The Title "Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet 1st Indian Edition" is written by Sarat Chandra Das. This book was published in the year 2001. The ISBN number 8186230173|9788186230176 is assigned to the Hardback version of this title. This book has total of pp. xvi + 291 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Paljor Publications. We have about 82 other great books from this publisher. Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet 1st Indian Edition is currently Available with us.
Sarat Chandra Das is among the greatest pioneers of explorer and discoverer who ever entered Tibet. Born in 1849 in Eastern Bengal in a Hindu family of the vaidya he received his education from the Presidency College at Calcutta where he became favourably known to Sir Alfred Croft who ever since has been his friend and guide in his geographical and literary work and by whose representations to the Indian Government it became possible for him to perform his important journeys into Tibet.
Mr. Das made his first journey into Tibet in 1879 at the invitation of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. His second journey was made in the late 1881. In both the journey Lama Ugyen Gyatso a Tibetan lama from Sikkim and connected with the reigning family of the State acted as his guide and companion.
In his journeys to Tibet beginning with Tashi Lhunpo a great centre of learning Sarat Chandra Das explored the valley of Yarlung where Tibetan civilisation is said to have first made its appearance. The report of his journeys were printed in two separate publications by order of the Government of Bengal. They are entitled "Narrative of a Journey to Lhasa" and "Narrative of a Journey Round Lake Yamdok and in Lhokha Yarlung and Sakya". For various reasons these reports were kept as strictly confidential documents by the Indian Government until about 1890.
The amount of literary work accomplished by Sarat Chandra Das since his return from Tibet in 1883 is enormous. He brought back with him over two hundred volumes manuscripts or block-prints obtained from the great libraries in Tibet a number of them in Sanskrit and for past many centuries lost in India. For his achievements he was awarded the title of Rat Bahadur by the Government of India and in 1887 the Royal Geographical Society awarded him the "Back Premium" for his geographical researches.
Hardcover : 291 pages
ISBN-10 : 8186230173
ISBN-13 : 978-8186230176
Dimensions : 63.5 x 38.1 x 12.7 cm