India and Tibet (Facsimile of 1910 ed)

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 - this is the celebrated account of the military force that occupied Tibet in 1904 written by the military commander of that force.

It details all the various political intercourses of India with the Tibet since the embassy of George Boyle in 1774.

It delves in the details of all the efforts to establish trade with the Tibetans.

From the time that this mission was sanctioned by Lord Curzon, it gives all the political and commercial implication of the invasion of Tibet.

This book gives a stage by stage advancement by the army and the replies given by the government to the voices of protest namely by China and Russia.The details of the treaties concluded also from a part of this narrative and the attitudes of the Tibetan resentful at the occupation.

An amusing incident at the entry of the occupants was the applause that they received.

Later it was understood that the Tibetans clap when they have to drive the evil spirits away.