65, 66

  Khyunglung, Zhang Zhung Kingdom, 62, 65

  Kim (Kipling), 149, 289, 302, 376

  King James Bible, 15

  Kingdon-Ward, Frank, 321–2, 323, 347, 348, 403, 408

  Kinloch, George, 123–5, 189, 214

  Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, 40, 224, 378

  Kipling, Lockwood, 317

  Kipling, Rudyard, 9, 149, 200, 289, 302, 354, 376, 432

  Kirata, 84

  Kircher, Athanasius, 94, 97, 98

  Kirkpatrick, William, 98–100, 166, 171, 172, 181

  Kirtipur, Nepal, 121–2

  Kissinger, Henry, 502

  Kitab al-Buldan (al-Ya‘qubi), 158

  Knox, William, 173–4, 177, 181, 185, 217

  Kodari, Nepal, 515

  Koirala, Bishweshwar Prasad, 443–4, 446, 457, 459, 506–7, 510–15

  anti-Indian protests (1954), 459

  Beijing visit (1960), 510–11, 524

  Biratnagar jute mill strike (1947), 449

  China, relations with, 506–7, 510–11

  civil disobedience campaign (1929–31), 444

  death (1982), 500–501, 516

  general election (1959), 501

  imprisonment (1960–1968), 500, 512, 514, 515

  Mahendra’s wedding (1952), 512

  Nehru, relationship with, 459

  Swiss Everest expeditions (1952), 465

  Tibet, relations with, 506

  Varanasi, exile in (1968–1977), 515, 516

  Koirala, Girija Prasad, 500, 517

  Koirala, Matrika Prasad, 457

  Koirala, Prasad Koirala, 443–4, 446

  Kokonor, 94, 203, 345

  Kolkata, Bengal, 106

  Komer, Robert, 504

  Konchok Gyalpo, 87

  Kongka La, 503

  Kongur Tiube, 508

  Kovyrkov, Anatoly, 508

  Krishna, 10

  Krishnamurti, Jiddu, 430

  kshatriya, 113–14

  Kublai Khan, 75, 88–93

  Kullu valley, 432

  Kumaon, 16–17

  Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–1816), 187, 189, 195

  British rule (1816–1947), see British Kumaon

  Chand dynasty (c. 600–1791), 16, 265

  Colbrooke’s voyage (1807), 219

  earthquake (1505), 30

  folk tales, 264

  gold smelting in, 264

  Gorkha rule (1791–1816), 16, 172, 177, 187, 189, 195, 233, 242, 266–7

  Indian rule (1947–), 262

  Khasa rule (c. 850s–1400), 111, 112

  taxation in, 17

  Rohilla invasions (1744–8), 16, 242

  Treaty of Sagauli (1816), 195

  Webb’s visit (1808), 266–7

  Kuma
ri of Patan, 83

  Kumbh Mela, 220

  Kumbum monastery, Amdo, 131, 148, 297, 308, 312, 437, 438–9, 495

  kumquats, 340

  Kun Lun mountains, 14

  Kun, 366

  Kunga Choeleg, 378

  Kunga Rinchen, 144

  Kunming, Yunnan, 492

  Kunphela, 436–7, 483

  Kunwar, Bal Narsingh, 249

  Kunwar, Bal Singh, 183

  Kunwar, Balbhadra, 192–3

  Kunwar, Jang Bahadur, see Rana, Jang Bahadur

  Kuomintang, see Republic of China

  Kushan Empire (30–375), 63

  Kushinagar, 209

  Kuti, Tibet, 161, 168, 169, 214

  Kuzmin, Kirill, 509

  Kye monastery, Spiti, 443

  Kyi Chu, 40, 287

  Kyirong region, 114–15, 151

  Aufschnaiter’s exploration (1951), 457

  railway in, 152

  Shah conquest (1743–1744), 116–19

  Singh pundits’ exploration (1863), 287

  trade routes, 166, 168, 377, 515

  Kyirong Town, Tibet, 168, 515

  Kyirong Treaty (1789), 169

  Kyrgyzstan, 2, 156

  La Trobe, Benjamin, 310

  Labja Gongmo, 478

  Labrang monastery, Amdo, 297, 430

  Lachenal, Louis, 462, 463

  Ladakh, 24, 40, 77, 154

  Bird’s visit (1889), 310

  boundary commissions (1846–1847), 280–81

  Chinese claims to, 502–5

  climate, 3

  Csoma de Kőrös in (1823–1827), 378

  Desideri’s visit (1715), 59, 161

  Dyhrenfurth expedition (1934), 410

  Guge Kingdom rule, 68, 69, 70

  Jammu and Kashmir rule (1846–1947), 161, 280

  Lamayuru monastery, 24

  Moorcroft’s visit (1820), 278–9

  Namgyal dynasty (1460–1842), 77

  Pallis’ visit (1936), 453

  Phunwang and, 487

  Sikh rule (1834–1846), 279, 280

  Sino-Indian War (1962), 504–5

  Tibet War (1679–1684), 161

  Tibet War (1841–1842), 279–80, 391

  Treaty of Amritsar (1846), 280–81, 331

  Tucci’s visit (1928), 453

  wool trade, 77, 161, 276, 278–9

  Laden La, Sonam Wangfel, 406–7, 437

  Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, 62, 154

  Lahore, Punjab, 251

  Lajang Khan, 135–6, 203, 304, 305

  Lake Anavatapta, 210

  Lake Manasarovar, 15, 59, 267

  Desideri’s visit (1715), 59

  Drummond’s visit (1860), 284

  Longstaff expedition (1905), 367

  Monserrate and, 76

  Moorcroft’s visit (1812), 272–3, 275, 277

  Strachey’s visit (1846), 281

  Strachey’s visit (1848), 353

  Xuanzang and, 210

  Lake, Gerard, 218

  Laksmi, 83, 255

  Lal, C K, 513

  Lalitpur, see Patan

  Lama Survey, 204

  Lamayuru monastery, Ladakh, 24, 410

  Lamb, Charles, 290, 291

  Lambert, Raymond, 441, 464

  Lambton, William, 225

  Lamjung, Nepal, 114, 118

  Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, A (Atisa), 72

 

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