The Origins of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling

ISBN-13: 9780415312158 / Twarda / 2004 / 336 str.

David Waterhouse

Opis

Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. Specialist contributors critically examine Hodgson's life and his achievements.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations  Preface  Acknowledgements  Abbreviations and Technical Note  Details of Contributors  Foreword  1. Brian Hodgson - A Biographical Sketch  2. The Political Role of Brian Hodgson  3. Brian Hodgson - The Unsung Story  4. The Ambivalent Exegete - Hodgson's Contribution to the Study of Buddhism  5. The Architectural Monuments of Buddhism - Hodgson and the Buddhist Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley  Appendix - B.H.Hodgson's Essay: Architectural Illustrations of Buddhism  6. Zoology Amuses Me Much  7. Brian Hodgson and the Mammals and other Animals of Nepal  8. A Pioneer of Himalayan Ornithology  9. Hodgson, Hooker and the Himalayan Frontier  10. Brian Hodgson as Ethnographer and Ethnologist  11. Hodgson's Tibeto-Burman and Tibeto-Burman Today  12. Hodgson's Legacy  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

David M. Waterhouse is Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society. He was British Council Director in Nepal from 1972 to 1977.