Visit to Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet

Author: (British) Turner, translated by Su Faxyang and Shen Guiping
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is composed of seven parts. The first part has 8 chapters, mainly recording the author's travels within Bangladesh and Bhutan; the second part has 10 chapters, focusing on the travels within Tibet and activities at Tashilhunpo Monastery; the third part consists of two sections: Turner's mission report and a list of goods in Tibet; the fourth part is a report by Dr. Sanders on minerals and plants in Bhutan and Tibet; the fifth part is letters from Turner to the Governor of Bengal, Lord Curzon; the sixth part records and analyzes the situation in Tibet from 1785 to 1793 by the author; the last is the appendix. Additionally, the book includes 13 illustrations.