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Spying for the Raj : The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya - Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Spying for the Raj

The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya

By: Sir Ranulph Fiennes (Foreword by), Jules Stewart

eBook | 20 April 2006 | Edition Number 1

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In the 1860s, Captain Thomas Montgomerie trained natives to be surveyors, and had them explore the region covertly. These men, known as pundits, were disguised as lamas (holy men). This book talks about these servants of the Raj who managed to map the Himalayas and Tibet, helping the British to consolidate their rule in the Indian sub-continent.

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