India and Tibet

Author: Francis YounghusbandPublisher: LP PublicationsYear: 1994Language: EnglishPages: 455ISBN/UPC (if available): 8186142207 DescriptionFirst published in 1910, this work is a history of the relations which have subsisted between the two countries from the Time of Warren Hastings to 1910, with a particular account of the Mission to Lhasa of 1904.India and Tibet, published in 1910, is Young husband's own account of genesis of his expedition, its nature and the consequences of repudiation of the Treaty concluded by him mission with Tibet. In addition, the book raises fascinating visions of what might have been, for Young husband believed that a precious opportunity had been irrevocably lost in 1904The British military and political expedition which, under the command of Francis Young husband, reached Lhasa, the capital of Tibet on 3rd August 1904 and formally entered the city on the following day, immediately became a major event in the history of European exploration and discovery.