Page:Narratives of the mission of George Bogle to Tibet.djvu/14

 TABLE OF CONTENTS.

-•♦•-

PAGE

Dedication iii

Preface v

INTRODUCTION.

Policy of Warren' Hastings xxi

Abandonment of former policy. Loss of records xxii

Narratives of Bogle and Manning xxii

Objects of the Introduction xxii

Geographical Sketch : the Himálayan system xxiii

The Northern Kange, or Nyenchhen-tang-la. . xxiv

The Central Range xxv

Tibet — the name — provinces xxvi

The valley of the Tsanpu or Brahmaputra xxvii

Identity of the Tsanpu and Brahmaputra. . . . xxx

Region between the Central and Southern Himálaya xxxi

Passes over the Central Chain xxxii

The Central Chain xxxiii

The Southern Chain xxxiv

River systems of Nepal xxxv

Sikkim and Bhutan rivers xxxvii

Dúars xxxvii

Rivers of Bhutan xxxviii

The Himaláyan system xxxix

The Andes and the Himálaya. . xl

Historical Sketch. — Tibet. The inhabitants xlii

The Pon religion xliii

Buddhism, xliii

The Chinese pilgrims. . . . xliv

Tibetan Buddhism xlv

Odoric of Pordenone xlvi

The reformer Tsong-khapa xlvi

The Dalai and Teshu Lamas xlvii

The Taranath Lama xlviii

Monks and monasteries 1

Religious services. Literature li

Tribes of Nepal Iii

Trade of Nepal liv

Sikkim and Bhutan Iv