
Three Years in Tibet
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About This Book
Reprint of the 1909 original, with a new introduction by H. K. Kuloy. Account of Kawaguchi s now legendary solo trip, beginning 1899, through a Tibet long hostile to all outside visitors.
Chapters (786)
- THREE YEARS IN TIBET.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- Illustrations in the Text.
- Photogravures.
- Sketch-map.
- CHAPTER I. Novel farewell presents.
- CHAPTER II. A year in Darjeeling.
- CHAPTER III. A foretaste of Tibetan barbarism.
- CHAPTER IV. Laying a false scent.
- CHAPTER V. Journey to Nepal.
- CHAPTER VI. I befriend Beggars.
- CHAPTER VII. The Sublime Himalaya.
- CHAPTER VIII. Dangers Ahead.
- CHAPTER IX. Beautiful Tsarang and Dirty Tsarangese.
- CHAPTER X. Fame and Temptation.
- CHAPTER XI. Tibet at Last.
- CHAPTER XII. The World of Snow.
- CHAPTER XIII. A kind old Dame.
- CHAPTER XIV. A holy Cave-Dweller.
- CHAPTER XV. In helpless Plight.
- CHAPTER XVI. A Foretaste of distressing Experiences.
- CHAPTER XVII. A Beautiful Rescuer.
- CHAPTER XVIII. The Lighter Side of the Experiences.
- CHAPTER XIX. The largest River of Tibet.
- CHAPTER XX. Dangers begin in Earnest.
- CHAPTER XXI. Overtaken by a Sand-Storm.
- CHAPTER XXII. 22,650 Feet above Sea-level.
- CHAPTER XXIII. I survive a Sleep in the Snow.
- CHAPTER XXIV. ‘Bon’ and ‘Kyang.’
- CHAPTER XXV. The Power of Buddhism.
- CHAPTER XXVI. Sacred Manasarovara and its Legends.
- CHAPTER XXVII. Bartering in Tibet.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. A Himalayan Romance.
- CHAPTER XXIX. On the Road to Nature’s Grand Mandala.
- CHAPTER XXX. Wonders of Nature’s Mandala.
- CHAPTER XXXI. An Ominous Outlook.
- CHAPTER XXXII. A Cheerless Prospect.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. At Death’s Door.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. The Saint of the White Cave revisited.
- CHAPTER XXXV. Some easier days.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. War Against Suspicion.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. Across the Steppes.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. Holy Texts in a Slaughter-House.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. The Third Metropolis of Tibet.
- CHAPTER XL. The Sakya Monastery.
- CHAPTER XLI. Shigatze.
- CHAPTER XLII. A Supposed Miracle.
- CHAPTER XLIII. Manners and Customs.
- CHAPTER XLIV. On to Lhasa.
- CHAPTER XLV. Arrival in Lhasa.
- CHAPTER XLVI. The Warrior-Priests of Sera.
- CHAPTER XLVII. Tibet and North China.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. Admission into Sera College.
- CHAPTER XLIX. Meeting with the Incarnate Bodhisattva.
- CHAPTER L. Life in the Sera Monastery.
- CHAPTER LI. My Tibetan Friends and Benefactors.
- CHAPTER LII. Japan in Lhasa.
- CHAPTER LIII. Scholastic Aspirants.
- CHAPTER LIV. Tibetan Weddings and Wedded Life.
- CHAPTER LV. Wedding Ceremonies.
- CHAPTER LVI. Tibetan Punishments.
- CHAPTER LVII. A grim Funeral and grimmer Medicine.
- CHAPTER LVIII. Foreign Explorers and the Policy of Seclusion.
- CHAPTER LIX. A Metropolis of Filth.
- CHAPTER LX. Lamaism.
- CHAPTER LXI. The Tibetan Hierarchy.
- CHAPTER LXII. The Government.
- CHAPTER LXIII. Education and Castes.
- CHAPTER LXIV. Tibetan Trade and Industry.
- CHAPTER LXV. Currency and Printing blocks.
- CHAPTER LXVI. The Festival of Lights.
- CHAPTER LXVII. Tibetan Women.
- CHAPTER LXVIII. Tibetan Boys and Girls.
- CHAPTER LXIX. The Care of the Sick.
- CHAPTER LXX. Outdoor Amusements.
- CHAPTER LXXI. Russia’s Tibetan Policy.
- CHAPTER LXXII. Tibet and British India.
- CHAPTER LXXIII. China, Nepal and Tibet.
- CHAPTER LXXIV. The Future of Tibetan Diplomacy.
- CHAPTER LXXV. The “Monlam” Festival.
- CHAPTER LXXVI. The Tibetan Soldiery.
- CHAPTER LXXVII. Tibetan Finance.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII. Future of the Tibetan Religions.
- CHAPTER LXXIX. The Beginning of the Disclosure of the Secret.
- CHAPTER LXXX. The Secret Leaks Out.
- CHAPTER LXXXI. My Benefactor’s Noble Offer.
- CHAPTER LXXXII. Preparations for Departure.
- CHAPTER LXXXIII. A Tearful Departure from Lhasa.
- CHAPTER LXXXIV. Five Gates to Pass.
- CHAPTER LXXXV. The First Challenge Gate.
- CHAPTER LXXXVI. The Second and Third Challenge Gates.
- CHAPTER LXXXVII. The Fourth and Fifth Challenge Gates.
- CHAPTER LXXXVIII. The Final Gate Passed.
- CHAPTER LXXXIX. Good-bye, Tibet!
- CHAPTER XC. The Labche Tribe.
- CHAPTER XCI. Visit to my Old Teacher.
- CHAPTER XCII. My Tibetan Friends in Trouble.
- CHAPTER XCIII. Among Friends.
- CHAPTER XCIV. The Two Kings of Nepal.
- CHAPTER XCV. Audience of the Two Kings.
- CHAPTER XCVI. Second Audience.
- CHAPTER XCVII. Once more in Katmandu.
- CHAPTER XCVIII. Interview with the Acting Prime Minister.
- CHAPTER XCIX. Painful News from Lhasa.
- CHAPTER C. The King betrays his suspicion.
- CHAPTER CI. Third Audience.
- CHAPTER CII. Farewell to Nepal and its Good Kings.
- CHAPTER CIII. All’s well that ends well.
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