Excerpt from Western Tibet: A Practical Dictionary of the Language and Customs of the Districts Included in the Lad???k Wazarat When first appointed here, I much felt the want of such a book, and, therefore, for my own use, commenced to compile notes and a vocabulary, which have, during the several years which have since passed, expanded to such dimensions that [last year asked the Government of India to print them. Recently the Government of India has kindly consented to do so. The notes and vocabulary, which have been ...
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Excerpt from Western Tibet: A Practical Dictionary of the Language and Customs of the Districts Included in the Lad???k Wazarat When first appointed here, I much felt the want of such a book, and, therefore, for my own use, commenced to compile notes and a vocabulary, which have, during the several years which have since passed, expanded to such dimensions that [last year asked the Government of India to print them. Recently the Government of India has kindly consented to do so. The notes and vocabulary, which have been revised and much enlarged, are now published under the title of Western Tibet. The title Ladak would for some reasons have been preferable had it not already been appropriated by General Cunningham for an excellent book published by him in is54. The present work was not originally intended for the Press, and it has no pretension to scholarly merit: indeed, in cases where the local idea is opposed to the correct classi cal view, the latter has been ignored, my object being to record only local ideas, customs, pronunciation, &c. To my successors in office, and to any Europeans who may have occasion to visit this part of the world, I hope that Western Tibet may be useful, as supplying a practical guide to the language and customs of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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