1st Edition

India’s Himalayan Frontiers History and Politics

By Viney C. Bhutani Copyright 2025
292 Pages
by Routledge India

292 Pages
by Routledge India

This book looks at the historical and political dynamics of the Sino-Indian border dispute in India’s Himalayan Frontiers. Going back into Tibetan history, the author examines the making of the McMahon Line at Simla Conference of 1913–14. It also takes a look at some of the neighbouring areas that had interaction with Tibet, as well as the border areas of Assam and Burma, both of which were... Read more

Preface Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1   Towards resolving the India–China boundary conundrum 2. Tibet – A Historical Retrospect (c. 600–1903) 3. North-Eastern Frontier of India – Assam and Burma 4. Historical Perspective on the McMahon Line 5. Summing up: The Northern Frontiers of India Bibliography. Index

Biography

V. C. Bhutani (b. 1940; Ph.D., University of Delhi, 1967) retired as Reader in Chinese Political Geography at the University of Delhi in 2005. He is the author of The Apotheosis of Imperialism: Indian Land Economy under Curzon (New Delhi, Sterling, 1976) and of some research papers in the areas of Indian history, Tibetan studies, Sino-Indian frontier studies and international relations published in research journals. His other forthcoming study is The Simla Conference 1913–14: A Study and Kashmir between Pakistan and India.