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Spying for the Raj: The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya
Spying for the Raj The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya
Author: Jules Stewart
From the early nineteenth century, Imperial Russian expansion threatened the increasing British dominance of India. In the 1860s, Captain Thomas Montgomerie hit on the idea of training natives from Indian border states to be surveyors, and have them explore the region covertly. Disguised as traders of Buddhist monks, the Pundits taught themselve...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780750942003
ISBN-10: 0750942002
Publication Date: 4/1/2006
Pages: 224
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Publisher: The History Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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