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An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet: Containing a Narrative of a Journey Through Bootan, and Part of Tibet (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Ir-is not known that any direct communication existed between Bengal and Tibet3 before the year 177 4. A physical reason might be assigned for this, in the enormous height, and vast extent, of the mountains which are interposed between the two countries, did not 'an almost equal degree of strangeness, prevailing between Bengal and Bootan, Which lie. Adjacent to each other, necessarily imply a diffe rent, or at least some concurrent cause. The most prohable one, which the' history of little more than a century can afford us, is to be found in that spirit of conquest which forms the common cha racter of all Mahometan states, and in that hostility which their religion enjoins against all who are not its professors. The Booteeas, who, though a strong and hardy race of people, are little versed in the arts of war, and thinly scattered over a mountainous region, derive from their local situation the only means of defence against invaders; an advantage which they would inevitably lose, if they were to allow a free passage through their territories. It is certain, however, that.
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Ir-is not known that any direct communication existed between Bengal and Tibet3 before the year 177 4. A physical reason might be assigned for this, in the enormous height, and vast extent, of the mountains which are interposed between the two countries, did not 'an almost equal degree of strangeness, prevailing between Bengal and Bootan, Which lie. Adjacent to each other, necessarily imply a diffe rent, or at least some concurrent cause. The most prohable one, which the' history of little more than a century can afford us, is to be found in that spirit of conquest which forms the common cha racter of all Mahometan states, and in that hostility which their religion enjoins against all who are not its professors. The Booteeas, who, though a strong and hardy race of people, are little versed in the arts of war, and thinly scattered over a mountainous region, derive from their local situation the only means of defence against invaders; an advantage which they would inevitably lose, if they were to allow a free passage through their territories. It is certain, however, that.
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