1st Edition
The Origins of Himalayan Studies Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling
By David Waterhouse
Copyright 2004
320 Pages
24 Color & 42 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
336 Pages
24 Color & 42 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
320 Pages
24 Color & 42 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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. Contributors from leading historians of Nepal and South Asia and from specialists in Buddhist studies, art history, linguistics, ornithology and ethnography, critically examine Hodgson's life and achievement... Read more
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Technical Note Details of Contributors Foreword Thomas Trautmann 1. Brian Hodgson - A Biographical Sketch David Waterhouse 2. The Political Role of Brian Hodgson John Whelpton 3. Brian Hodgson - The Unsung Story Harihar Raj Joshi 4. The Ambivalent Exegete - Hodgson's Contribution to the Study of Buddhism Donald S. Lopez, Jr. 5. The Architectural Monuments of Buddhism - Hodgson and the Buddhist Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley J.P.Losty Appendix - B. H. Hodgson's Essay: Architectural Illustrations of Buddhism 6. Zoology Amuses Me Much Ann Datta and Carol Inskipp 7. Brian Hodgson and the Mammals and other Animals of Nepal Ann Datta 8. A Pioneer of Himalayan Ornithology Carol Inskipp 9. Hodgson, Hooker and the Himalayan Frontier David Arnold 10. Brian Hodgson as Ethnographer and Ethnologist Martin Gaenszle 11. Hodgson's Tibeto-Burman and Tibeto-Burman Today George van Driem 12. Hodgson's Legacy David Waterhouse Bibliography Index
Biography
David M. Waterhouse is Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society. He was British Council Director in Nepal from 1972 to 1977.
'This book has been very well produced and is a serious academic work from which much further research is possible.' - Nepal Society
'The whole work is a wonderful celebration of an extraordinary man, whose reputation was eclipsed in a twentieth century that cherished the specialist and suspected the amateur.' - Asian Affairs
'This is a well-produced book, with some wonderful illustrations, many of them not previously available.' - Chowkidar
