KT 102
1846 German steel engraving of Mongolia and Tibet, featuring the palace of Deib Raja at Tassisudon in modern day Bhutan, and the monastery of Djaschi-Lumbu in Tibet. B
Price: $80.00
Tibet/ Mongolia/ Nepal
KT 101
KT 101
Two illustrated pages from the 1904 Illustrated London News, showing different views of Lassa. B
Price: $60.00
KT 100
Collection of 9 illustrated pages from English periodicals on the Nepal Terai and the Ghurkas, 1877-1901. B
Price: $250.00
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KT 099
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Two English illustrations and accompanying text of Ladak and Skardos in Little Tibet, 1857-1865, from the Illustrated London News. Also the Lama dance performed for the Prince of Wales at Jummo in 1876. B
Price: $90.00
KT 098
Complete 23 page article “Bhutan. Stange Hill Folk and their Enchanted Land”, by Sir Thomas Holdrich. Many photo images including King Sir Ugyen Wang Chuk. B
Price: $110.00
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KT 097
KT 097
A collection of 5 illustrations from the Illustrated London News, with much text, on the Duar war in Bhutan, 1864-1865. B
Price: $100.00
Note: After the British occupied Assam and made the area part of British India in 1826, a longtime frontier dispute began with the state of Bhutan to the north. In the early 1860’s, the Bhutanese took strategic frontier mountain passes (duars) from the Assamese and paid no head to the British demand to surrender the lands or give tribute.
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KT 097Britain sent a peace mission to Bhutan in early 1864, in the wake of the recent conclusion of a civil war there. The dzongpon of Punakha – who had emerged victorious – had broken with the central government and set up a rival druk desi while the legitimate druk desi sought the protection of the ponlop of Paro and was later deposed. The British mission dealt alternately with the rival ponlop of the Paro and the ponlop of Tongsa (the latter acted on behalf of the druk desi), but Bhutan rejected the peace and friendship treaty it offered. Britain declared war in November 1864 and in January 1865, a small British force invaded Bhutan. Bhutan had no regular army, and what forces existed were composed of dzong guards armed with matchlocks, bows and arrows, swords, knives and catapults. 
KT 097Some of these dzong guards, carrying shields and wearing chainmail armour, engaged the well-equipped British forces.
The Duar War (1864-65) lasted only five months and, despite some battlefield victories by Bhutanese forces (notably the forced evacuation of the British garrison at Dewangiri), resulted in Bhutan’s defeat, loss of part of its sovereign territory, and forced cession of occupied territories. Under the terms of the Treaty of Sinchula, signed on November 11, 1865, Bhutan ceded territories in the Assam Duars and Bengal Duars, as well as the 83 square kilometer territory of Dewangiri in southeastern Bhutan, in return for an annual subsidy of 50,000 rupees.
KT 096
Two English illustrations of Darjeeling. One shows Buddhist priests (1873) and the other a view of “The Bright Spot”. B
Price: $60.00
KT 095
Four illustrated pages from the London Illustrated News, 1850-1855. Shown are Jung Bahadoor, ambassador from the court of Nepal; an extraordinary feat at Patna; Goosain-Than; temple of the Sru Khrishna; Narrain Hithu; temple of Khrishna Je. B
Price: $80.00
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KT 094
1856 illustration of the Hungarung Pass in the Himalayas, with complete descriptive text. B
Price: $20.00
Note: The Hungarung Pass is located in Kinnaur district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India, and Ngari Prefecture in Tibet, China. The pass is one of India's border posts for trade with Tibet along with Nathu La in Sikkim, and Lipulekh in Uttarakhand.
KT 093
KT 093
Collection of 9 illustrated pages on Mongolia from French, Italian and English periodicals. Shown are Mongolian brigands; panorama of Urga, capital of Mongolia; Mongolian market and prisoners; grand lama and musician; female type; Buryat types and musicians; Mongolian pilgrim. B
Price: $180.00
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