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                            INDIA AND TIBET




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[Illustration: THE DALAI LAMA]

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                            INDIA AND TIBET


                 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


                      BY SIR FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND
                                K.C.I.E.


                      WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS


                                 LONDON
                   JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
                                  1910

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                                   TO
                                MY WIFE,
                        ON WHOM FELL THE ANXIETY
                            AND SUSPENSE OF
           DISTANTLY AWAITING THE RESULTS OF HIGH ADVENTURE,
                         I DEDICATE THIS BOOK,
                            IN THE HOPE THAT
                  FROM IT MAY COME SOME RECOMPENSE FOR
                       THE SUFFERING SHE ENDURED

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                                PREFACE


An apology is needed for the