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CONTENTS
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LIST OF MAPS |
1 |
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NOMENCLATURE |
3 |
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APPROACH MARCH |
5 |
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Religion
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A DIFFERENT TYPE OF REALITY |
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| Prologue: |
THE MAGIC OF UPPER DOLPO |
10 |
| Chapter 1: |
EARLY DAYS IN TIBET |
25 |
| Chapter 2: |
A BUDDHIST RENAISSANCE |
41 |
| Chapter 3: |
UNLOCKING THE SECRETS |
59 |
| Chapter 4: |
CIRCLING THE PREY |
81 |
| Chapter 5: |
THE MODERN SCHOLARS |
89 |
| Chapter 6: |
ESCAPE FROM TYRANNY |
101 |
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A WORD ON SPELLING |
111 |
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Science
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THE PLATES MUST SPEAK |
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| Prologue: |
CAUGHT BY A QUAKE |
114 |
| Chapter 7: |
A LONG STORY, BUT NOT FOR A GEOLOGIST |
129 |
| Chapter 8: |
SCIENCE UNDER THE RAJ |
145 |
| Chapter 9: |
GETTING CLOSER TO THE MOUNTAINS |
163 |
| Chapter 10: |
THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALS |
183 |
| Chapter 11: |
THE EUREKA MOMENT |
201 |
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Politics
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CONTROLLING THE MARGINS |
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| Prologue: |
TRIAL BY FIRE |
212 |
| Chapter 12: |
KASHMIR BEGINNINGS |
221 |
| Chapter 13: |
THE BRITISH GET THEIR FOOT IN |
239 |
| Chapter 14: |
TROUBLE IN PARADISE |
255 |
| Chapter 15: |
THE CHINA-TIBET CONUNDRUM |
269 |
| Chapter 16: |
WAR IN THE THE NORTH-EAST |
285 |
| Chapter 17: |
A COUPLE OF SHANGRI-LA’S |
295 |
| Postscript |
SRINAGAR REVISITED |
302 |
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Society
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A NEPALESE STORY |
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| Prologue: |
WILDCATTING |
306 |
| Chapter 18: |
AN EXPLODING DIASPORA |
309 |
| Chapter 19: |
FUNDAMENTAL INEQUALITIES |
325 |
| Chapter 20: |
POLITICAL INTERLUDE |
337 |
| Chapter 21: |
A PEOPLE’S WAR |
353 |
| Chapter 22: |
STATE OF PLAY |
369 |
| Postscript: |
THE FAR WEST |
384 |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
392 |
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FURTHER READING |
396 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
400 |
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INDEX |
408 |
