Table of Contents

Part I: 1. Notices of the languages, literature, and religion of Nepál and Tibet; 2. Sketch of Buddhism; 3. Quotations from original Sanskrit authorities; 4. European speculations on Buddhism; 5. Remarks on M. Remusat's review of Buddhism; 6. Note on the inscription from Sárnáth; 7. Notice of Adi Buddha and the seven mortal Buddhas; 8. Note on the primary language of the Buddhist writings; 9. A disputation respecting caste by a Buddhist; 10. On the extreme resemblance that prevails between many of the symbols of Buddhism and Saivism; 11. The Pravrajyá Vrata or initiatory rites of the Buddhists; Part II: 1. On the physical geography of the Himálaya; 2. On the aborigines of the Himálaya; 3. Origin and classification of the military tribes of Nepál; 4. On the Chepang and Kusunda tribes of Nepál; 5. Cursory notice of Náyakot and of the remarkable tribes inhabiting it; 6. On the tribes of northern Tibet and of Sifan; 7. On the colonization of the Himálaya by Europeans; 8. On the commerce of Nepál; Index.

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First published in 1874, this collection of essays explores writing, Buddhist practices and culture in nineteenth-century Nepal and Tibet.